Tie shoulder offset

Dorico Elements Help

Product
Dorico Elements
Version
5.1
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en-US
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Webhelp
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fluidtopics

Tie shoulders affect the angles of the curves of ties as they taper towards an endpoint, as the tapered ends often approach noteheads at a steeper angle than that of a tie’s arch.

Increasing the shoulder offset makes the onset of the curve shallower, whereas decreasing the shoulder offset makes the onset steeper.

A long tie with default shoulder offset
A long tie with increased shoulder offset

You can change the shoulder offset of ties individually by moving their control point handles in Engrave mode.