> I have a musicxml export from Musescore where I have added a > crescendo line “cresc. _ _ _ _ _ _ “ spanning several notes. > > When converting that musicxml to ly (musicxml2ly 2.24.3) it will be > rendered as a trill with span: [...]
Please try the current development version of LilyPond instead; it renders your example just fine (rendering with `lilypond` will show warnings, but these warnings are LilyPond bugs and can be ignored for your test file). Werner
\version "2.25.20" % automatically converted by musicxml2ly from xml-test.xml \pointAndClickOff \header { } \layout { \context { \Staff printKeyCancellation = ##f } \context { \Score autoBeaming = ##f } } PartPOneVoiceOne = \relative f'' { \clef "treble" \time 4/4 \key c \major \once \set crescendoText = \markup \normal-text \fontsize #-0.793 \italic "cresc." \once \set crescendoSpanner = #'text <>^\< f4 f4 f4 f4 <>\! } PartPOneVoiceFive = \relative f'' { \clef "treble" \time 4/4 \key c \major f1 } % The score definition \score { << \new PianoStaff << \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = "Klavier" \context Staff = "1" << \mergeDifferentlyDottedOn \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn \context Voice = "PartPOneVoiceOne" { \PartPOneVoiceOne } >> \context Staff = "2" << \mergeDifferentlyDottedOn \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn \context Voice = "PartPOneVoiceFive" { \PartPOneVoiceFive } >> >> >> \layout {} % To create MIDI output, uncomment the following line: % \midi { \tempo 4 = 100 } }