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Ties
A tie is a curved line that joins two notes of the same pitch. When notes are longer than the
maximum duration of a bar in the prevailing time signature, they automatically appear in Dorico
SE as tie chains, that is, a sequence of adjacent notes joined with ties.
Each sequence of ties, whether they join two notes 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
On tablature, ties are automatically notated as round brackets around notes/chords in
subsequent bars. When tablature is shown with rhythms, ties within the same bar are indicated
with stems rather than bracketed noteheads.
A phrase on tablature with some ties within bars and
a chord tied across two bars
The same phrase on a notation staff
In Dorico SE, 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 tie chains. For example, if
you input a dotted whole note at the start of a bar in a 4/4 time signature, it is automatically
notated as a whole note tied to a half note in the next bar. If the time signature changes, tie
chains are automatically adjusted to remain correct in the new meter.
NOTE
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In Write mode, you can only select whole tie chains because Dorico SE considers each tie
chain to be a single note. Any edits you make to tie chains in Write mode affect all notes in
them, such as changing the pitch, but only affect the rst tie in the chain, such as changing
the tie style to dashed. However, you can still input notations, such as dynamics, in the
middle of tie chains by activating the caret and moving it to the required rhythmic position
within the tie chain.
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When you tie existing notes together, they might be consolidated into fewer or more notes
within a tie chain, depending on the musical context, the time signature, and the position of
the start of the note in the bar.
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Articulations can only appear once on each tie chain, either at the start or the end,
depending on the type of articulation. For example, staccato marks appear at the end
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