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3.7.6 Analysis brackets

Brackets are used in musical analysis to indicate structure in musical pieces. LilyPond supports a simple form of nested horizontal brackets. To use this, add the Horizontal_bracket_engraver to Staff context. A bracket is started with \startGroup and closed with \stopGroup

     \score {
       \notes \relative c'' {
         c4\startGroup\startGroup
         c4\stopGroup
         c4\startGroup
         c4\stopGroup\stopGroup
       }
       \paper {
         \context {
           \StaffContext \consists "Horizontal_bracket_engraver"
     }}}

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See also

Program reference: HorizontalBracket, NoteGroupingEvent.

Examples: input/regression/note-group-bracket.ly.

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