Ties Between Measures
I'm trying to create a tie between two measures but the ending note of the first measure is just turning into a regular eighth and the sixteenth of the next measure is gone.
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You cannot tie notes which have a different pitch. Use the slur instead for that.
In reply to You cannot tie notes which… by Henk De Groot
The two notes were the same pitch.
In reply to The two notes were the same… by SquidzComposes
Not in the screenshot you provided. There is a d and e flat. Please provide more details or even better the score file
I have only experienced issue like this when the next note to tie to was not the same pitch.
In reply to Not in the screenshot you… by Henk De Groot
What I showed was the result of me tying the two notes, there is already an error.
In reply to What I showed was the result… by SquidzComposes
To fix:
In Format→Style→Score, uncheck the box titled "Display note values across measure boundaries".
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/slurs
And
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/entering-notes-and-rests#ties
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by SteveBlower
I know how to add slurs, but I want to add a tie between the measures without it doing whatever it's doing.
In reply to I know how to add slurs, but… by SquidzComposes
Assuming the time signature is 2/4, here's what your screenshot shows:
![Screenshot.png]( "Screenshot.png")
To fix:
In Format→Style→Score, uncheck the box titled "Display note values across measure boundaries".
In reply to I know how to add slurs, but… by SquidzComposes
Please explain in more detail what you are doing. Which notes are you trying to add ties to? Which mouse clicks, which key presses? If you can, upload a screen recording (zip it first so that the upload is not rejected).
Ties work across barlines with no problems for me. It seems most likely that you are misunderstanding how to add a tie.
In reply to Please explain in more… by SteveBlower
You wrote:
Ties work across barlines with no problems for me.
Yes, because you have "Display note values across measure boundaries" unchecked.
Look at the status bar in the OP's screenshot. The highlighted D5 eighth note (quaver) is played on beat 2.75 (normally would be played on beat 2.5). Therefore, a portion of its total ½ beat time value "splashes over" the barline into the following measure; and so the first note of measure 22 (Eb) is played on beat 1.25.
In reply to You wrote: Ties work across… by Jm6stringer
Good detective work!
In reply to Please explain in more… by SteveBlower
I'm trying to tie the last 16th note D in m21 to the first 16th note D in m22. Screen recording is being funky with me right now so I can't upload a recording. I know how to use a tie.
In reply to I'm trying to tie the last… by SquidzComposes
But the first note in measure 22 is an Eb not a D. As stated before, you can only tie notes if the same pitch. A tie is used to extend the duration of a note without articulating it. A slur looks similar but does work between notes of different pitch. But it also looks like something else is going on in your score as the durations don't seem to add up.
Attach you score (.mscz file) here, so that someone can dig deeper. It might also help if you could upload a picture, even hand drawn, of what result you are aiming for.
In reply to But the first note in… by SteveBlower
> But the first note in measure 22 is an Eb not a D
Yes, but the option "Show note values across measure boundaries" (3.7) turns the two sixteenth notes with tie into an eighth note without tie, and it seems that the measure is therefore too long - an the next is too short. If you deactivate this option, the note becomes two sixteenth notes with a tie.
In reply to > But the first note in… by HildeK
Yes - and Jm6stringer pointed this out also. It shows clearly in the image, as the Eb in the second bar is spaced over to the right, leaving room for the second sixteenth note. Change the option and all will be back to normal.