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Re: How is Lily counting measures
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James |
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Re: How is Lily counting measures |
Date: |
Fri, 6 Jan 2012 18:21:03 +0000 |
Hello Laura,
On 6 January 2012 18:15, Laura Conrad <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>> "David" == David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >> From the manual:
>
> David> Upbeats
> David> .......
>
> David> Partial or pick-up measures, such as an anacrusis or upbeat, are
> David> entered using the `\partial' command, with the syntax
>
> David> \partial DURATION
>
> David> where `DURATION' is the rhythmic length of the remaining
> interval of
> David> the current measure before the start of the next.
>
> David> I repeat: the length of the _remaining_ interval of the current
> David> measure. So you need \partial 2 here.
>
> Yes, I've read that section regularly for the last 15 years or so, and
> obviously never understood it. I've occasionally managed to get an
> anacrusis entered correctly, but since I don't usually use barlines, I
> haven't always been able to tell whether Lily understood what I was
> saying or not.
>
> I always thought that if I ever did figure out what it meant, I should
> help rewrite it.
>
> How about:
>
> \partial DURATION
>
> where 'DURATION' describes the length of the partial measure. For
> example:
>
> \time 4/4
> \partial 4
> g4 | c c c2 |
>
> I think including an example in a case like this is always a good idea.
Added as
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2189
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James