Re: Hairpin solid with dashed end

2018-02-21 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Karlin, I have to tell you, the thought has crossed my mind more than once! :-) Andrew On 21 February 2018 at 22:33, Karlin High wrote: > > Interesting. I was imagining your composers sitting around a table > late at night, grinning maliciously and saying, "Let's see ol' Andy > try to engr

Re: Hairpin solid with dashed end

2018-02-21 Thread Karlin High
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 12:32 AM, Andrew Bernard wrote: > For the composer I engrave for, the hairpin with a dashed section is used > when transitioning between two dynamic levels, but there is a rest or > silence in the line, and it is a way of reminding the performer that the > cresc or decresc

Re: Hairpin solid with dashed end

2018-02-21 Thread Thomas Morley
2018-02-21 3:25 GMT+01:00 Andrew Bernard : > Is there any example of how to make a hairpin with normal solid lines, but > dashed at the end, say the last quarter or so? [Yep, some new complexity > notation again.] > > Andrew Hi Andrew, some time ago I made the code below. It will not work with a

Re: Hairpin solid with dashed end

2018-02-20 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi All, For the composer I engrave for, the hairpin with a dashed section is used when transitioning between two dynamic levels, but there is a rest or silence in the line, and it is a way of reminding the performer that the cresc or decresc continues but to be aware of the rest and not carry the

Re: Hairpin solid with dashed end

2018-02-20 Thread Stefano Troncaro
Well, I worked a bit with the stencil drawing procedure earlier, so I adapted it for what you describe. It is not working well with line breaks... I'll have to figure out why later, but for normal hairpins it should do what you describe. Hope that helps. By the way I'm also curious about their me

Re: Hairpin solid with dashed end

2018-02-20 Thread Shane Brandes
Just out of curiosity what does it signify? Shane On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 9:25 PM, Andrew Bernard wrote: > Is there any example of how to make a hairpin with normal solid lines, but > dashed at the end, say the last quarter or so? [Yep, some new complexity > notation again.] > > Andrew > > > _