Positioning grace notes with floating space - Revision history

Lemzwerg at 08:46, 6 January 2026

2026-01-06T08:46:30Z

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	Setting the property <code>strict-grace-spacing</code> makes the musical columns for grace notes ‘floating’, i.e., decoupled from the non-grace notes: first the normal notes are spaced, then the (musical columns of the) graces are put left of the musical columns for the main notes.		Setting the property <code>strict-grace-spacing</code> makes the musical columns for grace notes ‘floating’, i.e., decoupled from the non-grace notes: first the normal notes are spaced, then the (musical columns of the) graces are put left of the musical columns for the main notes.

	Due to ~~[https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/~~6876 ~~issue #6876]~~, however, accidentals are ignored if this property is set. This snippet gives a workaround to circumvent the problem.		Due to {{Issue\|6876}}, however, accidentals are ignored if this property is set. This snippet gives a workaround to circumvent the problem.

	Another unfortunate side effect of this property is that LilyPond does not check whether there is enough horizontal space for grace notes (this is tracked as ~~[https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/~~2630 ~~issue #2630]~~). You have to make sure that enough space is available, for example, by using <code>\newSpacingSection</code> together with a proper value for the <code>base-shortest-duration</code> of the <code>SpacingSpanner</code> grob.		Another unfortunate side effect of this property is that LilyPond does not check whether there is enough horizontal space for grace notes (this is tracked as {{Issue\|2630}}). You have to make sure that enough space is available, for example, by using <code>\newSpacingSection</code> together with a proper value for the <code>base-shortest-duration</code> of the <code>SpacingSpanner</code> grob.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">

Lemzwerg: Add workaround for accidentals

2025-12-20T06:54:11Z

Add workaround for accidentals

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:54, 20 December 2025
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	Setting the property <code>strict-grace-spacing</code> makes the musical columns for grace notes ‘floating’, i.e., decoupled from the non-grace notes: first the normal notes are spaced, then the (musical columns of the) graces are put left of the musical columns for the main notes.		Setting the property <code>strict-grace-spacing</code> makes the musical columns for grace notes ‘floating’, i.e., decoupled from the non-grace notes: first the normal notes are spaced, then the (musical columns of the) graces are put left of the musical columns for the main notes.

			Due to [https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6876 issue #6876], however, accidentals are ignored if this property is set. This snippet gives a workaround to circumvent the problem.

			Another unfortunate side effect of this property is that LilyPond does not check whether there is enough horizontal space for grace notes (this is tracked as [https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/2630 issue #2630]). You have to make sure that enough space is available, for example, by using <code>\newSpacingSection</code> together with a proper value for the <code>base-shortest-duration</code> of the <code>SpacingSpanner</code> grob.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	~~\relative c''~~ {		shiftedGrace =
	<<		#(define-music-function (offset music) (number? ly:music?)
	\override ~~Score~~.~~SpacingSpanner~~.~~strict~~-~~grace~~-~~spacing =~~ ##t		#{
	\~~new Staff~~ \~~new Voice {~~		\override NoteHead.X-offset = #(- offset 0.85)
	\~~afterGrace c4~~ { ~~c16[ c8 c16]~~ }		\override Stem.X-offset = #offset
	~~c8[ \grace~~ { ~~b16~~ d } ~~c8]~~		\grace { $music }
	~~c4 r~~		\revert NoteHead.X-offset
	}		\revert Stem.X-offset
	\~~new Staff~~ {		#})
	~~c16 c c c c c c c c4 r~~
	}		\relative c'' <<
	>>		{ g4 \shiftedGrace #-1.3 a32 \shiftedGrace #-0.5 { bes c d } es4 }
			{ f,32 e d c f e d c f4 }
			>>

			\layout {
			\context {
			\Score
			\override SpacingSpanner.strict-grace-spacing = ##t
			}
	}		}
	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

	[[Category:Rhythms]]		[[Category:Rhythms]]
			[[Category:Scheme]]
			[[Category:Workaround]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
	[[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 08:17, 8 December 2025

2025-12-08T08:17:14Z

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	Setting the property <code>'strict-grace-spacing</code> makes the musical columns for grace notes ‘floating’, i.e., decoupled from the non-grace notes: first the normal notes are spaced, then the (musical columns of the) graces are put left of the musical columns for the main notes.		Setting the property <code>strict-grace-spacing</code> makes the musical columns for grace notes ‘floating’, i.e., decoupled from the non-grace notes: first the normal notes are spaced, then the (musical columns of the) graces are put left of the musical columns for the main notes.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">

Lemzwerg at 14:45, 30 November 2025

2025-11-30T14:45:42Z

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	Setting the property <code>'strict-grace-spacing</code> makes the musical columns for grace notes ~~'floating'~~, i.e., decoupled from the non-grace notes: first the normal notes are spaced, then the (musical columns of the) graces are put left of the musical columns for the main notes.		Setting the property <code>'strict-grace-spacing</code> makes the musical columns for grace notes ‘floating’, i.e., decoupled from the non-grace notes: first the normal notes are spaced, then the (musical columns of the) graces are put left of the musical columns for the main notes.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:20:52Z

New category

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	[[Category:Rhythms]]		[[Category:Rhythms]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
			[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 22:57, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:57:47Z

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	[[Category:Rhythms]]		[[Category:Rhythms]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]

Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:51:33Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:51, 16 November 2025
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	Setting the property <code>'strict-grace-spacing</code> makes the musical columns for grace notes 'floating', i.e., decoupled from the non-grace notes: first the normal notes are spaced, then the (musical columns of the) graces are put left of the musical columns for the main notes.		Setting the property <code>'strict-grace-spacing</code> makes the musical columns for grace notes 'floating', i.e., decoupled from the non-grace notes: first the normal notes are spaced, then the (musical columns of the) graces are put left of the musical columns for the main notes.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	\relative c'' {		\relative c'' {
	<<		<<

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:38:24Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

Setting the property <code>'strict-grace-spacing</code> makes the musical columns for grace notes 'floating', i.e., decoupled from the non-grace notes: first the normal notes are spaced, then the (musical columns of the) graces are put left of the musical columns for the main notes.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
\relative c'' {
<<
\override Score.SpacingSpanner.strict-grace-spacing = ##t
\new Staff \new Voice {
\afterGrace c4 { c16[ c8 c16] }
c8[ \grace { b16 d } c8]
c4 r
}
\new Staff {
c16 c c c c c c c c4 r
}
>>
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Rhythms]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]