RE: Anacrusis

[Mark Stephen Mrotek]

Jim:

Thank you for your reply and the second way to accomplish the partial
measure.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Long [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 11:30 PM
To: Mark Stephen Mrotek
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Anacrusis

On Sat, Sep 07, 2013 at 08:28:52PM -0700, Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> A partial measure contains 1 and 1/16 beat. How is that notated in the 
> command "\partial?"
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Mark

You say 1 and 1/16 *beat*, but I suspect you mean one quarter
*note* and one 16th *note*, correct?  In 4/4 time, one 16th of a beat would
be a 64th note.

Assuming that you mean five 16th notes (one and one-quarter beats), the way
to do it with partial is

\partial note-duration * multiplier

or 

\partial 16*5

Jim


\version "2.16.2"

\score {
  \new Staff \relative e' {
    \partial 16*5
    e16 e e e e
    a4 a a2
  }
}