Re: How to insert a simple "rit."?

[David Kastrup]

David Rogers <davidandrewrogers@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello all
>
> I certainly remember having this same question or confusion. The fact
> that there is a specific \cresc led me to believe that there ought to
> be a specific \rit as well. May I suggest that a new Subsection 1.3.4
> "Other expressive marks" be added to the Notation manual, simply
> explaining that "rit." and friends don't need individual commands, and
> should be dealt with as text markup, with a link to Section 1.8?
>
> "Rit." *IS* an "expressive mark" just as much as "cresc." is, after
> all, and the fact that it isn't mentioned in Section 1.3 tends to make
> it look as if Lilypond just isn't capable of "rit." - which of course
> seems strange. A person who's at the stage of trying to find out how
> to put a "rit." into their score is unlikely to know that they need to
> look in Section 1.8.

Uh, \tempo "rit." ?

-- 
David Kastrup