Putting parentheses around a single note
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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
}