An anacrusis does not occur only at

An anacrusis does not occur only at the beginning of music but may precede or be contained within a rhythm pattern. Consider a rhythm pattern in usual triple meter with a dotted eighth note followed by three sixteenth notes in 6/8. The three sixteenth notes may be audiated as an anacrusis. If, however, the three sixteenth notes precede the dotted eighth note, and the first one occurs on a macrobeat, the grouping may not be audiated as an anacrusis. Of course, pitches and directions of pitches may also influence performance practices associated with rhythm patterns.