1) The problem
I have a grace note several degrees higher than the main note, and I have to draw a glissando between them. This works if the main note has no accidental (though it's skimpy because of the minimal X-space available; but if the main note has an accidental then the grace note is placed above it and the X-space available for the glissando goes negative (as the end-point is before the accidental) and nothing appears.
2) Possible solutions
The composer has drawn the glissando to the note head, not to the accidental - this would work adequately, but the spacing would still be tight - and in any case I couldn't find any way to make this happen.
The horizontal spacing between the grace note and the main note could be increased. Again, I couldn't find a way to do this directly, not least because most tweaks and overrides I thought of appear to operate simultaneously on both the notes.
3) Where I'm at
I have got somewhere with increasing the space used by the accidental - but again, this has an affect on the grace note, forcing it across unless there is nothing anywhere nearby. As this follows a clef in my score, I tried giving the clef a negative extent - but that caused it to overlap the notes entirely.
Clearly I don't understand horizontal spacing adequately.
The example has three parts: the first is what I'm trying to produce - the glissando is fine, but the spacing from the clef is too great; the second shows the way the glissando gets lost; the third shows that my solution kinda works if the unwanted extension of the grace note is somewhere harmless.
Any clarification or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Regards,
Paul
GraceGlissando.pdf
GraceGlissando.ly