diff --git a/packages/mondo/mondo.mjs b/packages/mondo/mondo.mjs
index 1a211e609..ce9e960a1 100644
--- a/packages/mondo/mondo.mjs
+++ b/packages/mondo/mondo.mjs
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ export class MondoParser {
     close_curly: /^\}/,
     number: /^-?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+/, // before pipe!
     op: /^[*/:!@%?]|^\.{2}/, // * / : ! @ % ? ..
+    dollar: /^\$/,
     pipe: /^\./,
-    stack: /^[,$]/,
+    stack: /^[,]/,
     or: /^[|]/,
     plain: /^[a-zA-Z0-9-~_^]+/,
   };
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ export class MondoParser {
   }
   desugar_children(children) {
     children = this.resolve_ops(children);
-    children = this.resolve_pipes(children);
+    children = this.resolve_pipes(children, (children) => this.resolve_dollars(children));
     return children;
   }
   // Token[] => Token[][], e.g. (x , y z) => [['x'],['y','z']]
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ export class MondoParser {
     }
     return children;
   }
-  resolve_pipes(children) {
+  resolve_pipes(children, next) {
     let chunks = this.split_children(children, 'pipe');
     while (chunks.length > 1) {
       let [left, right, ...rest] = chunks;
@@ -184,10 +185,20 @@ export class MondoParser {
         chunks = [[...left.slice(0, -1), call, ...right.slice(1)], ...rest]; // jazz (fast 2 hh)
       } else {
         //s jazz hh.fast 2 => (fast 2 (s jazz hh))
-        const call = left.length > 1 ? { type: 'list', children: left } : left[0];
+        const call = left.length > 1 ? { type: 'list', children: next(left) } : left[0];
         chunks = [[...right, call], ...rest];
       }
     }
+    return next(chunks[0]);
+  }
+  resolve_dollars(children) {
+    let chunks = this.split_children(children, 'dollar');
+    while (chunks.length > 1) {
+      let [left, right, ...rest] = chunks;
+      //fast 2 $ s jazz hh => (fast 2 (s jazz hh))
+      const call = right.length > 1 ? { type: 'list', children: right } : right[0];
+      chunks = [[...left, call], ...rest];
+    }
     return chunks[0];
   }
   parse_pair(open_type, close_type) {
diff --git a/packages/mondo/test/mondo.test.mjs b/packages/mondo/test/mondo.test.mjs
index 342a3f9fd..0e859a8b2 100644
--- a/packages/mondo/test/mondo.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/mondo/test/mondo.test.mjs
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ describe('mondo sugar', () => {
   it('should desugar x:y:z', () => expect(desguar('x:y:z')).toEqual('(: z (: y x))'));
   it('should desugar x:y*x', () => expect(desguar('bd:0*2')).toEqual('(* 2 (: 0 bd))'));
   it('should desugar a..b', () => expect(desguar('0..2')).toEqual('(.. 2 0)'));
+  it('should desugar x $ y', () => expect(desguar('x $ y')).toEqual('(x y)'));
+  it('should desugar x $ y z', () => expect(desguar('x $ y z')).toEqual('(x (y z))'));
+  it('should desugar x $ y . z', () => expect(desguar('x $ y . z')).toEqual('(z (x y))'));
 
   it('should desugar README example', () =>
     expect(desguar('s [bd hh*2 cp.(crush 4) <mt ht lt>] . speed .8')).toEqual(