Erik Sandberg wrote:
Anacrusis seems to be another related word:
http://www.music.vt.edu/MUSICDICTIONARY/texta/Anacrusis.html
A quick googling suggests that anacrusis and pickup seem to be the most
correct terms, and then pickup is better because I have never heard the word
anacrusis. (unfortunately I'm not good at English musical terms; I only know
that the correct term in Swedish is 'upptakt'.)
The first time I encountered the word "anacrusis" was in a university
music theory class, after 20 years of string playing. "pickup" is the
common term here (Canada, and I'm pretty certain in the US as well).
Cheers,
- Graham
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