On Thu, 2 Jul 2026, Michael Scheer wrote:
> So, this also works, has the forte at the c'4.
>
> { <>\f c'4 d' e' d' c'1 }
>
> I assume, <> is something like an empty set musical object, where you can
> attach things just like at other notes - just here Lilypond decides to
> attach
> to the next note? If there's no next it says "no broken bound".
>
There’s some documentation at 5.1.1 Chorded notes
<https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.27/Documentation/notation/single-voice#chorded-notes>
:
A chord acts merely as a container for its notes, its articulations and
> other attached elements. Consequently, a chord without notes inside does
> not actually have a duration. Any attached articulations will happen at the
> same musical time as the next following note or chord and be combined with
> them (for more complex possibilities of combining such elements, see
> Simultaneous
> expressions
> <https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.27/Documentation/notation/single-voice#simultaneous-expressions>
> )
>
