On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 03:15:53PM +0200, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
[...]
> > 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).
Aha, now it makes sense. And there was no need for me to define
a new Voice context - adding this to the beginning of both the melody and
upper staves worked:
% extra grace note to work around LilyPond bug with the initial
% grace note in the lower staff
\grace s16
Many thanks!
-- Ed
> 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 } >>
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