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Re: Extent of hairpins
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Kieren MacMillan |
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Re: Extent of hairpins |
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Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:48:21 -0500 |
Hi David,
> I find that X-offset affects both ends - in other words, it shifts the
> whole hairpin to the right of its default position by #X-offset staff spaces.
Correct; that’s what I was trying to say with
>> #'X-offset will effect where the left-hand side begins
i.e., it doesn’t affect the length of the hairpin. Sorry my wording wasn’t
clear.
> As you say, bound-padding only apparently affects the right-hand end of
> a hairpin. I'm not sure what the units are here: they seem to be about
> 1/4 of a staff space.
I seem to also recall that it works inconsistently if the hairpin ends on \! as
opposed to an explicit dynamic.
(No time to test right now; sorry.)
Cheers,
Kieren.
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