%%http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=902 %=> http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/parenthesize-groups-of-notes-td501.html %LSR by Gilles Thibault %I take the way of how works Parentheses #'stencils from here %http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=564 %It's probably possible to automate a bit more but that is the general idea. startParenthesis = { \once \override Parentheses.stencils = #(lambda (grob) (let ((par-list (parentheses-interface::calc-parenthesis-stencils grob))) (list (car par-list) point-stencil ))) } endParenthesis = { \once \override Parentheses.stencils = #(lambda (grob) (let ((par-list (parentheses-interface::calc-parenthesis-stencils grob))) (list point-stencil (cadr par-list)))) } %%%%%% Example: { \override Parentheses.font-size = #5 \startParenthesis d' e' f' \endParenthesis \parenthesize g' }