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A symbol that looks like an archer's bow (also called curved brackets) that are used to connect two or more different staves in a musical score into a system. The brace will typically provide a visual connection between dependent parts (i.e. two piano staves) into a system. ... See more about the staff in the Appendix.
- What does a bracketed note mean?
- What does a chord in brackets mean?
- What does it mean when there are parentheses around a note?
What does a bracketed note mean?
In music, a ghost note is a musical note with a rhythmic value, but no discernible pitch when played. In musical notation, this is represented by an "X" for a note head instead of an oval, or parentheses around the note head. ... In vocal music, it represents words that are spoken in rhythm rather than sung.
What does a chord in brackets mean?
The brackets are used at the end of a composition to mean that if the artist decide before hand to continue to play the entire song all over from the beginning the brackets show the chords used as a turn around before beginning the piece over.
What does it mean when there are parentheses around a note?
To sum up this excellent answer, parentheses around notation usually means something not found in the manuscript, or something only found in some versions of the manuscript and not others.
