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Notation reference
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 Elements as tie chains, that is, a sequence of adjacent notes joined with ties.
Tie curvature direction
The direction of tie curvatures is determined by the stem direction of the notes/chords at each end of the tie, the number of notes in chords at each end, and the number of voices on the staff.
Changing the curvature direction of ties
You can change the curvature direction of ties individually, including individual ties within tie chains. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and frame chains.

Changing the curvature direction of ties

You can change the curvature direction of ties individually, including individual ties within tie chains. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and frame chains.

Prerequisite

You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

Select the ties whose curvature direction you want to change.

Note
You can only select whole tie chains, and any changes to tie chains only affect the first tie in the chain.
In the Properties panel, activate Direction in the Ties group.
Choose one of the following options:
- Up
- Down

Result

The curvature direction of the selected ties is changed. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.