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+\version "2.14.0"
+
+\header {
+ lsrtags = "expressive-marks, tweaks-and-overrides"
+ texidoc = "Custom text spanners can be defined and used with hairpin
+ and text crescendos. @code{\<} and @code{\>} produce hairpins by
+ default, @code{\cresc} etc. produce text spanners by default."
+ doctitle = "Dynamics text spanner postfix"
+}
+
+% Some sample text dynamic spanners, to be used as postfix operators
+crpoco =
+#(make-music 'CrescendoEvent
+ 'span-direction START
+ 'span-type 'text
+ 'span-text "cresc. poco a poco")
+
+\relative c' {
+ c4\cresc d4 e4 f4 |
+ g4 a4\! b4\crpoco c4 |
+ c4 d4 e4 f4 |
+ g4 a4\! b4\< c4 |
+ g4\dim a4 b4\decresc c4\!
+}
+