Re: initial acciaccatura confuses things?

[Mats Bengtsson]

Ed Ravin wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 08:04:47AM +0200, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
>   
> > This bug is described in the manual in the section on grace notes, 
> > together with an explanation on how to solve the problem.
> >     
>
> Funny, I've read that section many times, and even down to the bottom
> when I was first learning LilyPond.  Just not recently.  I presume
> you mean this bit under "Bugs":
>
>   A score that starts with an \grace section needs an explicit \context
>   Voice declaration, otherwise the main note and grace note end up on
>   different staves.
>
> But it would be nice if the manual had an example. 
It does! The point you probably missed is that the \grace s16 should be 
inserted
in all the other staves, so that all staves begin with a grace note of 
some form
(\grace or \acciaccatura or \appoggiatura). I'll see if I can clarify 
this further
in the manual. A complete version of the example from the manual, 
including the fix, is

<< \new Staff { e4 \bar "|:" \grace c16 d4 }
       \new Staff { c4 \bar "|:" \grace s16 d4 } >>


>  I've tried this:
>
>   \new Voice { \acciaccatura bf,16 bf4 <d' f>4 <ef g>8 <f a> <g bf> <a c> }|
>
> And this:
>
>   \context Voice { \acciaccatura bf,16 bf4 <d' f>4 <ef g>8 <f a> <g bf> <a c> }|
>
> And neither one fixes the bug.
>   
Again, what you have to do is to insert a corresponding \grace s16 in the
upper part.

  /Mats