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
\context 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
\context 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-2.6.3 (stable-branch).