LilyPond Internals Reference: 1.1.20 DecrescendoEvent

### 1.1.20 DecrescendoEvent

Begin or end a decrescendo.

Syntax: note`\>` … note`\!`

An alternative syntax is note`\decr` … note`\enddecr`.

Event classes: decrescendo-event, music-event, span-dynamic-event, span-event and StreamEvent.

Accepted by: Dynamic_engraver, Dynamic_performer and New_dynamic_engraver.

Properties:

> `name` (symbol):

>   `'DecrescendoEvent`

>   Name of this music object.

> `types` (list):

>   `'(general-music span-event span-dynamic-event decrescendo-event event)`

>   The types of this music object; determines by what engraver this music expression is processed.

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