slurs and brackets

[lfanele]

hi everybody,

i just discovered this great piece of software yesterday and i am really amazed by its functionality and engraving beauty. i quickly decided to use this software for my work instead of sibelius or finale, which are way too clumsy to use for my taste.

Right now i'm working on a music-theory book for my university and i could quickly do most of the things i wanted to with lilypond.

Still i have some questions:

- i want to show the half tones between e and f,  b and c: i would like to use a V shaped slur for that (right now it's just a simple slur), is there a command i have overseen to generate such a shape. i tried some markup commands but that didn't yield the results i wanted.

- is there a way to put the analysis brackets below and above the notes (depending on the situation). The Ligature Brackets may be a workaround for this, but they have a slightly different shape.

this is my example code:

\layout

{\context {\Staff

                \consists "Horizontal_bracket_engraver"

                \remove Time_signature_engraver

                \remove Bar_engraver

}}

\relative c'

{

c1\startGroup d e (f)\stopGroup g\startGroup a b (c)\stopGroup

}

\version "2.6.3"

thanks a lot for your help and sorry if these are too obvious questions,

Stephen

p.s: i might be back for more ;)