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A pickup (or anacrusis) is entered with the keyword
\partial. It is followed by a duration: \partial 4 is
a quarter note pickup and \partial 8 an eighth note.
\partial 8
f8 c2 d
Tuplets are made with the \times keyword. It takes two
arguments: a fraction and a piece of music. The duration of the piece
of music is multiplied by the fraction. Triplets make notes occupy
2/3 of their notated duration, so a triplet has 2/3 as its fraction
\times 2/3 { f8 g a }
\times 2/3 { c r c }
\times 2/3 { f,8 g16[ a g a] }
\times 2/3 { d4 a8 }
Grace notes are created with the \grace command, although they
can also be created by prefixing a music expression with the
keyword \appoggiatura or \acciaccatura
c2 \grace { a32[ b] } c2
c2 \appoggiatura b16 c2
c2 \acciaccatura b16 c2
- Grace notes
- see Grace notes,
- Tuplets
- see Tuplets,
- Pickups
- see Partial measures.
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This page is for LilyPond-2.10.33 (stable-branch).
Other languages: French.