The Lead-In
Sometimes a song does not begin on the first beat of a bar. Any notes which come before the first full bar are called lead-in notes (or pick-up notes). When lead-in notes are used, the last bar is also incomplete. The notes in the lead-in and the notes in the last bar add up to one full bar. Here is an example.
Class Sessions
1- LESSON SIX
2- The Note Low C
3- The Note Low D
4- The Note E
5- The Dotted Quarter Note
6- The Eighth Note
7- Flat Signs
8- The Note F
9- The Note High E
10- 12 Bar Blues
11- The Note D
12- The Note C
13- The Note A
14- The Triplet
15- The Half Note
16- Glossary Of Musical Terms
17- Holding The Recorder
18- New Topic
19- Approach To Practice
20- Riffs
21- Flat Key Signatures
22- Swing Rhythms
23- First And Second Endings
24- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com
25- The C Major Scale
26- The Octave
27- Key Signatures
28- Breathing Technique
29- Combining Different Articulations
30- Chord Symbols
31- How To Sound A Note
32- The Key of C Major
33- The Tie
34- Syncopation
35- Other Useful Exercises
36- The Lead-In
37- Keeping Time
38- Index of Fingerings
39- How To Read Music
40- Breath Marks (<span class="symbolB">;</span>)