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NOTE
Alternatively, you can click Insert Bar Rest in the Insert Bar Rest section of the Bars and
Barlines panel to input bar rests during note input.
RELATED LINKS
Bars on page 553
Bars and barlines popover on page 235
Inputting notes into multiple voices on page 174
Caret on page 157
Hiding/Showing bar rests in empty bars on page 884
Inputting ties
You can input ties manually to join two notes of the same pitch, both during note input and by
joining two existing notes with a tie. You can tie existing notes in different voices or on different
staves belonging to the same instrument, or that are not rhythmically adjacent.
For example, you might have input a melody across multiple voices in order to accommodate
passing notes, but want to tie two notes together even though they are in different voices.
Similarly, you might have written multiple notes before a chord that are all held down and want
to reduce the number of tied notes.
TIP
Dorico Elements automatically creates ties as required for note durations in each meter. For
example, if you want to input a tie between two quarter notes across a barline, you can input
a half note at the rhythmic position where you want to input the
rst quarter note. Dorico
Elements automatically splits the half note into two quarter notes, one on each side of the
barline, and joins them with a tie.
PREREQUISITE
If you want to preserve the durations of existing notes, you have forced their duration. For
example, if you want to specify subdivisions within a tie chain that are different than the
prevailing meter.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, do one of the following:
● Start note input.
● Select the note from which you want the tie to start. If you want to input a tie between
two specic notes or between a grace note and a normal note, select those two notes.
NOTE
The two notes must be the same pitch but can be in different voices or on different
staves belonging to the same instrument.
2.
Optional: During note input, input the note that you want at the start of the tie.
3.
Input a tie in any of the following ways:
● Press T .
● In the Notes toolbox, click Tie .
4.
Optional: During note input, input the note that you want at the end of the tie.
Write mode
Note input
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