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You can specify an arpeggio sign (also known as broken chord) on a
chord by attaching an \arpeggio to a chord
<c e g c>\arpeggio
A square bracket on the left indicates that the player should not arpeggiate the chord
\arpeggioBracket
<c' e g c>\arpeggio
The direction of the arpeggio is sometimes denoted by adding an arrowhead to the wiggly line
\new Voice {
\arpeggioUp
<c e g c>\arpeggio
\arpeggioDown
<c e g c>\arpeggio
}
When an arpeggio crosses staves, you may attach an arpeggio to the chords
in both staves and set
PianoStaff.connectArpeggios
\new PianoStaff <<
\set PianoStaff.connectArpeggios = ##t
\new Staff { <c' e g c>\arpeggio }
\new Staff { \clef bass <c,, e g>\arpeggio }
>>
\arpeggio,
\arpeggioUp,
\arpeggioDown,
\arpeggioNeutral,
\arpeggioBracket.
Notation manual: Ties, for writing out arpeggios.
Program reference: Arpeggio.
It is not possible to mix connected arpeggios and unconnected arpeggios in one PianoStaff at the same point in time.
This page is for LilyPond-2.8.8 (stable-branch).