In order to fit the tie notes into a measure I have to decrease the prior half note to a double dotted quarter note, then I can add the four 64th duration tie notes to the second half-notes chord in the measure. But I notice in the NWC composition "Caverns" measure 40, there is a half note and a half note chord with the 5 tie notes in the measure. What am I doing wrong? I even removed the ties from the tie notes in Caverns, but it still plays properly and I also changed the duration of the tie notes and it still sounds the same.
Measure 40 in Caverns, a series of grace notes are tied into a half note. The grace note attribute is assigned from the Notes menu.
See also:
Grace Notes Command
http://ntworthy.com/nwchelp/MNU_NOTEGRACE.htm
Thanks for the help. Sorry if I posted in the wrong place. Is it customary to set the grace notes as 32nd duration?
For NoteWorthy, yes. There is no standard for the duration of a grace note (or from where it gets time).
If you need playback to be something else, see: Print Group and Play Group (https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=2277.0)