How to add a pickup bar

A 16th note is a quarter of a beat in 4/4, so therefore the popover syntax is: 4/4,0.25

In 4/4, some example pick-ups are:

  • Quarter note/crotchet = 4/4,1
  • Eighth note/quaver = 4/4,0.5
  • Half note/minim = 4/4,2

See also this page, which now has more examples, including a 16th note pick-up in 4/4

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