Well, there's English, and there's "English". I've come across the term "anacrusis" and would never have thought of calling it a pickup. "lead in" or "upbeat" are the terms I mostly hear people use, I think.
But then again, I'm strange :-) I talk about crotchets, minims etc. This mailing list is about the only place I ever meet terms like "quarter note". Cheers, Wol -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] u.org] On Behalf Of Erik Sandberg Sent: 13 July 2006 09:30 To: lilypond-devel@gnu.org Cc: Paul Scott Subject: Re: Problem with \partial On Wednesday 12 July 2006 23:01, Paul Scott wrote: > Graham Percival wrote: > > I like \partial as it is. In my experience upbeat is the second half of > a beat where downbeat is the first half of a beat. If it needs to be > changed "pickup(s)" at least means what you seem to be referring to. 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'.) I think Kieren is right too: it seems that both words can be used for both meanings. However, it seems that pickup is more commonly used in the meaning we want. -- Erik _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel * ************************************************************************ * This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your information system. Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 8272 5300, Hong Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. * ************************************************************************ * _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
