2.1.7 Advanced rhythmic commands  Partial measure  Music
Glossary: anacrusis.  A pickup (or anacrusis) is entered with
the keyword \partial. It is followed by a duration: \partial 4
is a quarter note pickup and \partial 8 an eighth note.
\partial 8 f8 | c2 d |  [image of music]   Music Glossary: note
value, triplet.  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 { c8 r c } \times 2/3 { f,8 g16[ a g a] } \times 2/3 { d4 a8
}  [image of music]  Grace notes  Music Glossary: grace notes,
acciaccatura, appoggiatura.  Grace notes are created with the
\grace command, although they can also be created by prefixing a
music expression with the keyword \appoggiatura or
\acciaccatura:  c2 \grace { a32[ b] } c2 | c2 \appoggiatura b16
c2 | c2 \acciaccatura b16 c2 |  [image of mu