3.7.1 Basic rhythmical commands

A pickup (or upstep) is entered with the keyword \partial. It is followed by a duration: \partial 4 is a quarter note upstep and \partial 8 an eighth note:

       \partial 8
       f8 c2 d e

Tuplets are made with the \times keyword. It takes two arguments: a fraction and a piece of music. The duration of the piece of music is multiplied by the fraction. Triplets make notes occupy 2/3 of their notated duration, so a triplet has 2/3 as its fraction:

       \times 2/3 { f8 g a }
       \times 2/3 { c r c }

Grace notes are also made by prefixing a note, or a set of notes with a keyword. In this case, the keywords are \appoggiatura and \acciaccatura

       c4 \appoggiatura b16 c4
       c4 \acciaccatura b16 c4

For more information on

grace notes

see Grace notes,

tuplets

see Tuplets,

upsteps

see Partial measures.

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