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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 size of dashes/dots in ties
You can change the size of the dashes/dots in dashed/dotted ties individually. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and frame chains.

Changing the size of dashes/dots in ties

You can change the size of the dashes/dots in dashed/dotted ties individually. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and frame chains.

Note

These steps only apply to dashed/dotted ties.

Prerequisite

You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

Select the dashed/dotted ties whose dash/dot size 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 Dash/dot in the Ties group.
Change the value in the value field.

Result

Increasing the value makes dashes/dots bigger, decreasing the value makes dashes/dots smaller. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.