User Manual
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Notion makes it easy to add ties and slurs.
Place Tie Marks
You can enter ties either in Edit mode or in Step Entry . A tie extends the duration of a note by adding the count of one or
more other notes. You can add ties only between notes of the same pitch. To phrase together notes of dierent pitches,
you use a slur.
1. To place the Tie symbol on your Music Cursor:
> Press Shift + T, or
> In the Entry Palette, hover over the third pane from the left and click in the pop-up menu.
» Your Music Cursor displays a symbol.
2. Position the Music Cursor anywhere between two notes you want to tie together.
3. Click the mouse or press Enter.
◙ Tie notes across a bar line..
Place Slur Marks
A slur is a curved line placed over or under groups of notes of dierent pitches to indicate joined phrasing.
1. To place the Slur symbol on your Music Cursor:
> Press Shift + S, or
> In the Entry Palette, hover over the fourth pane from the left and click in the pop-up menu.
» Your Music Cursor displays a symbol.
2. Position the Music Cursor at the leftmost note and click your mouse or press Enter.
» Notion adds three dots to the end of the Slur tool.
◙ Click to start the slur.
3. Move (don’t drag) your mouse to the rightmost note.
◙ Moving, not dragging, to the right.
4. Click the mouse or press Enter.
TIP: To quickly add a slur between two adjacent notes in the same measure, press Shift+S, then double
click in the space between the two notes. Instant slur!
Editing Slurs
Click the slur to show the slur control points:
-Drag the rst and last points to set the start and end points of the slur
-Drag the single point on the inside of the curve to adjust overall placement of the slur
-Drag any of the 3 points on the outside side of the slur to adjust the curve itself
-To reset the curve, right click on the slur, and then select Slurs>Reset
Ties and Slurs