Re: Crescendo or decrescendo on one note

[James Bailey]

On Oct 19, 2010, at 7:06 AM, Cordilow wrote:

> 
> I have a situation where there are only two notes considered, side by side.
> One has a crescendo and the next has a decrescendo. Any ideas on how to do
> this? I looked at the documentation and could only find something doable
> with a three note combination, or with both on a single note (as with
> \espressivo). I also need to do it in cases where the notes aren't side by
> side (but just have each over its note).
> 
> Here's a link to a picture of the song I'm engraving (yes, this version is
> old enough to be public domain in the United States):
> http://runeberg.org/smfsang/0010.html
> -- 

I would do this:
soprano = \relative c'' {
        …
        c4. d8 es4. as,8        | %11
        b2 r4
}
sopranoDynamics = {
        …
        s2 s4\< s8\! s\>        | %11
%       or possibly
%       s2 s8\< s8\! s\> s\!    | %11
        s1\!    | %12
}

\score {
        \new ChoirStaff <<
                \new Staff <<
                        \sopranoDynamics
                        \soprano
                >>
        >>
}