RE: Hairpins not lining up

[Nick Payne]

Yes, thanks. I found the best solution was to use e'8\< d c d\> e c\!

I didn't realize that a decrescendo mark implicitly closes off the preceding
crescendo without needing to use \! first.

Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, 7 January 2009 06:47
> To: Nick Payne
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Hairpins not lining up
> 
> Nick Payne wrote:
> > \relative c' {
> >     \stemDown
> >     \time 3/4
> >     e'8\< d c\! d\> e c\!
> > }
> >
> If you begin the decrescendo at the same note as you end
> the crescendo, LilyPond will automatically make sure that
> they are vertically aligned. If you really want the decrescendo
> to begin on the next note, my best proposal is to increase
> the staff-padding.
> 
>   /Mats
> > I have the notes and dynamic marks shown above in one bar of my
> score. For
> > some reason, in the complete score the crescendo and decrescendo
> marks are
> > not aligned horizontally (see png), whereas when I excerpt the phrase
> to a
> > small example as above, they do line up.
> >
> > There are quite a number of places where this same misalignment
> occurs. I
> > realize I can explicitly set the staff-padding value for the marks to
> get
> > them to align, but this is a fair bit of stuffing around. Has anyone
> any
> > suggestion why this misalignment happens?
> >
> > Nick
> >
> >
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