#### 3.15.9 Ligatures

A ligature is a coherent graphical symbol that represents at least two distinct notes. Ligatures originally appeared in the manuscripts of Gregorian chant notation roughly since the 9th century to denote ascending or descending sequences of notes.

Ligatures are entered by enclosing them in `\[` and `\]`. Some ligature styles may need additional input syntax specific for this particular type of ligature. By default, the LigatureBracket engraver just puts a square bracket above the ligature

>          \score {
>            \notes \transpose c c' {
>              \[ g c a f d' \]
>              a g f
>              \[ e f a g \]
>            }
>          }

To select a specific style of ligatures, a proper ligature engraver has to be added to the Voice context, as explained in the following subsections. Only white mensural ligatures are supported with certain limitations.

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