Re: Chord brackets

[David Raleigh Arnold]

Chris Jackson wrote:

> Before I get bored of hacking brackets, I'd like to implement vertical
> brackets down the side of chords, meaning "don't arpeggiate me". I
> suppose this should be done by the arpeggio engraver, and drawn in the
> same way as the horizontal brackets. 
>
> But what should the grob be called (Arpeggio, or a new one,
> ChordBracket?)


Germans have been using these to indicate barring in guitar
music for a long time.  What instrument is "don't arpeggiate"
supposed to refer to?

and what property should be set to turn it on? Something
> like \property Staff.Arpeggio \override #'arpeggio-type = #'bracket ?,
> and then use ordinary \arpeggio requests? 


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