Need to add a second pitch to a tied note on the next beat

Example: in a piano score, there’s a C on beat four that ties to a whole note C in the next measure. But on beat one of the next measure, a G is added below the C. When I input this, the C ties correctly, but the lower G will tie backward to the last time that G appeared. It can be many measures back, creating a multi-measure tie. Is this a bug? Is there a way to properly do this?

The easiest thing to do is put the G into a different voice at the outset:

Activating the caret and pressing V will cycle through the currently active voices; pressing Shift+ V will create a new voice to enter music into.

(I think the way to do this without changing voices is to enter both the C and G’s without tieing them, then Ctrl/Cmd+select both the C’s before pressing T to tie them)

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I’m more likely to use that second method. Getting into new voices often leads me to goof things up. This must be a bug - I can’t think of any situation where you would want a note to tie backward to the last instance of that pitch, no matter the distance. Thanks for the help!

You’re welcome.

It’s definitely not a bug - there is a reason for this behaviour but I can’t remember what it is, and I don’t like it either.

In what sequence are you adding the notes/ties? I tried two methods and couldn’t recreate this behavior (both gave me the desired result), using only one voice:

  1. Enter all the notes without ties, highlight the quarter note “C” and press “T” or click the tie. The C ties to the whole note but no other ties are added.
  2. Enter the tied note first (I entered a whole note and then used Shift-Opt to extend it another beat), then I enabled chord mode, moved the carat to the first beat after the barline and added the G. No tie back to the earlier measure.
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How so? If you turn on view>notes and rest colours>voice colours and experiment with right-click>voices>change voice… it all become clear what is happening.

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