On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 1:01 PM David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > You probably are using \partial wrong: its argument does not specify how > long it is _since_ a full bar but how long it is _to_ a full bar.
Thank you, that was definitely a problem, I hadn't understood that. For my more general understanding, is there documentation anywhere for the syntax of the argument to partial? Something that will explain the * syntax shown on this page? https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/106875/how-to-write-a-pickup-measure-with-5-16-duration-in-lilypond Thanks, Sam