Issue 4952 Clearify ending of hairpins at bar line in NR

diff --git a/Documentation/notation/expressive.itely b/Documentation/notation/expressive.itely
index 60f0cc66c0413989d6ca9a6b5f119ed4612dd531..d3f023524654720ef919e6c5f010542e49c30d7d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/notation/expressive.itely
+++ b/Documentation/notation/expressive.itely
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ or @notation{decrescendo} mark, it will end at the centre of the note
 that has the next @code{\<} or @code{\>} assigned to it.  The next
 hairpin will then start at the right edge of the same note
 instead of the usual left edge had it been terminated with @code{\!}
-before.
+before.  A hairpin ending on a downbeat will stop at the preceding bar line.
 
 @lilypond[verbatim,quote]
 \relative {
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@ items such as text scripts, text spanners, and piano pedal marks.
 
 @snippets
 
+@cindex hairpins at bar lines
+
 @lilypondfile[verbatim,quote,texidoc,doctitle]
 {setting-hairpin-behavior-at-bar-lines.ly}