Hi Knute, >> It's still interesting to see why it happens, and document it if it is the >> expected behavior. > I'm guessing that it has to do with LilyPond's most famous bug, issue #34: > https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/34
Yep. \with happens before the first actual score moment, which is where the bug officially "starts". There are several Lilypond behaviour issues that I get around by using \with (and then \undo, if necessary). Cheers, Kieren ________________________________ Kieren MacMillan, composer (he/him/his) ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: kie...@kierenmacmillan.info