On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 2:41 PM Sam Roberts <vieuxt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > For my more general understanding, is there documentation anywhere for > the syntax of the argument to partial? Something that will explain the > * syntax shown on this page? > > > https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/106875/how-to-write-a-pickup-measure-with-5-16-duration-in-lilypond > > The argument to \partial is a duration. The * syntax is described here: https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/writing-rhythms#scaling-durations The 16*5 means a duration of 1/16 multiplied by 5 which is 5/16, exactly what you wanted. Thanks, Carl > >
