#### 3.3.6 Partial measures

Partial measures, for example in upsteps, are entered using the `\partial` command

>          \partial 16*5  c16 cis d dis e | a2. c,4 | b2

The syntax for this command is

           \partial duration

This is internally translated into

           \set Timing.measurePosition = -length of duration

The property `measurePosition` contains a rational number indicating how much of the measure has passed at this point.

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