Re: Parenthesised articulations

[David Kastrup]

Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi David,
>
>> { ^.^> } is equivalent to \sequential { ^.^> } which neither makes sense nor 
>> works.
>
> Well, as a function,
>
>    \parenthesize { ^.^> }
>
> makes total sense to me,

That's your privilege.  To LilyPond, braces indicate sequential music.

> So are you saying that there’s some technical reason
>
>   -\tweak parenthesize
>
> can’t “see” the subsequent braces and act accordingly?

No, I'm not saying anything of that kind.  Of course it sees the
subsequent braces and acts according to their meaning, resulting in the
error messages you'll see when you try this.

-- 
David Kastrup