Re: Intro and help with mp. cresc.

[Nick Payne]

On 26/08/13 08:24, Alexander Wallace wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am very new to music and just started playing with Lilypond today.
>
> I'm really liking it so far, but I'm having problems doing a couple of things...
>
> I can't add a 'mp cresc.' label to my notes....
>
> \version "2.16.2"
> \relative c'
> {
> % can't have mp cresc...
> d4_\mp d\cresc e c
> }

You could use something like so:

\version "2.16.2"

mpCresc = \tweak DynamicText.self-alignment-X #LEFT
#(make-dynamic-script (markup #:dynamic "mp" #:normal-text #:italic 
"cresc."))

\relative c'
{
  d4_\mpCresc d e c
}