On 2012-12-30 23:59, Federico Bruni wrote:
In NR 1.2.3, Upbeats:

"""
So \partial 8 becomes:

\time 3/4
\set Timing.measurePosition = #(ly:make-moment -1 8)
e8 | a4 c8 b c4 |

_The property measurePosition contains a rational number indicating how
much of the measure has passed at this point_. Note that this is set to
a negative number by the \partial command: i.e., \partial 4 is
internally translated to -4, meaning “there is a quarter note left in
the measure.”
"""


IMO the first sentence is a bit confusing.

I agree about confusion, but not in the first sentence, but in the last: -4 actually means "it needs one quarter note until the measure even starts". (\partial inserts a partial measure 0 before the measure 1, and measure 1 is the first measure where counting starts)

Cheers,
Reinhold

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