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 <drose...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> From: Arle Lommel [mailto:fene...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2020 10:04 PM >> To: Lilypond-User Mailing List <lilypond-user@gnu.org> >> 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
