How do you make the B in bass clef with ties into a B as a whole note? Tried force duration, O, then 8 for whole note, didn’t work.
Welcome to the forum, @vanillaoat. You’ll need to write it in a separate voice if you want it to be shown as a whole note. Select the two F notes and type Shift+V to move them into a new down-stem voice. That should make the B appear as a whole note.
Hello,
and welcome to the forum.
If I understand you correctly you want a “whole” note and another rhythmical value alongside in the same system.
This is the case, where you use different voices. Your whole note will be in one voice and the other notes in another voice.
Voices can be shown in different colours (View Menu). To put a note into a different voice, select it and hit v. If you haven’t created a second voice for the system yet, use shift-v instead.
Good you have figured it out.
It is helpful in these cases to show voices as colours.
Instead of re-inputting the music, you could also select the first f and hit v. This would toggle the voice of that note.