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Name: Pickup Notes and Measures
ID: m12717
Language: English (en)
Summary: A shortened first measure of a piece of music is called a pickup measure. Notes that begin a phrase shortly before a strong downbeat are also called pickup notes.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: measure, music, pickup measures, pickup notes, rhythm, time signature
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Latest version: 1.4 (history)
First publication date: Mar 14, 2005 2:01 pm US/Central
Last revision to module: Feb 16, 2007 9:24 am US/Central
Module XML: m12717_1.4.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.4 Feb 16, 2007 9:24 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
added outline eps and svg files
Version: 1.3 Dec 18, 2006 11:00 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
added a figure on pickups breaking up repeat bars
Version: 1.2 Jun 26, 2006 4:33 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Update figures
Version: 1.1 Mar 14, 2005 2:11 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
new module

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