On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM James Harkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a way to have a dynamic "pp" on beat 1, "poco" on beat 2,
> followed by a hairpin cresc., following the same vertical baseline?
>
> I can easily get "pp poco" at one height and the hairpin at a different
> height. But "poco" really belongs with the hairpin, and it's one dynamic
> gesture, so the vertical offsetting obscures the intent.
>
> This looks great in isolation:
>
> \version "2.24.3"
> \language "english"
>
> poco = \markup { \normal-text \italic "poco" }
> pocoS = #(make-dynamic-script poco)
>
> \new Staff \relative c' {
> \key ef \major \time 3/4
> f8.\pp ( g16 f _\pocoS \< g af bf af bf c d
> c\> bf af8 ) r4\! r4
> }
>
> But in the full score, the spacing is tighter on that system so I get
> "poco" right under the note and the hairpin below "poco"... is that "close
> enough"? But I'd feel better if it's clearer to the player.
>
Having the text float above the hairpin is acceptable according to Gould (I
believe) but if you wanted the "poco" and the crescendo to line up, you
could override the X-offset of the text to move it to the left or start the
crescendo on the g or af.
But the best way to get all your dynamic markings to line up is to have a
separate Dynamics context. I can illustrate that if you want to go that
route.
--
Knute Snortum
