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 2.2.4 Combining notes into chords
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 Music Glossary: (music-glossary)chord
 
    We saw earlier how notes can be combined into chords by indicating
 they are simultaneous by enclosing them in double angle brackets.
 However, the normal way of indicating a chord is to surround the pitches
 with _single_ angle brackets.  Note that all the notes in a chord must
 have the same duration, and that the duration is placed after the
 closing bracket.
 
      r4 <c e g> <c f a>2
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    Think of chords as almost equivalent to single notes: almost
 everything you can attach to a single note can be attached to a chord,
 and everything must go _outside_ the angle brackets.  For example, you
 can combine markings like beams and ties with chords.  They must be
 placed outside the angle brackets.
 
      r4 <c e g>~ <c f a>2 |
      <c e g>8[ <c f a> <c e g> <c f a>]
        <c e g>8\>[ <c f a> <c f a> <c e g>]\! |
      r4 <c e g>8.\p <c f a>16( <c e g>4-. <c f a>) |
      [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music"]
 
 
 See also
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    Notation Reference: (lilypond-notation)Chorded notes.
 

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