Yes, thanks. I found the best solution was to use e'8\< d c d\> e c\!
I didn't realize that a decrescendo mark implicitly closes off the preceding crescendo without needing to use \! first. Nick > -----Original Message----- > From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:mats.bengts...@ee.kth.se] > Sent: Wednesday, 7 January 2009 06:47 > To: Nick Payne > Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Hairpins not lining up > > Nick Payne wrote: > > \relative c' { > > \stemDown > > \time 3/4 > > e'8\< d c\! d\> e c\! > > } > > > If you begin the decrescendo at the same note as you end > the crescendo, LilyPond will automatically make sure that > they are vertically aligned. If you really want the decrescendo > to begin on the next note, my best proposal is to increase > the staff-padding. > > /Mats > > I have the notes and dynamic marks shown above in one bar of my > score. For > > some reason, in the complete score the crescendo and decrescendo > marks are > > not aligned horizontally (see png), whereas when I excerpt the phrase > to a > > small example as above, they do line up. > > > > There are quite a number of places where this same misalignment > occurs. I > > realize I can explicitly set the staff-padding value for the marks to > get > > them to align, but this is a fair bit of stuffing around. Has anyone > any > > suggestion why this misalignment happens? > > > > Nick > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > lilypond-user@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > > > -- > ============================================= > Mats Bengtsson > Signal Processing > School of Electrical Engineering > Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) > SE-100 44 STOCKHOLM > Sweden > Phone: (+46) 8 790 8463 > Fax: (+46) 8 790 7260 > Email: mats.bengts...@ee.kth.se > WWW: http://www.s3.kth.se/~mabe > ============================================= > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.3/1877 - Release Date: > 05/01/2009 19:20 _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user