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Latest revision as of 22:39, 26 October 2025

Objects may be parenthesized by prefixing \parenthesize to the music event: in other words, the note has to be put after the \parenthesize command.

This only functions inside chords; to parenthesize a single note it must be enclosed with <> as if it is a chord.

\version "2.24.0"

%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=318

\relative c'' {
  a4
  < \parenthesize b >
  c d
}