8.5.6 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 {
       \relative c'' {
         c4\startGroup\startGroup
         c4\stopGroup
         c4\startGroup
         c4\stopGroup\stopGroup
       }
       \layout {
         \context {
           \Staff \consists "Horizontal_bracket_engraver"
     }}}

See also

Program reference: HorizontalBracket.

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