Re: simple example fails???

[Paul Scott]

José Luis Cruz wrote:

> Use "\partial duration" for partial measures. In your example you
> should use:
>
>
> sopran = \notes \relative c' {
>  \partial 8 e8
>  | e4 e8 a4 gis8
>
>  %... etc
>
>
> If you want to start with an 8th measure. Because the | bars are only
> for checking purposes. Take a look on:
>
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Partial-measures.html#Partial%20measures
>
>
>  
Actually he did that in his \score section and it worked just fine in 2.1.23

\score {
 \notes {
 \time 6/8
 \partial 8

Paul Scott