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2.11 Basic rhythmical commands

A pickup 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

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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 }

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Grace notes are also made by prefixing a music expression with the keyword \appoggiatura or \acciaccatura

     c4 \appoggiatura b16 c4
     c4 \acciaccatura b16 c4

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For more information on

Grace notes
see Grace notes,
Tuplets
see Tuplets,
Pickups
see Partial measures.

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