How to abbreviate 'note with the same note an octave higher, parenthesized' in Lilypond?
Currently I write lilypond code that looks like this: \version "2.14.2" P = #parenthesize \relative c, { \clef bass <c \P c'> <e \P e'> <g \P g'>2 <c, \P c'>4 <d \P d'> <e \P e'>2 } where I repeatedly mean ' this note, together with the same note one octave higher, parenthesized'. I'd like a way to abbreviate this, so that I can write something like this: \version "2.14.2" poct = ... \relative c, { \clef bass \poct c \poct e \poct g2 \poct c,4 \poct d \poct e2 } As suggested in a helpful answer to an earlier question of mine , I have tried to use a music function , but there is no way I can