Anthony Youngman wrote:
Well, there's English, and there's "English". I've come across the term
"anacrusis" and would never have thought of calling it a pickup. "lead
in" or "upbeat" are the terms I mostly hear people use, I think.
Obviously there are regional differences. Pickup which can be plural
for multiple notes is the most frequent term I have heard in my 54 years
of rehearsing, performing and copying music. Maybe if anacrusis is more
universal it might be better *if* \partial must be changed.
Not to dispute other people's use of upbeat but you can see that it does
make sense when used as the opposite of downbeat to describe a
syncopated note beginning especially in jazz or swing figures. I will
also admit that this term is relatively new in my experience.
But then again, I'm strange :-) I talk about crotchets, minims etc. This
mailing list is about the only place I ever meet terms like "quarter
note".
And even though I am aware of those words I have to look them up when I
see them referred to.
Have fun,
Paul
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