Re: Problem with \partial

[Paul Scott]

Anthony Youngman wrote:
> Well, there's English, and there's "English". I've come across the term
> "anacrusis" and would never have thought of calling it a pickup. "lead
> in" or "upbeat" are the terms I mostly hear people use, I think.
>   
Obviously there are regional differences.  Pickup which can be plural 
for multiple notes is the most frequent term I have heard in my 54 years 
of rehearsing, performing and copying music.  Maybe if anacrusis is more 
universal it might be better *if* \partial must be changed.
Not to dispute other people's use of upbeat but you can see that it does 
make sense when used as the opposite of downbeat to describe a 
syncopated note beginning especially in jazz or swing figures.  I will 
also admit that this term is relatively new in my experience.
> But then again, I'm strange :-) I talk about crotchets, minims etc. This
> mailing list is about the only place I ever meet terms like "quarter
> note".
>   
And even though I am aware of those words I have to look them up when I 
see them referred to.

Have fun,

Paul