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Modifying properties of a tied note

I am setting music in three staves without layering.  In the middle bass clef
staff I have entered the following, where the negative numbers indicate number
of semitomes below middle C, and all notes are quarter notes unless indicated
otherwise: chord A(-3). E(-8); note B flat(-2); chord B natural (-1), E(-8),
where the E is a half note and tied to the previous E; and note B flat(-2).  I
now want to chenge the first E to the more proper half note and leave
everything else the same, but I an unable to do so.  Is there a simple
sequence of keyboard entries and mouse clicks which will will succeed?  I'm
guessing that adding another staff and using layering might work, but I don't
need layering anywhere alse.  A related question: is it possible to select a
single note of a chord and then modify its properties?  Thanks for your help.
-- George Leeman

Re: Modifying properties of a tied note

Reply #1 –
You can do this without layering, but you will have to erase the quarter-note E in the first chord (<cntrl><backspace>) and replace it with a half-note E (<cntrl><enter>). Set the attributes of the new note (half note, tied to the next note) before you enter it. NWC does not allow the selection of individual notes in a chord, so you can't change a chord note's attributes after it's been entered.