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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
     

[picture of music]

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 }
     

[picture of music]

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
     

[picture of music]

For more information on

grace notes
see Grace notes,
tuplets
see Tuplets,
upsteps
see Partial measures.

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