+@c Add LilyPond examples to these snippets. -pm
+
+@c A @notation{hairpin} normally starts at the left edge of the
+@c beginning note and ends on the right edge of the ending note. If
+@c the ending note falls on the downbeat, the @notation{hairpin} ends
+@c on the immediately preceding bar line. The following example
+@c illustrates this behavior:
+@c
+@c TODO: Add link to new snippet for #'to-barline
+
+If hairpins are too short, they can be lengthened using the
+following method:
+
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
+c4\< c\! d\> e\!
+\override Voice.Hairpin #'minimum-length = #5
+<< f1 { s4 s4\< s4\> s4\! } >>
+@end lilypond
+
+@cindex al niente
+@cindex niente, al
+
+Hairpins may be printed with a circled tip (al niente notation):
+
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
+\override Hairpin #'circled-tip = ##t
+c2\< c\!
+c4\> c\< c2\!
+@end lilypond
+