Re: Trouble with acciaccatura at the beginning of a piece

[Xavier Scheuer]

On 12 January 2012 14:03, Ninn Langel <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Which renders with two sets of clefs with the acciaccaturas in between.
> I am aware that there is documentation about this, but I have not been
> able to understand the problem after hours of trying - clearly it
> relates to starting with the acciaccaturas, but I have not found a solution.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help. I am really looking forward to
> grasping enough of this to convert everything to lilypond.

As I said to someone else 4 days ago (on bug-lilypond):
On 8 January 2012 10:35, Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Please read the notation reference, NR 1.2.6 Special rhythmic concerns
>  > Grace notes > "Known issues and warnings"
>
>   Grace note synchronization can also lead to surprises. Staff notation,
>   such as key signatures, bar lines, etc., are also synchronized.
>   Take care when you mix staves with grace notes and staves without.
>   This can be remedied by inserting grace skips of the corresponding
>   durations in the other staves.
>
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/notation/special-rhythmic-concerns.html#grace-notes
>
> In your case
>
%%%% Snippet
global = {
  \time 2/4
  \key d \major
  \grace s8  %% add this!
}

bassPart = \relative c' {
  \clef bass
  \grace s8  %% add this!
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  a a a a a a a a
}
%%% end of snippet
seems to do the trick (you use \global in a // construction).
>
> Grace synchronization is tracked as issue #34
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=34
>

Cheers,
Xavier

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Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>