music-glossary: brace

 
 1.38 brace
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 ES: llave, corchete, I: graffa, F: accolade, D: Klammer, Akkolade, NL:
 accolade, teksthaak, DK: klamme, S: klammer, FI: yhdistävä sulkumerkki.
 
    Symbol at the start of a system connecting staves.
 
    Curly braces are used for connecting piano staves, and sometimes for
 connecting the staves of like instruments in an orchestral score when
 written on different staves (e.g.  first and second flutes):
 
      [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music"]
 
    Angular brackets for connecting parts in an orchestral or choral
 score:
 
      [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music"]
 
 
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