Chords
A chord is a list of notes and/or tagged notes, separated by commas and enclosed in braces.
Remarks:
All notes of a chord should have the same duration.
If this is not the case, the duration of the chord is the duration of the longest note within the
chord; all other notes are interpreted as being succeeded by rests which compensate for the
difference between their duration and that of the chord.
The notes within a chords do not have to be ordered with respect to their pitch; however, it is suggested to consistently write chords in either an ascending or descending order.
If for some note of a chord, duration or octave values are omitted, these are assumed to be equal to the last respective value specified in the current sequence; this applies also to the case where this value was specified for a preceeding note of the same chord.
Examples
{c1/4., e&1/4., g1/4.} % c minor triad , ascending order
{c1/4., e&,g} % same as above, abbreviated notation
{c#1/4, e#, g#} % C-sharp major triad, ascending order
{c2, dis1, a0, fis} % four-voice chord, descending order