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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 styles
There are different styles of ties available in Dorico Elements, which you can use to indicate different meanings.
Changing the style of ties
You can change the style of individual ties. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and frame chains. By default, all ties are solid.

Changing the style of ties

You can change the style of individual ties. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and frame chains. By default, all ties are solid.

Prerequisite

You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

Select the ties whose style 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 Style in the Ties group.
Select one of the following options from the menu:
- Solid
- Dashed
- Dotted
- Half-dashed start
- Half-dashed end
- Editorial

Result

The style 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.