From: James Lowe <james.lowe@datacore.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 15:29:20 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Doc: Added @knownissue to Grace Notes for MIDI
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Doc: Added @knownissue to Grace Notes for MIDI

As per thread

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general/63450

When usuing MIDI with grace notes some manual tweaking made be required to
get the 'correct' length of the grace note to be played.
---

diff --git a/Documentation/notation/rhythms.itely b/Documentation/notation/rhythms.itely
index 0a7a8568ba..7941854257 100644
--- a/Documentation/notation/rhythms.itely
+++ b/Documentation/notation/rhythms.itely
@@ -3207,9 +3207,9 @@ durations in the other staves.  For the above example
 >>
 @end lilypond
 
-The use of grace notes within voice contexts confuses the way the
-voice is typeset. This can be overcome by inserting a rest or note
-between the voice command and the grace note.
+The use of grace notes within voice contexts confuses the way the voice
+is typeset. This can be overcome by inserting a rest or note between the
+voice command and the grace note.
 
 @lilypond[quote,verbatim]
 accMusic = {
@@ -3234,9 +3234,33 @@ accMusic = {
 }
 @end lilypond
 
-Grace sections should only be used within sequential music
-expressions.  Nesting or juxtaposing grace sections is not
-supported, and might produce crashes or other errors.
+Grace sections should only be used within sequential music expressions.
+Nesting or juxtaposing grace sections is not supported, and might
+produce crashes or other errors.
+
+Each grace note in MIDI output has a length of 1/4 of its actual
+duration.  If the combined length of the grace notes is greater than the
+length of the preceding note a @qq{@code{Going back in MIDI time}}
+error will be generated.  Either make the grace notes shorter in
+duration, for example:
+
+@example
+\acciaccatura @{ c'8[ d' e' f' g'] @}
+@end example
+
+becomes:
+
+@example
+\acciaccatura @{ c'16[ d' e' f' g'] @}
+@end example
+
+Or explicitly change the musical duration:
+
+@example
+\acciaccatura @{ \scaleDurations #' (1 . 2) @{ c'8[ d' e' f' g'] @} @}
+@end example
+
+See @ref{Scaling durations}.
 
 
 @node Aligning to cadenzas