Ben Maybe I've missed something, but you seem to be making this far too complicated. Does this not do what you want?
\version "2.14.2" \include "bagpipe.ly" FirstVoice = { \time 3/4 \hideKeySignature \dble e8. [c16] \dblb b4 \grG a4 | \dble e8. [c16] \dblb b4 \grG a4 | } SecondVoice = { \hideKeySignature \grg c8. [e16] \grg d4 c4 | \grg c8. [e16] \grg d4 c4 | } \score { \new GrandStaff << \new Staff = "GHB" \new Voice { \time 3/4 \FirstVoice } \new Staff = "GHB" << \new Voice { \SecondVoice } >> >> } Trevor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Beeson" <bwbe...@wavecable.com> To: "David Kastrup" <d...@gnu.org> Cc: <lilypond-user@gnu.org> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 2:59 AM Subject: Re: Grace note spacing and barcheck difficulty in bagpipe music > Hi David and the rest of the LilyPond users, > > Sorry for the dwell between messages, I've been trying various things to > figure out how to make the \grace {s8} idea work with bagpipe music. So > far I have had no luck. I have included an example and some staff > images to show how this comes out. What I am striving to achieve is an > error free compilation that looks like > Snippet_Spacing_grace_example1.pdf. What I get when I try the \grace > {s8} looks like the staff output in > Snippet_Spacing_grace_meets_bagpipeDoublings.pdf. > > In the attached LilyPond file, you can switch the comments in the two > voices to generate either output and see the compiler errors. > > I hope the fix is something simple. If I have missed something in your > advice to add grace spacing, please point me to it. > > Thanks in advance, > > Ben > > > On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 03:31 +0100, David Kastrup wrote: >> Ben Beeson <bwbe...@wavecable.com> writes: >> >> > Hi David, >> > >> > Thanks for pointing me to the issue 34 link. I did not know about that >> > before. After reading all that material late last night, I am realizing >> > that the fix is going to be a tough one. I guess I was hoping that I >> > just missed something simple. Who knew that I was about to walk into a >> > minefield? Wow... >> > >> > I will see what I can do with the \grace { s8 } idea you suggested. So >> > far that idea is not playing nicely with the bagpipe.ly file. >> >> Example? >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user