Many thanks, David! A perfectly clear explanation. I suspect I will be using \displayLilyMusic much more often in the future.
On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 11:10 PM David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark Probert <[email protected]> writes: > > > Indeed it is, Aaron! Thank you! > > > > I have to admit the disposition, or not, of braces confuses me. Seems > like > > they are optional in some places, and not in others, such as here. Is > there > > a rule behind when they are needed? > > Braces are never optional. They form sequential music expressions. If > the sequence only contains a single music expression, there may not be > much of a difference in interpretation but there is still a difference > in expression: if you use \displayLilyMusic, you'll see that every pair > of braces inside is getting reproduced faithfully. > > In your example, you used braces to combine your music arguments into a > single expression, and as a single expression, it would only serve for > one of your music arguments. > > -- > David Kastrup > -- -mark.
