Using brackets instead of parentheses for \parenthesize
Sometimes a note is to be played only in special circumstances (e.g., only on the first repeat). One can use \parenthesize to put parentheses around the notehead. However, a different notation uses square brackets. This snippet shows how to tweak the settings for \parenthesize to use square brackets instead of parentheses. A function \bracketify is defined, which works similar to parenthesize.
\version "2.24.0"
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=564
#(define-public (bracket-stencils grob)
(let ((lp (grob-interpret-markup grob (markup #:fontsize 3.5 #:translate (cons -0.3 -0.5) "[")))
(rp (grob-interpret-markup grob (markup #:fontsize 3.5 #:translate (cons -0.3 -0.5) "]"))))
(list lp rp)))
bracketify = #(define-music-function (arg) (ly:music?)
(_i "Tag @var{arg} to be parenthesized.")
#{
\tweak Parentheses.stencils #bracket-stencils
\parenthesize $arg
#})
\relative c'' {
\bracketify c4
\bracketify g4
<e \bracketify g b>
\bracketify <e g b>4
\bracketify r4
}