subito dynamic after hairpin

[wjm]

You wrote:-
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Hi, I am trying to make a decrescendo end in a subito dynamic for the 
next note. .....
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Given that sfz is equal to subito-forzando
(see http://piano.about.com/od/termsrelatingtodynamics/g/GL_subito.htm)

and from the NR
Absolute dynamic marks are specified using a command after a note, such 
as c4\ff. The available dynamic marks are \ppppp, \pppp, \ppp, \pp, \p, 
\mp, \mf, \f, \ff, \fff, \ffff, \fffff, \fp, \sf, \sff, \sp, \spp, \sfz, 
and \rfz.

I did a bit of lateral guessing and eventually ended up at the file
dynamic-scripts-init.ly in <my> folder
/usr/local/lilypond/usr/share/lilypond/current/ly
(yours is probably different.)

A simple edit of that file to add
smf = #(make-dynamic-script "smf")
after the sff entry
allowed LP to process your file, altered appropriately, to produce 
something which I think is musically acceptable although the full 
'subito' text is not produced.

Hope this helps
E&OE ! :)

Regards
Bill

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