Re: Alternative small note in brackets?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Alasdair,

> It looks like the sort of thing that would be best incorporated in a 
> function, called something like, say "bracketise", which can then be easily 
> called in the score as " \bracketise b' ".  I'll go back through my scores to 
> see if I can re-teach myself how to write, and use, a function.

Not trying to keep you from learning how to fish, but…  ;)

Here’s one example that I believe works as you want:

%%%  SNIPPET BEGINS
\version "2.25.11"

#(define-public (bracket-stencils grob)
  (let ((lp (grob-interpret-markup grob (markup #:fontsize 8 #:vcenter 
#:center-align #:bold "[")))
        (rp (grob-interpret-markup grob (markup #:fontsize 8 #:vcenter 
#:center-align #:bold "]"))))
    (list lp rp)))

bracketize =
  #(define-music-function (bMusic) (ly:music?)
   #{
     \new CueVoice {
       \shiftOff \stemUp
       \tweak Parentheses.stencils #bracket-stencils
       \parenthesize $bMusic
     }
   #})

\new Staff <<
  b, \bracketize b'
>>
%%%  SNIPPET ENDS

Hope that helps!
Kieren.

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