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2. Move the handles in any of the following ways:
● Press Alt-Up Arrow to move them upwards.
● Press Alt-Down Arrow to move them downwards.
TIP
If you want to move handles by larger increments, you can press Ctrl/Cmd as well
as the standard key command, for example, Ctrl/Cmd-Alt-Up Arrow.
● Click and drag them upwards/downwards.
RESULT
The height of the selected ties is changed.
NOTE
● To maintain a visually pleasing and symmetrical curve when changing the height of ties
manually, you may need to move tie height handles to the right/left by a small amount, as
well as upwards/downwards.
● Moving tie height handles to the right/left affects the shape of the whole tie.
● You can nd options controlling the default height of all ties project-wide by clicking
Advanced Options in the Design section of the Ties page in Engrave > Engraving
Options. There are separate settings for short ties and long ties.
RELATED LINKS
Project-wide engraving options for ties on page 718
Tie styles
There are different styles of ties available in Dorico Elements, which you can use to indicate
different meanings.
Solid
This is the default style for ties. Ties appear as tapered solid lines: thinner at the ends
and thicker in the middle.
Dashed
Ties appear as tapered dashed lines. Can be used to denote optional or suggested
ties, for example, in vocal music where some verses have more syllables than others
and therefore require more notes.
Dotted
Ties appear as dotted lines. The dots are the same size and the same distance apart
over the whole length of the tie. Can also be used to denote optional or suggested
ties.
Half-dashed start
The rst halves of ties appear as dashed lines, the second halves as solid lines. Used
to denote that a tie was written incompletely in the source in critical editions.
Ties
Tie styles
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