Re: shifting notes horizontally (and generally moving things around)

[Mats Bengtsson]

Did you really read the lines at
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Grace-notes.html#Grace%20notes
that talk about ending a note with a grace note?
Something like
\grace d8( << { e4)( } { s8 \grace c8)} >> d4
should be a good starting point. You can adjust the duration of the s8
to move the grace note around.

  /Mats


Bertalan Fodor wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a serious problem (and have been searching for a solution for
> three hours now to) (2.1.18)
>
> I must have the following:
>
> \grace d8( e4)( \grace c8)
>
> i.e. I have to have a main note surrounded with two graces. But the
> second note should be shifted back. In Finale it would be 5 seconds to
> solve it :-( I tried \property Voice.NoteColumn \override
> #'horizontal-shift = #3 but it did nothing.
>
> Generally speaking moving things around in LilyPond is very hairy. Every
> object has its special syntax. One could say that I shouldn't move
> things manually, because layout is LilyPond's work, but it is the same
> misconception which is in (La)TeX. A non-wysiwyg editor has two choices
> to be really useful: 
> 1. perfectly lays out every situation so you never have to care about
> the representation of your information. That's what Latex and a bit Lily
> says, but I think it is practically impossible to implement.
> 2. when something goes wrong the user have SIMPLE tools to rectify the
> problems
>
> I think it is not normal that I have to read documentation for hours
> just to move one note manually. (And actually I still don't know how to
> do this :-( )
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bert
>
>
>
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