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

   1 \version "2.11.61"
   2 \header {
   3   lsrtags = "rhythms,tweaks-and-overrides"
   4   texidoc = "
   5 The text used for crescendos and decrescendos can be changed by
   6 modifying the context properties @code{crescendoText} and
   7 @code{decrescendoText}.  The style of the spanner line can be
   8 changed by modifying the @code{'style} property of
   9 @code{DynamicTextSpanner}.  The default value is @code{'hairpin},
  10 and other possible values include @code{'line}, @code{'dashed-line}
  11 and @code{'dotted-line}:
  12 "
  13   doctitle = "Changing text and spanner styles for text dynamics"
  14 }
  15
  16 \relative c'' {
  17   \set crescendoText = \markup { \italic { cresc. poco } }
  18   \set crescendoSpanner = #'text
  19   \override DynamicTextSpanner #'style = #'dotted-line
  20   a2\< a
  21   a2 a
  22   a2 a
  23   a2 a\mf
  24 }