Re: Odd \partial

[David Kastrup]

Ralph Palmer <address@hidden> writes:

> Greetings -
>
> I have an issue with a \partial that I haven't encountered before.
>
> I'm running Ly 2.29.24 under Win 7 SP1 with Frescobaldi.
>
> The piece I'm trying to transcribe has a short measure at the beginning,
> before a repeat (please see the attachment). I tried using
> \partial 5/8 { fs8 g fs es fs } |
> but LilyPond didn't recognize it.

Uh, partial takes a duration, not a fraction.

\partial 8*5

should likely do the trick (a scaled eighth note).

-- 
David Kastrup