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#### 6.3.4 Partial measures

Partial measures, such as an anacrusis or upbeat, are entered using the

>          \partial 16*5 c16 cis d dis e | a2. c,4 | b2

The syntax for this command is

    \partial duration

This is internally translated into

    \set Timing.measurePosition = -length of duration

The property `measurePosition` contains a rational number indicating how much of the measure has passed at this point.

##### Bugs

This command does not take into account grace notes at the start of the music. When a piece starts with graces notes in the pickup, then the `\partial` should follow the grace notes

>          \grace f16
>          \partial 4
>          g4
>          a2 g2

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