Ties: Draw an arc between two notes of the same pitch.
Slurs: Draw an arc above or below two or more notes of different pitch. StaffPad will snap the slur to the beginning and end notes according to customary engraving rules. See Selecting items for more on adjusting slurs once they’ve been recognized.
Tying chords: Tying chords can require a bit more finesse than tying a single note. To tie a single note that is part of a chord, draw a line from one notehead to the other without much arc like this.
resulting in a tie that looks like this.
Continuing in this manner with very small arcs, you can tie other notes too if you wish to tie the entire chord.
In some situations, like having a second interval in a chord, you might find it easier to tie all the notes in the chord by writing the tie lines all next to each other as if you were tying the same note but with multiple lines. This is way to quickly instruct StaffPad to tie all of the notes in the chord as seen in this example:
Troubleshooting: When attempting to tie a chord, you may see a result that looks like this.
In this example the D in the treble clef is tied, but the other lines are slurs. You can tell by seeing where the beginning and ending of the line is in relation to the notehead. If the line begins and ends next to a notehead, it is a tie. If the line begins and ends above or below a notehead, it is a slur.
To fix this type of issue, try limiting you arc and beginning/ending the line next to the notehead versus above or below.