Hi David, > But I realise that often what I need in order to get satisfactory > hairpins is more space between the note heads, and simply moving the > ends of the hairpin does not reposition the relevant notes.
Have you tried adjusting the minimum-length? %%% SNIPPET BEGINS \version "2.18.2" \language "english" after = #(define-music-function (parser location t e m) (ly:duration? ly:music? ly:music?) #{ \context Bottom << #m { \skip $t <> -\tweak extra-spacing-width #empty-interval $e } >> #}) testing = \relative e'' { \override Hairpin.minimum-length = #5 e8 cs ds d \after 4 \> \after 4 \mf cs2\< ~ cs4 d8(\p cs) } \score { \testing } %%% SNIPPET ENDS Hope that helps! Kieren. ________________________________ Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user