To help anyone else who reads this thread in the future. The answer to my question is that the opening of the decrescendo does not have to be attached to a note.. Per the example, only the termination needs to be attached to a note.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Graham Percival [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 3:37 PM > To: Steve Schow > Cc: 'Dewdman42'; 'lilypond-user@gnu.org' > Subject: Re: Decrescendo on last note?? > > Steve Schow wrote: > > It says in the manual: > > > > "A crescendo mark is started with \< and terminated with > \! or an absolute dynamic. A > > decrescendo is started with \> and is also terminated with > \! or an absolute dynamic. \cr and > > \decr may be used instead of \< and \>." > > And the example directly underneath that sentence is this: > > c\< c\! d\> e\! > << f1 { s4 s4\< s4\! \> s4\! } >> > > Compare the example with the output. > > Cheers, > - Graham > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
