\version "2.13.3" \pointAndClickOff cresc = #(make-music 'CrescendoEvent 'span-direction START 'span-type 'text 'span-text "cresc.") dim = #(make-music 'DecrescendoEvent 'span-direction START 'span-type 'text 'span-text "dim.") decresc = #(make-music 'DecrescendoEvent 'span-direction START 'span-type 'text 'span-text "decresc.") \relative c' { \time 3/4 s2.| \break c8\dim c c c c c\!\> c c c c c\!\dim c c c c c\! c c \break % Setting bound-padding does not have any effect on the end, only on the start: c8\dim c c c c \once\override Hairpin #'bound-padding = #5 c\!\> c c c c c\!\dim c c c c c\! c c\break c8\dim c c c c c\!\> c c c c c\!\> c c c c c\! c c\break }