Syntax for ligature brackets

[Laura Conrad]

All the other features that join two or more notes start after the first
note, e.g. a slur is:
      a( b)
and a beam is:
     a[b]

But a ligature bracket is:

    \[a b\]

I'm not saying this is wrong, and I'm certainly not saying it should be
changed.  But it would help me remember when I haven't transcribed a
ligature for a few months if someone explained why it was done  this
way.

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