Tied notes issues

Dorico
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I’ve just discussed this in another thread but it wasn’t actually my main issue there. However, this time it is. There seems to be no way to make ties go to the right voice when two notes are on the same pitch. At least if you want it to attach to voice 1. I can tell by just looking at the tie that it’s connected to voice 3 and not voice 1 since it’s below the notes and not above.

Selecting the tie also means selecting the first note.

Tie selected
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So deleting the tie will also delete the B in voice 3.

Tie deleted
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Now I should be able to tie the voice 1 (blue) notes. Here’s what that looks like. I can of course reposition the slurs afterwards in Engrave mode but it would be nice not having to do that.

2

To create a tie in the top voice, just hit the stem of the upper note to select it (not the notehead), then t to make the tie to the next identical pitched note.

When you select both noteheads, Dorico creates a tie between the voices (which is very useful, but not what you want here)

3

Thanks, Janus!

That worked. :slightly_smiling_face:

However, now I have another issue and I might as well ask here directly.

How do I delete a tie? Clicking on the tie also selects both notes and they are both deleted along with the tie.

4

U. (U for untie?) It is also the general key for splitting things.

Dorico considers tied things to be a single object, so delete will delete the object, hence both notes.

5

One does not “delete” a tie; one “breaks” it by placing the caret at the start of the ending note and pressing the U key.

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When the tied notes are in different voices, that will only work if the caret is in the voice of the first note.