Re: Problem with \partial

[Erik Sandberg]

On Wednesday 05 July 2006 12:02, Thies Albrecht wrote:
> Hi Owen!
>
> Dr A V Le Blanc schrieb:
> > I have a problem with \partial, which doesn't seem to be
> > covered in the docs or examples I've found.
> >
> > I have a piece in 4/4 with the first measure having one beat,
> > while the last has 3.  There are 4 voices, and in each of them
> > I begin with something like this
> >
> >      \partial 4 f4 | f g f g |
> >
> > and end with something like this:
> >
> >      d4 c c bes | \partial 4*3 c c8 ( bes ) a4 \bar "|." |
>
> Why do you use a partial at the end of a piece? I can simple write
>
>     d4 c c bes | c c8 ( bes ) a4 \bar "|."
>
> and that's it.

Perhpaps \partial should be renamed to \upbeat or similar, in order to prevent 
this kind of confusion? (\partial only indicates that a bar is shortened, 
while \upbeat indicates that the command only is relevant for upbeats)

-- 
Erik