Pickup
(Redirected from Anacrusis)
An upbar or pick-up or anacrusis is a bar often found at the start of a tune (or part of it) having less duration than prescribed by the tune's meter.
An upbar is established by forcing preliminary end-of-bar by inserting a bar line using the bar line-menu or the hotkey <⎥>
A similar construct is possible whenever you need an incomplete bar in the middle of a tune.