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+\version "2.19.55"
+
+\header {
+ texidoc = "The @code{shorten-pair} property works with circled-tip
+hairpins. When two hairpins share a circle, the adjoining ends are
+not moved.
+"
+}
+
+{
+ \override Hairpin.circled-tip = ##t
+ \once \override Hairpin.shorten-pair = #'(-2 . -4)
+ c'1~\<
+ c'2~ c'\!
+ \once \override Hairpin.shorten-pair = #'(0 . -4)
+ c'1~\>
+ c'2~ c'\!
+ \break
+ \override Hairpin.shorten-pair = #'(4 . -8)
+ c'2~\> c'2~\<
+ c'2~ c'2\!
+}