input/new/changing-text-and-spanner-styles-for-text-dynamics.ly

   1 \version "2.11.47"
   2 \header {
   3   lsrtags = "rhythms,tweaks-and-overrides"
   4   texidoc = "
   5 The text used for crescendos and decrescendos can be
   6 changed by modifying the context properties @code{crescendoText}
   7 and @code{decrescendoText}.  The style of the spanner line can
   8 be changed by modifying the @code{'style} property of
   9 @code{DynamicTextSpanner}.  The default value is
  10 @code{'hairpin}, and other possible values include
  11 @code{'line}, @code{'dashed-line}, and
  12 @code{'dotted-line}:
  13 "
  14   doctitle = "Changing text and spanner styles for text dynamics"
  15 }
  16
  17 \relative c'' {
  18   \set crescendoText = \markup { \italic { cresc. poco } }
  19   \set crescendoSpanner = #'text
  20   \override DynamicTextSpanner #'style = #'dotted-line
  21   a2\< a
  22   a2 a
  23   a2 a
  24   a2 a\mf
  25 }