@cindex parentheses
Objects may be parenthesized by prefixing @code{\parenthesize} to
-the music event,
+the music event. This only functions inside chords; to
+parenthesize a single note it must be enclosed with @code{<>} as
+if it is a chord.
@lilypond[relative=2,fragment,verbatim,ragged-right]
-<
- c
- \parenthesize d
- g
->2-\parenthesize -.
-d g
-<
- c,
- \parenthesize fis
->
+c2 < \parenthesize d>
+<\parenthesize e> d
@end lilypond
-This only functions inside chords, to parenthesize a single note it
-must be enclosed with @code{<>} as if it is a chord.
-
-@example
-< \parenthesize NOTE>
-@end example
+Non-note objects may be parenthesized as well.
@lilypond[relative=2,fragment,verbatim,ragged-right]
-c4
-<\parenthesize d>
-g
-<\parenthesize d>
+< c \parenthesize d g >2-\parenthesize -. d
+g < c, \parenthesize fis >
@end lilypond
@seealso