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Tie chains
When notes are longer than the maximum duration of a bar in the prevailing time signature, ties
can extend over multiple bars. In Dorico Elements, such ties are known as tie chains.
For example, if you input a note that is longer than a whole note in a 4/4 time signature, it
becomes two or more notes tied together in a chain across multiple bars.
In Write mode, you can only select whole tie chains. In Engrave mode, you can select individual
ties within tie chains. Any changes you make to tie chains in Write mode only affect the rst tie in
the chain.
NOTE
Dorico Elements automatically adjusts tied notes in the following circumstances:
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If you change the pitch of a tied note, which includes adding or removing an accidental,
the change is applied to all the notes that are tied together.
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If you add or remove an articulation, the articulation is added only to the start or the end
of the tie chain as appropriate, for example, to the last note for an articulation of duration
or to the rst note for an articulation of force.
Articulations relative to tie chains
The positions of articulations relative to tie chains depend on the type of articulation. You can
change the positions of articulations relative to tie chains project-wide and for individual tie
chains.
RELATED LINKS
Positions of articulations on page 376
Changing the positions of articulations on tied notes on page 377
Ties vs. slurs
Ties and slurs look supercially similar but differ in meaning.
Ties indicate that a note should not be re-struck. They are used to join notes of the same pitch
together. For example, ties can be used to extend notes across multiple bars. Although multiple
notes can be included in a single tie chain, each tie in the chain only joins one notehead to the
next notehead on the staff.
Ties can be used in conjunction with articulation, but articulation on tied notes only affects the
attack at the start of the tie chain and the release at the end of the tie chain.
Two long notes tied together
Slurs indicate articulation, such as bowing or breathing, and normally group notes of different
pitches together. Slurs can join two noteheads together with any number of pitches in between.
They often indicate the shaping of phrases.
Slurs can also be used in conjunction with articulation. Unlike ties, articulation within slurs can
affect the sound throughout the phrase. For example, staccato articulations on repeated notes of
the same pitch within a slur indicate that notes should be played on a stringed instrument using
the same bow direction, but stopping the bow between each note.
Ties
Tie chains
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