Tying across voices

[clarinick]

I’m really digging Dorico so far, as a long-time Sib 7 user many of the changes are so appreciated.

One issue I’ve run into is the ability to tie across voices, e.g. in piano music. Here’s a specific example.

I’d like the score to look like this:

In Dorico, if the lower note is the last note of a down-stem voice, it’s unable to tie to the lower note of a chord in an up-stem voice in the next bar/beat. So I’m forced to make it look one of these two ways:
Dorico2TieExample.png
Dorico2TieExample2.png
Is there a workaround to make it look like the first example above? If not, is there a plan to include this in a future update?

Thanks!

[dan_kreider]

This is a workaround, but you can set the bottom note as voice 2, then force stems up and set voice column to 0. It’ll look like it’s part of the voice 1 chord.

[pianoleo]

I might be missing something here, but as far as I’m aware it’s entirely possible to do what you want to do without any workarounds at all:

Select the first note.
Cmd/Ctrl-click the second note.
Hit T.

[Rob_Tuley]

Pianoleo is right, but it might not be obvious this would work, because to tie notes in the same voice you only have to select the first note and hit T - and you might not have even entered the second note yet.

[pianoleo]

Rather helpfully the manual lists these instructions here: Inputting ties between non-adjacent notes

[clarinick]

@pianoleo

I might be missing something here, but as far as I’m aware it’s entirely possible to do what you want to do without any workarounds at all:

Select the first note.
Cmd/Ctrl-click the second note.
Hit T.

@pianoleo

Rather helpfully the manual lists these instructions here: Inputting ties between non-adjacent notes

Ah, thank you very much pianoleo! This totally worked. Sorry, I guess I wasn’t looking in the right part of the manual! Much appreciated.

[pianoleo]

@dankreider

This is a workaround, but you can set the bottom note as voice 2, then force stems up and set voice column to 0. It’ll look like it’s part of the voice 1 chord.

Dan, whether you knew or not that it’s totally possible to tie cross-voice notes together or not, it might be worth adding to (page 27 or 28 of) your guide…

[dan_kreider]

@pianoleo

@dankreider

This is a workaround, but you can set the bottom note as voice 2, then force stems up and set voice column to 0. It’ll look like it’s part of the voice 1 chord.

Dan, whether you knew or not that it’s totally possible to tie cross-voice notes together or not, it might be worth adding to (page 27 or 28 of) your guide…

In fact I didn’t know it was possible. Just updated it - thanks.

[Romanos]

It’s the same thing when tying between two different voices. They must be selected manually via ctrl / cmd clicks. I edit organ editions and I do this umpteen times a day and it always works; it’s just a manual procedure.