Thanks! Saving keystrokes is always good.
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On Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 10:40 AM Simon Albrecht <simon.albre...@mail.de>
wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I figured this could be another entry for what might be a loose series,
> please let me know if I should knock it off or keep it going.
>
> Entering many chords in succession gets cumbersome quick, especially in
> relative mode with wide intervals:
>
> \relative { <c g' e'> <c a' f'> <c bes' g'> <c a' f'> | <c g' e'>1 }
>
> But the <> alone add up.
>
> This gets a lot easier knowing that <<>> aren’t just for different
> Voices or Staffs, they can be for simultaneous music within one Voice
> (or other Bottom context):
>
> \context Bottom <<
> { c4 4 4 4 1 }
> { g4 a b a g1 }
> \relative { e'4 f g f e1 }
> >>
>
> has the exact same output and meaning as the first version, but it’s
> much easier to type and read and understand.
>
> If you explicitly created the Voice (or other Bottom context? IDK what
> other contexts this might apply to), you don’t need the \context Bottom
> part.
>
> HTH, Simon
>
>
