How to add a pickup bar

[meixner]

May I again propose a very simple way to create pickups of all sorts?
(click the link to get there)

Pickup Bar Cheat Sheet

May I propose something without calculating? [Auftakt] another example: [Auftakt 2] In other words: set your meter write your pickup notes shift-B and type a barline of your liking finished I personally think that is what happens behind the curtains anyway, when we type something like “4/4, 0.5” … Here is a somewhat more convoluted example - I did do no calculation at all. [Auftakt 3] [Learning to be a better Forum citizen, I assembled the examples after posting them separately, hence …