A Workaround for Ties onto Voltas Playback
I've found a way to get a tie leading into multiple voltas to play back. It shows in the picture exactly what I did, but as you can see, the trick is to get the first volta's last note to include the note that you want to tie so that the note in the second volta thinks that it's tied with something that played before.
The end result is both expected playback and expected look.
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Yep, good trick. Tried and adopted! Thanks.
Result with a .mscz file: tie volta.mscz
In reply to Yep, good trick. Tried and by cadiz1
This also works for repeat ties:
In reply to This also works for repeat by LuuBluum
Close, but no cigar (at least as a completely "foolproof" workaround). Unfortunately, if a line break is inserted at the end of the first volta, a remnant of the tie remains on the previous line. Even if the tie is shortened, it seems impossible to get rid of it altogether.
In reply to Close, but no cigar (at least by Xasman
Well, the upside is that you can always shrink the "extra" part of the tie and put it inside a note to effectively make it invisible.
In reply to Well, the upside is that you by LuuBluum
Hmm, I don't seem to be able to make that work for me here. In any case though, surely this (see attached) is a more elegant solution (no need to fiddle with the ties at all), don't you think?
In reply to Hmm, I don't seem to be able by Xasman
That is much more efficient!
In reply to Hmm, I don't seem to be able by Xasman
This looks great, but I can't see how you did it.
It's a slur, not a tie, right?
But how could you fix both endpoints at the same note?
I'd like to know.
In reply to This looks great, but I can't by Saxivan
No, it's a tie; the grace note is at the same pitch as the following note.
Note that, for correct playback, it's crucial that the grace note (in the Inspector window) is set not to playback (untick "Play").
In order to properly see what's going on, just tick View->Show Invisible.
In reply to No, it's a tie; the grace by Xasman
Thanks a lot! That's quite tricky!
In reply to Thanks a lot! That's quite by Saxivan
You're welcome, though I can't take any credit. The original idea (AFAIK) came from Jm6stringer's suggestion in this thread .