Issue 2189 in lilypond: Doc: NR add to \partial for clearer understanding

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New issue 2189 by address@hidden: Doc: NR add to  \partial for clearer  
understanding
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2189

Laura Conrad address@hidden via gnu.org




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> > > > > "David" == David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

   >> From the manual:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation-big-page.html#upbeats

   David>     Upbeats
   David>     .......

   David>     Partial or pick-up measures, such as an anacrusis or upbeat,  
are
   David>     entered using the `\partial' command, with the syntax

   David>     \partial DURATION

   David>     where `DURATION' is the rhythmic length of the remaining  
interval of
   David>     the current measure before the start of the next.

   David> I repeat: the length of the _remaining_ interval of the current
   David> measure.  So you need \partial 2 here.

Yes, I've read that section regularly for the last 15 years or so, and
obviously never understood it. I've occasionally managed to get an
anacrusis entered correctly, but since I don't usually use barlines, I
haven't always been able to tell whether Lily understood what I was
saying or not.

I always thought that if I ever did figure out what it meant, I should
help rewrite it.

How about:

   \partial DURATION

   where 'DURATION' describes the length of the partial measure.  For
   example:

   \time 4/4
   \partial 4
   g4 | c c c2 |

I think including an example in a case like this is always a good idea.