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Grace notes obscure ledger lines


From: Gilberto Agostinho
Subject: Grace notes obscure ledger lines
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 03:38:29 -0700 (MST)

Hello all,

I believe there is a issue with the way LilyPond handles grace notes on
ledger lines. As far as I know, ledger lines should be always visible and
nothing must block them (beams, slurs, slashes, etc.). LilyPond does that
automatically for regular notes, but the beams and slashes of grace notes do
cover the ledger lines. See the code below:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\version "2.19.53"

\markup{"Grace note beams and slash cover ledger lines:"}
{
  \clef bass
  \grace{
    e,,32 f,, e,, f,,
  }
  a,,2
  \slashedGrace{e,,8}
  a,,2
}

\markup{"Perhaps better would be:"}
{
  \clef bass
  \once \override Beam.positions = #'(-0.5 . -0.5)
  \grace{
    e,,32 f,, e,, f,,
  }
  a,,2
  \once \override Stem.length = #11
  \slashedGrace{e,,8}
  a,,2
}

\markup{"Note that regular notes do not show this problem:"}
{
  \time 5/4
  \clef bass
  e,,32 f,, e,, f,,
  a,,2
  e,,8
  a,,2
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Producing:

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n198281/image188.png> 

I tried looking on Elaine Gould's /Behind Bars/ for a reference on the
issue. While I could not find such a statement about grace notes, the
following excerpts make clear that in her view the ledger lines cannot be
obstructed:

- on p. 126, she writes: "Ensure that the grace note on ledger lines has a
sufficiently long stem for the diagonal stroke [slash] not to obscure a
ledger line."

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n198281/gould-slash.jpg> 

- on p. 7, she uses this example which shows a long stem for a grace note:

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n198281/gould-stem.jpg> 

- on p. 129, she writes aboust slurred grace notes: "A slur must not obscure
a ledger line."

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n198281/gould-slurs.jpg> 

- on p. 16, she writes: "The outer stave-line [ledger lines] must be clearly
visible; tails [flags] closer to noteheads will obscure ledger lines"

- then on p. 26, she gives the following example using grace notes, clearly
showing the extended stem to avoid covering the ledger lines with the beams:

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n198281/gould-beam.jpg> 

This is what LilyPond outputs with the same music as above:

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n198281/gould-ex-on-lily.png> 

I believe that it's safe to say that (in her opinion) the ledger lines must
stay all time clear of beams.

Finally, just for the sake of comparison, this is how Sibelius handles the
issue:

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n198281/sib_grace.png> 

Cheers,
Gilberto



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