A first approach would be to change the text of the tuplet number and append a small slur: bow-up = \markup { \with-dimensions #'(3 . 4) #'(0 . 0) \override #'(filled . #t) \path #.1 #'((moveto 0 0) (curveto 1 1.2 2 1.2 3 0) (curveto 2 0.9 1 0.9 0 0) (closepath)) } bow-down = \markup { \with-dimensions #'(3 . 4) #'(0 . 0) \override #'(filled . #t) \path #.1 #'((moveto 0 0) (curveto 1 -1.2 2 -1.2 3 0) (curveto 2 -0.9 1 -0.9 0 0) (closepath)) } #(define-markup-command (tuplet-bow-up layout props tuplet-number) (markup?) (interpret-markup layout props (markup #:center-column(#:vspace -.2 bow-up #:vspace -.6 #:line(tuplet-number))))) #(define-markup-command (tuplet-bow-down layout props tuplet-number) (markup?) (interpret-markup layout props (markup #:center-column(#:vspace .2 tuplet-number #:vspace -1 #:line(bow-down))))) tupletBowUp = #(define-scheme-function (parser location tuplet-number) (string?) #{\override TupletNumber.text = \markup \tuplet-bow-up #tuplet-number #}) tupletBowDown = #(define-scheme-function (parser location tuplet-number) (string?) #{\override TupletNumber.text = \markup \tuplet-bow-down #tuplet-number #}) \score { { \clef bass \time 3/4 \tupletBowUp "3" \tuplet 3/2 { c8 b, c } \tupletBowDown "3" \tuplet 3/2 { e8 g e } \tuplet 3/2 { e8 g e } c'4 } \layout{} } With `\tupletBowUp "3"` you set the number of all following tuplets to a 3 with a small bow above. With `\tupletBowDown "3"` you set it to a 3 with a small bow below. You can put other numbers as you like. Result: [![enter image description here][1]][1] But I am sure, this can also be achieved in a much more sophisticated manner. However, I don’t know the internals of LilyPond that well. For example, it would be great to have the small bow automatically switch above or below the number according to its position. --- **Edit:** Another way would be to change the tuplet bracket like [this proposal][2] and one comment suggest. I changed the code from the linked proposal a bit to make the slurs smaller: printTupletBow = { \override TupletBracket #'stencil = #ly:slur::print \override TupletBracket #'thickness = #1.2 \override TupletBracket #'control-points = #(lambda (grob) (let* ((x-pos (ly:grob-property grob 'X-positions)) (pos (ly:grob-property grob 'positions)) (x-ln (interval-length x-pos)) (dir (ly:grob-property grob 'direction)) (height (- (cdr pos) (car pos))) (height-corr (* 0.3 dir height)) (edge-height (ly:grob-property grob 'edge-height '(0.7 . 0.7)))) (list (cons (+ (car x-pos) (* x-ln 1/4)) (+ (car pos) (* 1 dir (car edge-height)))) (cons (+ (car x-pos) (* x-ln 3/8)) (+ (car pos) (* dir (+ 1.5 height-corr)))) (cons (+ (car x-pos) (* x-ln 5/8)) (+ (cdr pos) (* dir (- 1.5 height-corr)))) (cons (+ (car x-pos) (* x-ln 3/4)) (+ (cdr pos) (* 1 dir (cdr edge-height))))))) } \score { { \clef bass \time 3/4 \tuplet 3/2 { c8 b, c } \tuplet 3/2 { e8 g e } \tuplet 3/2 { e8 g e } c'4 } } \layout { \printTupletBow } Result: [![enter image description here][3]][3] One problem with this approach is that the slur will be slanted quite a lot if the notes span bigger intervals. But it might be a nice solution if your piece includes mainly tuplets with beams. [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/I1zgJ.png [2]: https://archiv.lilypondforum.de/index.php/topic,1658.msg9226.html#msg9226 [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/8QuAY.png