Re: hairpin problem?

[Neil Puttock]

On 3 July 2011 15:25, Jay Hamilton <address@hidden> wrote:
> Ok I've missed that explanation before so thank you.  I don't really care
> about the midi so your suggestion is possible (a pain but doable).  Anyone
> know of a single line override?

You could put the decrescendo in a Dynamics context:

\version "2.12.3"
\header {
  title = "21-03"
  % composer = "Jay Hamilton"
  % copyright = \markup { \tiny \override #'(baseline-skip . 0.5)
  %\center-column
  % { "CC lic 2.5 some rights reserved Jay Hamilton 2011"
  % "see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/";
  % } }
}
#(ly:set-option 'delete-intermediate-files #t)
#(set-default-paper-size "letter" 'landscape )
melody = \relative c'
{
  \time 21/8
  g'4.^\markup {\italic "accentuate the silence"}
  b8->_\markup {\italic rall.} [c e]
  dis-> [c b] g4 (g')\breathe e8-> [dis! b']
  e,8-> (dis!4) r

  e4.->\mp g, c r4 r g4.-> e b'4
  r4.\p r c8-> [b g] e16-. r8. dis16-> b'8. e8 [c b] ~
  b4.\breathe g8 [g]

  e8\pp [ dis b'] e, [ c a'] ~ a2\breathe g8 [dis! c] b'
  (e,4) ~ e4\! r4.

  \bar "|."
}
\score {
  <<
    \new Staff \melody
    \new Dynamics {
      s1*21/8*3\> s1*17/8 s8\!
    }
  >>
  \layout {ragged-right=##t}
  \midi {  }
}

Cheers,
Neil