Re: Grace notes in the first measure mess up the layout

[Arle Lommel]

Thanks much. I *hunted* all over for something like this, but clearly didn’t 
have the right search string as I thought this was a problem with the *first* 
measure in a piece.

This helps.

> On Feb 3, 2020, at 22:14, Daniel Rosen <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> From: Arle Lommel [mailto:address@hidden] 
>> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2020 10:04 PM
>> To: Lilypond-User Mailing List <address@hidden>
>> Subject: Grace notes in the first measure mess up the layout
>> 
>> How can I get this to display as expected?
> 
> Just add an equivalent grace note spacer in the other voices, as shown in the 
> NR 
> (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/special-rhythmic-concerns#grace-notes,
>  under "Known Issues and Warnings"):
> 
> \version "2.19.83"
> 
> vocal = \relative c'' {
>       \clef treble
>       \key aes \major
>       \grace s16      % <-- Here
>       R2.
> }
> 
> upper = \relative c'' {
>       \clef treble
>       \key aes \major
>       \grace s16      % <-- and here
>       c4 ees4 g4
> }
> 
> lower = \relative c' {
>       \clef bass
>       \key aes \major
>       \time 3/4
>       \grace b,16( <f c'>2.) |
> }
> 
> \score {
>  <<
>    \new Voice = "mel" { \vocal }
>    \new PianoStaff <<
>      \new Staff = "upper" \upper
>      \new Staff = "lower" \lower
>>> 
>>> 
>  \layout {}
> }
> 
> DR