On Mon, 2024-01-08 at 16:16 -0800, Donald J. Stewart wrote: > When I insert grace notes at the beginning of a piece with multiple > staves, I > get a very strange error. This is a notorious LilyPond bug called "Issue 34" (*) Use Command: Install Grace Note Hint Installs grace note spacer rests in other voices to work around a problem with typesetting grace notes with non-music objects that appear at the same moment. Location: Object Menu ▶ Notes/Rests ▶ Grace Notes Internal Name: InstallGraceNoteHint
To fix the problem. Richard (*)you can do an internet search for "lilypond issue 34" if you want to get an idea of its notoriety. > > I haven't had any grace note errors in other similar scores, but I > also > haven't started a piece with grace notes before. > > When I start a simple one line test score, the error doesn't seem to > occur. > > I've attached screenshots and the denemo file. > > > _____________________________________________ > D o n a l d J S t e w a r t > s o u n d - X