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Combining notes into chords

Chords can be made by surrounding pitches with angled brackets. Angled brackets are the symbols < and >.

     r4 <c e g>4 <c f a>8
     

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You can combine markings like beams and ties with chords. They must be placed outside the angled brackets

     r4 <c e g>8[ <c f a>]~ <c f a>
     

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     r4 <c e g>8\>( <c e g> <c e g>  <c f a>8\!)
     

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