Re: how to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) , like a trillSpan?

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Yes, thank you for clarifying that for me!

On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 2:57 PM Mogens Lemvig Hansen  wrote:
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> Isn’t that exactly what Lilypond’s \cresc does?  Just don’t redefine it.
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> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-attached-to-notes#index-_005ccresc
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> Regards,
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> Mogens
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> From: Kenneth Wolcott
> Sent: August 7, 2021 14:15
> To: Lily Pond
> Subject: how to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) ,like a 
> trillSpan?
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>
> Hi;
>
>
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> How to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) ,like a trillSpan?
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>
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> I have attached screenshots of the original music I am transcribing
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> from to show what I am trying to engrave.
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> I have the following macros defined:
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> cresc = _\markup \italic "cresc."
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> dimin = _\markup \italic "dimin."
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> I tried adding a dash to the end of the quoted text in each macro.  I
>
> got an error that there was no terminating of the macro (I don't
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> remember the text text of the error message).
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>
>
> Where do I look in the manual for this long extension (span?) of the
>
> expressive mark?
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>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken Wolcott
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>

Re: how to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) , like a trillSpan?

[Thomas Morley]

Am Sa., 7. Aug. 2021 um 23:20 Uhr schrieb Aaron Hill :
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> On 2021-08-07 2:14 pm, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> > How to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) ,like a
> > trillSpan?
> > [ . . . ]
> > Where do I look in the manual for this long extension (span?) of the
> > expressive mark?
>
> Text spanners [1] should be what you need.
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> [1]:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/writing-text#text-spanners
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>
> -- Aaron Hill
>
I'd go directly for \cresc and friends. See:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-attached-to-notes#dynamics

Cheers,
  Harm

Re: how to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) , like a trillSpan?

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Thank you, Aaron!

On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 2:20 PM Aaron Hill  wrote:
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> On 2021-08-07 2:14 pm, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> > How to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) ,like a
> > trillSpan?
> > [ . . . ]
> > Where do I look in the manual for this long extension (span?) of the
> > expressive mark?
>
> Text spanners [1] should be what you need.
>
> [1]:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/writing-text#text-spanners
>
>
> -- Aaron Hill

Re: how to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) , like a trillSpan?

[Aaron Hill]

On 2021-08-07 2:14 pm, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
How to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) ,like a 
trillSpan?

[ . . . ]
Where do I look in the manual for this long extension (span?) of the
expressive mark?


Text spanners [1] should be what you need.

[1]: 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/writing-text#text-spanners



-- Aaron Hill

Re: how to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) , like a trillSpan?

[Kenneth Wolcott]

BTW, I'm on Lilypond 2.22 (it looks like I see something different in
2.23 regarding dim and cresc being Lilypond commands now?)

On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 2:14 PM Kenneth Wolcott  wrote:
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> Hi;
>
> How to write an extended dim and cresc (text, not hairpins) ,like a trillSpan?
>
> I have attached screenshots of the original music I am transcribing
> from to show what I am trying to engrave.
>
> I have the following macros defined:
>
> cresc = _\markup \italic "cresc."
> dimin = _\markup \italic "dimin."
>
> I tried adding a dash to the end of the quoted text in each macro.  I
> got an error that there was no terminating of the macro (I don't
> remember the text text of the error message).
>
> Where do I look in the manual for this long extension (span?) of the
> expressive mark?
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wolcott