This is called an upbeat or anacrusis. In lilypond you could do write the
melody in the beginning of your example like:
\relative c’ {
\partial 8 c8 | a’4 a a f8 a
}
More about it here:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/advanced-rhythmic-commands
HTH
/Leo
> 28 aug. 2019 kl. 22:19 skrev Frederik Hanghøj Iversen <[email protected]>:
>
> I'd like to change it so that the first bar on my sheet is after the first
> note in my melody. Currently I'm working around this by having my melody
> start with rests so that everything lines up. I'd like to not have those
> rests on my sheet however.
>
> I hope I'm explaining this well. I'm a bit of a novice. This particular piece
> of music does what I'm referring to:
>
> https://www.musikipedia.dk/billeder/dendanskesang.gif
>
> Is this possible in Lilypond?
>
> --
> Regards
> Frederik Hanghøj Iversen
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