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How to write a pickup measure with 5/16 duration in Lilypond?

Try: \partial 16 * 5 g16 g16 fes16 d16 b16 | e2
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Use 4/4 + 2/4 versus 6/4 time signature

So technically, 6/4 is taught to be a compound meter, being essentially the same thing as 6/8 (where there are two groupings of three notes, in this case eighth notes, creating the sound of a measure ...
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Use 4/4 + 2/4 versus 6/4 time signature

That depends on the details in the rhythm. Using 2/4 + 4/4 (or 4/4 + 2/4) is really just a 2/4 stuck in the middle. Using 6/4 implies two groupings of 3 quarter notes.
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