I have a piece of music that all finished except that I have a
problem with the ottava spanner for low a in the bass. It seems to want
to span the grace note that's in the next measure, I assume because the grace
note is realized by backing up from the beat it's on. My example file
isn't "tiny", but it's not huge either. I don't know if people prefer
inline files or attachments when they are big, so I attached the file.
I've tried several things to make make the spanner smaller, but I can't
seem to do it without messing other things up. There's a lot happening
in that measure, including a tied cross-staff chord. There may be a
better solution for that that will make the ottava problem easier to
solve.
The last measure in the example is how the first measure should
look.
TIA
Knute Snortum
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