Re: midi dynamics

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Werner,

> It *is*, since it is one (abbreviated) phrase: `piano espressivo' --
> this is not the same as tagging the note with `piano', adding
> `espressivo' somewhere else, say, on the top.

I apologise if I've misinterpreted your response, but it seems like  
you don't get what Mats is saying…

Below, you'll find a sample of what I think he's talking about — and  
I definitely agree with him. Note that this is not "tagging the note  
with 'piano', and adding 'espressivo' somewhere else", but is  
typesetting the one phrase 'p espr.' as a dynamic mark, rather than  
as a markup (which behaves quite differently, particularly with  
regard to alignment).

HTH!
Kieren.

p.s. Mats: is there any way to avoid having the \dynX tweak?  
Unfortunately, I've never found a way to code the alignment within  
the dynamic script itself…

%%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.11.57"

dynX = { \once \override DynamicText #'X-offset = #-1 }
pEspr = #(make-dynamic-script (markup #:hspace 0 #:raise -1 #:line 
(#:dynamic "pp" #:hspace -0.3 #:normal-text #:italic "espr." )))

theMusic = \relative
{
        c'2 \dynX e4(\pEspr d) c1
}

\score
{
        \theMusic
}
%%%%%%%%%%%