How to make hairpins not on notes

[Daniel Ashton]

Greetings,

I need to set cresc/decresc hairpins to begin and end in the middle of a 
measure.

For example, in this measure

  | d2.( )c4 |

I want the vocalist to crescendo to beat 3, then decrescendo to the end 
of the bar.

Using skips, I think I would write it like this:

  | s4\< \!s4 s4\> \!s4 |

(I think)

Anyway, the cresc hairpin should begin on beat one, the decrescendo 
hairpin should appear to end on beat 4, and the two should nearly meet 
somewhere in the center of the measure.  No?  How?

Thanks in advance,

Daniel

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