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Unusual graphical crescendos (cosmetic Hairpin styles)

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Revision as of 22:37, 26 October 2025 by Jean Abou Samra (talk | contribs) (Import snippet from LSR)
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By overriding the 'style property of the Hairpin object, you can get nice contemporary crescendos and decrescendos.

\version "2.24.0"

%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=339

\relative c' {
  \override Hairpin.style = #'trill
  c2\< c\!\mf
  \override Hairpin.style = #'zigzag
  c2\< c\!\mf
}