Thanks a lot for your response, Nick Payne... 

I am getting a Syntax error, I need to study a bit about tweak and then 
construct your solution in a way that matches my version of Lily. I don't think 
I have the patch that can deal with . for object properties:

Processing 
`/var/folders/Xz/XzbFT1b8F2CmxVflynxGhE+++TI/-Tmp-/frescobaldi-asYWrk/tmpwoxO2b/document.ly'
Parsing...
/var/folders/Xz/XzbFT1b8F2CmxVflynxGhE+++TI/-Tmp-/frescobaldi-asYWrk/tmpwoxO2b/document.ly:3:28:
 error: syntax error, unexpected '.'
mpCresc = \tweak DynamicText
.self-alignment-X #LEFT
/var/folders/Xz/XzbFT1b8F2CmxVflynxGhE+++TI/-Tmp-/frescobaldi-asYWrk/tmpwoxO2b/document.ly:6:0:
 error: syntax error, unexpected MUSIC_FUNCTION, expecting '='

Thanks again!

On Aug 25, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Nick Payne wrote:

> On 26/08/13 08:24, Alexander Wallace wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I am very new to music and just started playing with Lilypond today.
>> 
>> I'm really liking it so far, but I'm having problems doing a couple of 
>> things...
>> 
>> I can't add a 'mp cresc.' label to my notes....
>> 
>> \version "2.16.2"
>> \relative c'
>> {
>> % can't have mp cresc...
>> d4_\mp d\cresc e c
>> }
> 
> You could use something like so:
> 
> \version "2.16.2"
> 
> mpCresc = \tweak DynamicText.self-alignment-X #LEFT
> #(make-dynamic-script (markup #:dynamic "mp" #:normal-text #:italic "cresc."))
> 
> \relative c'
> {
>  d4_\mpCresc d e c
> }
> 
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