Re: that acciaccatura issue

[David Kastrup]

"Mark Stephen Mrotek" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
>
>  
>
> When an acciaccatura (or grace) is attached to the first pitch of one of
> several voices, the other voices must also have one of the same duration -
> usually with a "s" pitch.
>
> How do I attach an acciaccatura to a rest? (Please see attached snippet.)

Don't use an \acciaccatura for that purpose (namely for matching the
timing of the _actual_ \acciaccatura that you want).  Just use \grace s4
(or whatever).  An \acciaccatura comes with slashed stem and a slur.
You don't want that.  The workaround is for the sake of "grace timing"
which is employed by all of \acciaccatura, \appoggiatura, \grace, and
possibly some other stuff, so the unadorned \grace is best for fudging
in pure spacing material.

-- 
David Kastrup