RE: Decrescendo on last note??

[Steve Schow]

To help anyone else who reads this thread in the future.  The answer to my 
question is that the opening of the decrescendo does not have to be attached to 
a note.. Per the example, only the termination needs to be attached to a note. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Percival [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 3:37 PM
> To: Steve Schow
> Cc: 'Dewdman42'; 'address@hidden'
> Subject: Re: Decrescendo on last note??
> 
> Steve Schow wrote:
> > 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 \>."
> 
> And the example directly underneath that sentence is this:
> 
>       c\< c\! d\> e\!
>       << f1 { s4 s4\< s4\! \> s4\! } >>
> 
> Compare the example with the output.
> 
> Cheers,
> - Graham
>