Absolute Beginners - Anacrusis

2006-12-27 Thread Manuel
This is to invite criticism for the "anacrusis" part of the chapter, which I added towards the end. Manuel ( ... ) As a last thing in our little first beginners' chapter, we'll give you the tool for beginning your melodies with an anacrusis or "upbeat". This is the \partial command.

Re: Absolute Beginners - Anacrusis

2006-12-27 Thread Paul Scott
Manuel wrote: This is to invite criticism for the "anacrusis" part of the chapter, which I added towards the end. Manuel ( ... ) As a last thing in our little first beginners' chapter, we'll give you the tool for beginning your melodies with an anacrusis or "upbeat". or "pickup" (common

Re: Absolute Beginners - Anacrusis

2006-12-27 Thread Manuel
Paul, are anacrusis upbeat pickup all commonly understood terms in english speaking countries? This is the \partial command. If you need, say, a quarter-note anacrusis, you type "quarter note" - "asterisk" - "one" after the commad, in this way: \partial 4*1 No need for the "*1". W

Re: Absolute Beginners - Anacrusis

2006-12-27 Thread Paul Scott
Manuel wrote: Paul, are anacrusis upbeat pickup all commonly understood terms in english speaking countries? Yes. There are probably some musicians who are not familiar with anacrusis. Paul ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.or

Re: Absolute Beginners - Anacrusis

2006-12-27 Thread Manuel
Paul, I have now changed this part. What do you think? ( ... ) And last but not least in our little first beginners' chapter, we'll give you the tool for beginning your melodies with an anacrusis, also known as "upbeat" or "pickup". This is the \partial command. If you need, say, an ei

Re: Absolute Beginners - Anacrusis

2006-12-27 Thread Paul Scott
Manuel wrote: Paul, I have now changed this part. What do you think? That all seems great! You might consider adding to the following the explanation about the reversal of the numbers from the way we normally think, e.g. 16*5 instead of 5*16 (or 5/16). (insert graphic here) There is no rhyt