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Adding parentheses around an expressive mark or chordal note

…is a special tweak that encloses objects in parentheses. The associated grob is ParenthesesItem.

\relative c' { c2-\parenthesize -> \override Parentheses.padding = #0.1 \override Parentheses.font-size = #-4 <d \parenthesize f a>2 }

Using brackets instead of parentheses for \parenthesize

…first repeat). One can use \parenthesize to put parentheses around the notehead. However, a different notation uses … …for \parenthesize to use square brackets instead of parentheses. A function \bracketify is defined, which works similar …

…Tag @var{arg} to be parenthesized.") #{ \tweak Parentheses.stencils #bracket-stencils \parenthesize $arg #}) \relative c'' { \bracketify …

Putting parentheses around non-note objects

…this example, the articulation mark is printed between parentheses.

…c d g >2-\parenthesize -. \once \override Parentheses.font-size = #0 c-\parenthesize \trill }

Putting parentheses around a note inside a chord

…anything else, it can be useful to add parentheses around a low note for example. In this …

Time signature in parentheses - method 2

Another way to put the time signature in parentheses.

Time signature in parentheses

Enclose the time signature in parentheses.

This scheme code puts parentheses around a group of notes. See also Parenthesize …

…Thibault %I take the way of how works Parentheses #'stencils from here %http://lsr.di.unimi.… …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 <c \parenthesize c'> d' e' …

Putting parentheses around a single note

Time signature with alternate in parentheses

…A cautionary accidental (i.e. an accidental within parentheses) can be obtained by adding a question mark … …of cautionary accidentals can be changed and the parentheses removed if required. Suggested accidentals are a part …