diff --git a/src/engraving/rw/read114/read114.cpp b/src/engraving/rw/read114/read114.cpp
index 61148bdd9b4bf..1e403fc92ae31 100644
--- a/src/engraving/rw/read114/read114.cpp
+++ b/src/engraving/rw/read114/read114.cpp
@@ -1453,10 +1453,10 @@ static void readHarmony114(XmlReader& e, ReadContext& ctx, Harmony* h)
                 }
             }
         } else if (tag == "leftParen") {
-            h->setParenthesesMode(ParenthesesMode::LEFT, true, true);
+            h->setParenthesesMode(h->rightParen() ? ParenthesesMode::BOTH : ParenthesesMode::LEFT, true, false);
             e.readNext();
         } else if (tag == "rightParen") {
-            h->setParenthesesMode(ParenthesesMode::RIGHT, true, true);
+            h->setParenthesesMode(h->leftParen() ? ParenthesesMode::BOTH : ParenthesesMode::RIGHT, true, false);
             e.readNext();
         } else if (!readTextProperties(e, ctx, h, h)) {
             e.unknown();
diff --git a/src/engraving/rw/read400/tread.cpp b/src/engraving/rw/read400/tread.cpp
index 27b30c96fa51f..2c7a57de45b80 100644
--- a/src/engraving/rw/read400/tread.cpp
+++ b/src/engraving/rw/read400/tread.cpp
@@ -2788,10 +2788,10 @@ void TRead::read(Harmony* h, XmlReader& e, ReadContext& ctx)
                 }
             }
         } else if (tag == "leftParen") {
-            h->setParenthesesMode(ParenthesesMode::LEFT, true, true);
+            h->setParenthesesMode(h->rightParen() ? ParenthesesMode::BOTH : ParenthesesMode::LEFT, true, false);
             e.readNext();
         } else if (tag == "rightParen") {
-            h->setParenthesesMode(ParenthesesMode::RIGHT, true, true);
+            h->setParenthesesMode(h->leftParen() ? ParenthesesMode::BOTH : ParenthesesMode::RIGHT, true, false);
             e.readNext();
         } else if (TRead::readProperty(h, tag, e, ctx, Pid::POS_ABOVE)) {
         } else if (TRead::readProperty(h, tag, e, ctx, Pid::HARMONY_TYPE)) {
diff --git a/src/engraving/rw/read410/tread.cpp b/src/engraving/rw/read410/tread.cpp
index 05cc2ff14cf07..592e96f683a48 100644
--- a/src/engraving/rw/read410/tread.cpp
+++ b/src/engraving/rw/read410/tread.cpp
@@ -3031,10 +3031,10 @@ void TRead::read(Harmony* h, XmlReader& e, ReadContext& ctx)
                 }
             }
         } else if (tag == "leftParen") {
-            h->setParenthesesMode(ParenthesesMode::LEFT, true, true);
+            h->setParenthesesMode(h->rightParen() ? ParenthesesMode::BOTH : ParenthesesMode::LEFT, true, false);
             e.readNext();
         } else if (tag == "rightParen") {
-            h->setParenthesesMode(ParenthesesMode::RIGHT, true, true);
+            h->setParenthesesMode(h->leftParen() ? ParenthesesMode::BOTH : ParenthesesMode::RIGHT, true, false);
             e.readNext();
         } else if (TRead::readProperty(h, tag, e, ctx, Pid::POS_ABOVE)) {
         } else if (TRead::readProperty(h, tag, e, ctx, Pid::HARMONY_TYPE)) {