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Text crescendi (or decrescendi, ritardandi, etc.) show a dashed line by default. To hide this spanner line, simply set the <code>dash-period</code> of <code>DynamicTextSpanner</code> (or <code>TextSpanner</code> if you use one for “rit.”) to a negative value.
Text crescendi (or decrescendi, ritardandi, etc.) show a dashed line by default. To hide this spanner line, simply set the <code>dash-period</code> of <code>DynamicTextSpanner</code> (or <code>TextSpanner</code> if you use one for “rit.”) to a negative value.


<lilypond version="2.24.0">
<lilypond version="2.24">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=404
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=404



Revision as of 18:52, 16 November 2025

Text crescendi (or decrescendi, ritardandi, etc.) show a dashed line by default. To hide this spanner line, simply set the dash-period of DynamicTextSpanner (or TextSpanner if you use one for “rit.”) to a negative value.

\version "2.24"

%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=404

\relative c'' {
  % Default: Dashed line
  \crescTextCresc 
  c4\< c c c\!
  \crescTextCresc 
  \once \override DynamicTextSpanner.style = #'none
  c4\< c c c\!
}