Chord brackets

[Chris Jackson]

David Raleigh Arnold  <address@hidden> wrote:
> Chris Jackson wrote:
> > Before I get bored of hacking brackets, I'd like to implementvertical
> > brackets down the side of chords, meaning "don't arpeggiate me". I
> 
> 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?

I've seen these in piano music. It can mean "play these notes with
the same hand", so i suppose it's logically similar to guitar barring.

Just out of interest - I'm trying to learn guitar, and I've got up to
barring - the book I have indicates these by text-spanner type things -
horizontal dotted lines...<flicks through book... oh yes, I see it's
shown the bracket as an alternative...> 

-- 
chris