sorry for the previous example -- I've pared it down significantly and hope this can help focus on the question of attaching graces to a previous note when they have additional commands associated with them.
In this example, the last series of grace notes appears in the following
measure, instead of inside the bar lines of the measure.
The goal is to attach these grace notes to the previous note, instead of the
following note. If \attachgraces is not the answer, then perhaps there is
another command that will simply place the note before the barline instead of
after it.
I hope that this is possible in denemo, even if requiring inserted lilypond
commands.
On Tuesday, November 4, 2025 7:52:30 AM PST Richard Shann wrote:
> On Mon, 2025-11-03 at 11:30 -0800, Donald J. Stewart wrote:
> > I've tried this before and wonder if there is any update on the
> > matter.
> >
> > I'm trying to move (or 'attach') a grace note, or a series of grace
> > notes to
> > the note before -- specifically that note is at the end of a measure.
> > These
> > grace notes also have a harmonic notehead and have no stems.
> >
> > The Grace After command works well -- as long as there are no other
> > commands
> > attached to the note
>
> which note?
>
> > or in between the grace note and the previous note such
> >
> > as \glissando skip on or any notehead changes such as harmonics.
>
> yes, you can't put anything in between the main note and the following
> grace note if you have \attachGraces in the syntax - that expects a
> grace to follow, so you have to insert everything else inside the
> \grace {} syntax.
>
> > In the attached example,
>
> the example is not minimal, you cannot explain a problem with
> extraneous material obscuring the view. Just create a blank score and
> insert just enough to show the problem (and keep track of the commands
> used and the order you have used them - I was imagining that Grace
> After might be sensitive to changing the notehead type before or after
> running it, for example).
> hth
>
> Richard
>
> > the grace note in the 4th measure is attached using
> >
> > Grace After, but it has a stem. The subsequent grace notes are not
> > attached
> > and I've used the Directives->Typesetter->Hide Stems command to hide
> > the
> > stems.
> >
> > These commands don't work together so I'm searching for a work
> > around.
> >
> > _____________________________________________
> > D o n a l d J S t e w a r t
> > s o u n d - X
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