Hi, Joe, this message just came into the abc users email list regarding grace notes. Joining the list for awhile may help you with questions as you figure things out. You can read about the abcusers list on the abc homepage.
alice

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> > > > The Windows 95 version of abc2ps doesn't seem to deal properly with > > grace notes immediately prior to a slur, eg: > > > > (D>E) {D}(CB,) A,2 A,2 > > > > the {D} grace note is omitted in the printout. It works fine in > > ABC2WIN. Has anyone else come across this problem? Is there a > > solution? > > > > Regards, > > > > Hi > > Try putting the grace note 'inside' the slur: > > (D>E)({D}CB,) A,2 A,2 > > (I think this works, don't have it in front of me) > >

Yes, this works perfectly. And it still works with ABC2WIN. Isn't the internet wonderful! Problems like this solved in less than half an hour.