2.2.6 Advanced rhythmic commands

Partial measure

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

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

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

More information

Grace notes

see Grace notes,

Tuplets

see Tuplets,

Pickups

see Partial measures.

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