Re: Placing dynamic and hairpin

[David Kastrup]

"Peter Gentry" <address@hidden> writes:

> Davids second solution is even better
>
> {  g'''4 -\tweak #'X-offset #-2.7 \p ( \< e'''4 \! \> d'''4 \!) }
>
> Clearly I need to do my homework on -\tweak which does seem a more
> intuitive way forward.

Well, I am working on getting rid of the - in -\tweak but it's tricky.

> If I have a criticism of Lilypond syntax it is that it is not always
> intuitive - that is why learning it is so difficult for new comers.

"Intuitive" is in the mind of the beholder and depends on familiarity.
I am working on its consistency, and in that manner on the probability
to get things right the first time.  The - here has been annoying me for
years...

-- 
David Kastrup