Thank you. That did the trick. I apologize for the long example; I actually spent a while whittling it down, but a truly tiny example did exhibit the problem.
Knute Snortum (via Gmail) On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonm...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > Knute: > > > > I placed \acciaccatura s8 before the r4 and the 8va shortened. Perhaps > this does what you want. > > > > Mark > > > > *From:* lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org [mailto: > lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org] *On Behalf Of *Knute > Snortum > *Sent:* Friday, March 06, 2015 1:45 PM > *To:* lilypond-user@gnu.org > *Subject:* Ottava spanner too long just before a grace note > > > > I have a piece of music that all finished except that I have a problem > with the ottava spanner for low a in the bass. It seems to want to span > the grace note that's in the next measure, I assume because the grace note > is realized by backing up from the beat it's on. My example file isn't > "tiny", but it's not huge either. I don't know if people prefer inline > files or attachments when they are big, so I attached the file. > > > > I've tried several things to make make the spanner smaller, but I can't > seem to do it without messing other things up. There's a lot happening in > that measure, including a tied cross-staff chord. There may be a better > solution for that that will make the ottava problem easier to solve. > > > > The last measure in the example is how the first measure should look. > > > > TIA > > > > Knute Snortum > > (via Gmail) >
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