On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 6:17 AM Erik Appeldoorn <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I wanted to add a 'Cresc. molto' within the \Dynamics between two piano
> hands. Using a \Markup within the piano would show it uncentered and out of
> whack.
> I tried
>
> cresMol = \tweak DynamicText.self-alignment-X #LEFT
> #(make-dynamic-script
> (markup #:normal-text #:italic "Cresc. molto" ))
>
> Which looks ok, but showed an error: unbounded AbsoluteDynamicEvent
>
> And I also needed to add a \Whiteout, because it crosses a barline.
> \Whiteout can't be done within a dynamic-script.
>
> Then made this:
>
> cresMol = {
> \once \tweak DynamicText.text \markup { \whiteout \pad-markup #0.3
> \normal-text \italic "Cresc. molto" }
> \once \tweak DynamicText.self-alignment-X #0
> \once \tweak DynamicText.layer #2
> \once \tweak DynamicText.whiteout ##t
> \p
> }
>
> Which looks ok when used, but still raises an unbounded AbsoluteDynamicEvent
> error.
> So I could just ignore the error, because the result is just fine. But
> rather have a proper solution.
>
> invoked like: s\p s4\cresMol | s2. |
>
> it looks like this. How could I solve the error?
>
You should always include an MWE (minimum working example) with your
question. See https://lilypond.org/tiny-examples.html
I don't have an answer to your specific question, but I have two
alternatives. The first is if you actually want a crescendo event to
happen, and the second is if just markup will be enough:
%%%
\version "2.26.0"
crescMoltoMarkup =
\markup \large \italic \whiteout \pad-markup #0.25 "Cresc. molto"
crescMolto =
#(make-music 'CrescendoEvent 'span-direction START 'span-type 'text
'span-text crescMoltoMarkup)
{
\time 3/4
c''2\p 4\crescMolto | 2.\! | 2. | % acts like an actual crescendo
c''2\p 4-\crescMoltoMarkup | 2. | % just markup
}
%%%
--
Knute Snortum
