Re: scheme music function going backwards in time (or "better mp dolce")

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Graham,

> I have a scheme function for nicely-spaced dynamic+text marks (ie
> mp dolce), but it adds the dynamic to the note *after* it appears
> in the score -- to add "f legato" to the E, I need to write
>   c \flegato e d c
> instead of
>   c e\flegato d c
>
> Can anybody see a nice solution to this?  Omiting the initial
> (make-music 'SequentialMusic) puts the dynamic on the right note,
> but the OverrideProperty stops working.  Writing the dynamic in
> front of the note produces good output, but it breaks the lilypond
> postfix-ish notation.

I use

    flegato = #(make-dynamic-script (markup #:hspace 0 #:raise -1  
#:line(#:dynamic "f" #:hspace -0.3 #:normal-text #:italic "legato" )))

and tweak the spacing — it ain't a "nice" solution, but it works.  
Hopefully, one of the responses to your post will *really* fix the  
problem!

Cheers,
Kieren.