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Music Glossary: anacrusis.
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
Music Glossary: note value, triplet.
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 }
Music Glossary: grace notes, acciaccatura, appoggiatura.
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
Notation Reference: Grace notes, Tuplets, Upbeats.
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