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

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