Re: Decrescendo on last note??

[Graham Percival]

Dewdman42 wrote:
> I can't figure out how to get a decrescendo hairpin on the last note of a
> staff?  There is nothing to anchor the ending of the decrescendo to.  See
> attached picture of what I'm trying to do.  the ly notation I have for that
> bar would be:
>
>    | a1\fermata\>  \!|
>
> I guess or something, but the compiler complains that the \! is not attached
> to anything and if I remove it, it complains about no termination to the
> decrescendo.  What's the secret for this?

The secret is to read section 6.6.3 Dynamics.

- Graham