Re: Issue 1329 in lilypond: \afterGrace placement/behaviour to be discussed

[lilypond]

Comment #2 on issue 1329 by address@hidden: \afterGrace placement/behaviour  
to be discussed
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1329

I think the whole construct is a hoax.  We should orient ourselves on the  
Midi rendition: grace notes are played at 1/4 of their nominal length.  So  
the main expression should be scaled down to make place, and the grace  
notes should come at the end, scaled to fit at 1/4 of their length.  Not a  
parallel music expression, but one after the other.  Then the Midi will  
sound fine, and the output should look ok.

Of course, if the main phrase is more than a single note, scaling it to  
make place for the grace note is going to look strange.  So don't do that  
unless necessary.  It may become necessary if you have, say, \afterGrace {  
c16 c c c } { b c } or so.  But if you have that, you'll actually _need_ to  
scale the first group to fit the last notes in.