Re: Adding an introductory note(s)

[David Wright]

On Mon 31 Jul 2017 at 15:27:30 (+0000), Stephen Nesbitt wrote:
> I transcribe a lot of fiddle tune music and I struggled with the anacrusis
> element. I thought I'd share my experience and how I resolved them. There
> may be a more elegant way, but my solution is working for me.
> 
>  The anacrusis limitations/quirks that I struggled with included the
> following.
> 1) Placement of a NC (no chord) element above the pickup bar if no chord is
> provided - which it typically isn't
> 
> 2)  The inability to have more than one instance of partial. Fiddle tunes
> are often notated with pickups for the A & B sections.
> 
> 3) Lack of awareness that the final measure will be a "short" measure
> missing the beats provided by the anacrusis. That is, if there is a 1 beat
> anacrusis, then the final measure in the piece will only contain 3 beats.
> If using bar validation, this will generate an error.
> 
> I worked around items 1 and 3 by adding a space (s) the length of the
> anacrusis. In 4/4 time with a one beat pickup my first chord will be s4 and
> my last note in the piece will also be an s4.
> 
> I get around item 2 by using repeats with two alternatives. In the A
> section the final notes of the first alternative are the same notes as in
> the pickup bar, while the final notes in the second alternative are the
> pickup notes to the B section.
> 
> In the B section, the final notes in the first alternative are the pickup
> notes of the B second, while the second alternative is my short measure.
> 
> Hope this makes sense.

If there's no difference in the first and last bars of the repeat,
I'm not sure why you go to the trouble of \alternatives. What is
stolen gets immediately paid back. I would have thought that simple
repeat barlines make that clearer.

Cheers,
David.

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