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lilypond-learning: Music expressions explained

 
 2.2.1 Music expressions explained
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 In LilyPond input files, music is represented by _music expressions_.  A
 single note is a music expression:
 
      a4
      [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music"]
 
    Enclosing a note in braces creates a _compound music expression_.
 Here we have created a compound music expression with two notes:
 
      { a4 g4 }
      [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music"]
 
    Putting a group of music expressions (e.g.  notes) in braces means
 that they are in sequence (i.e.  each one follows the previous one).
 The result is another music expression:
 
      { { a4 g } f4 g }
      [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music"]
 

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