Editing Partial measures (pickup measures)

Partial measures, such as an anacrusis or upbeat, are entered using the <code>\partial</code> command. The syntax for this command is <code>\partial </code><code>duration</code>.

This is internally translated into <code>\set Timing.measurePosition = -</code><code>length of duration</code><code> </code>

The property <code>measurePosition</code> contains a rational number indicating how much of the measure has passed at this point.

<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>
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%LSR modified/updated by P.P.Schneider on April 2014.
%=> http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/LSR-correction-Partial-measures-pickup-measures-td161387.html

\paper { tagline = ##f }

%here starts the snippet:

\relative c''{
  \partial 16*5 c16 cis d dis e | a2. c,4 | b1
}

% Below are the instruction to set the pickup bar with the grace note.
\relative c'' {
  \partial 4
  \grace f16
  g4
  a2 g2
}
</lilypond>

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