RE: Decrescendo on last note??

[Steve Schow]

Ok.  I had already read that section last night.  I just read it again to make 
sure.  I am either blind or the answer to my question is not there.  

It says in the  manual:

 "A crescendo mark is started with \< and terminated with \! or an absolute 
dynamic. A
decrescendo is started with \> and is also terminated with \! or an absolute 
dynamic. \cr and
\decr may be used instead of \< and \>."

I am new to Lilypond, so there must be some other detail I do not know about.  
But if I have no second note to attach the termination to, how do I do it?


 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Percival [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 2:47 PM
> To: Dewdman42
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Decrescendo on last note??
> 
> 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
>