Re: broken crescendo

[Mats Bengtsson]

One hackers solution would be to create a white rectangle using
a text script with \markup{\whiteout{...}} (I haven't thought of the
details). If you are lucky, this rectangle
will be typeset after (i.e. on top of) the hairpin.

  /Mats

Quoting Trevor Bača <address@hidden>:

> On 11/20/06, Orm Finnendahl <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > sorry to bug the list with all these questions, but the score needs to
> > get finished urgently. At least I'm advancing, having finished one
> > line of a violin solo piece (5 bars) today in just 10 hours continous
> > work ;-) Contemporary music notation just sucks, but at least it's a good
> > test case for the program.
> >
> > Is there a way to interrupt a crescendo hairpin for a specified amount
> > of time (like in the \startStaff \stopStaff example). Something to
> > blank out some part of the hairpin...
>
> Hi Orm,
>
> I know what you're looking for with the interrupted hairpin, but,
> unfortunately, I'm pretty sure there is *not* currently a way to do
> this. I'd definitely be interested in hearing about it if you do
> discover a way, however.
>
> Also, if the contemporary score you're working on turns out well (and
> if there aren't personal or copyright issues) it might be interesting
> to publish a finished snippet or two back to the list as a successful
> example of contemporary notation with Lily. (Of course the composer
> might object, but it can't hurt to check.)
>
> Good luck with the hairpins.
>
> --
> Trevor Bača
> address@hidden