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A tie is a curved line that joins two notes of the same pitch. When multiple, adjacent notes are
joined with a sequence of ties, that is known as a tie chain.
Each sequence of tie chains, whether they join two notes together or ten notes together,
represents a single note with the duration of all the tied notes combined. A performer plays the
notes as one note, without re-striking, re-blowing, or re-bowing the note at any point within the
rhythmic duration of the tie chain.
A tie chain across several bars on the bottom piano staff
In Dorico Elements, most ties are created automatically. Rhythms are notated according to the
prevailing beat grouping, which is normally set by the time signature. Therefore, notes that
cannot be notated using a single duration are automatically drawn as separate tied notes.
RELATED LINKS
Tie chains on page 713
Inputting notes on page 135
Forcing the duration of notes/rests on page 147
Inputting ties on page 148
Splitting tie chains on page 717
Time signatures on page 727
Input methods for time signatures on page 172
Beams according to time signatures on page 402
General placement conventions for ties
Ties join two noteheads together, meaning the ends of ties are positioned close to the noteheads
to which they are attached.
Ties are curved lines, and the direction of the curve usually follows the stem direction of the
notes. If notes are stem-up, ties curve downwards, and if notes are stem-down, ties curve
upwards.
NOTE
If there are multiple voices on the staff, all ties in up-stem voices curve upwards and all ties in
down-stem voices curve downwards.
There are two main conventions for the placement of the ends of ties relative to noteheads. One
convention is to place the ends of ties outside noteheads, meaning above or below them, ideally
Ties
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