Re: Problem with \partial

[Erik Sandberg]

On Wednesday 12 July 2006 23:01, Paul Scott wrote:
> Graham Percival wrote:
> > Erik Sandberg wrote:
> >> On 7/9/06, Graham Percival <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>> Erik Sandberg wrote:
> >>> In an ideal world we wouldn't need workarounds like this, but it's
> >>> useful to have a "fudge factor" \partial.  Perhaps we could rename it,
> >>> and hide it somewhere in the manual under "advanced tweaks"?  :)
> >>
> >> There is already a property that can be set (Timing.measurePosition
> >> IIRC) which is what \partial modifies.
> >
> > Whoops, I should have realized this.  OK, I'm happy -- ugly hacks are
> > still possible, but \upbeat is a better term for real uses of
> > \partial.  :)
>
> I like \partial as it is.  In my experience upbeat is the second half of
> a beat where downbeat is the first half of a beat.  If it needs to be
> changed "pickup(s)" at least means what you seem to be referring to.

Anacrusis seems to be another related word:
http://www.music.vt.edu/MUSICDICTIONARY/texta/Anacrusis.html
A quick googling suggests that anacrusis and pickup seem to be the most 
correct terms, and then pickup is better because I have never heard the word 
anacrusis. (unfortunately I'm not good at English musical terms; I only know 
that the correct term in Swedish is 'upptakt'.)

I think Kieren is right too: it seems that both words can be used for both 
meanings. However, it seems that pickup is more commonly used in the meaning 
we want.

-- 
Erik