Re: Grace notes

[Mats Bengtsson]

> Hello,
> 
> I have two questions concerning grace notes...
> 
> I've got this measure:
> [e,8 \grace {e8} fis8(] [)fis8 e8] [fis,8 cis8]
> 
> The first problem is that lilypond adds way too much horizontal space next to 
> the grace note, so that the space between the e,8 and the first fis8 is 
> more than twice as big as the space between the other eighth notes, which 
> looks quite strange. Is there a way to change that? (i.e. putting the grace 
> note closer to the following fis8, and also reducing the space between the 
> e,8 and the grace note).

Have you tried setting 
\property Grace.GraceAlignment \set #'horizontal-space = #0.5
(the default is 1.2). I don't have a running Lilypond here so
I don't know what it does, but from the name it seems a reasonable
property to try.

> The second problem is that the slur starts at the grace note, but it should 
> start at the main note...
> (I know it's actually a tie, but "fis8] [fis8~" didn't work at all).

Try "fis8 ~ ] [fis8" instead, the ~ should be written after the
first note of the tie. 

   /Mats