Hi David,

It is happening because you are trying to think ahead of a smart program. Don't be conmcerned about that, I think it gets us all, but only until you grasp what is happening there really and what to do about it.

**The last note entered will always be a looong note, sometimes extending into the next bar. That is by design. If you need that note to end at a certain point and there is not another note to follow it, select the Rest by checking it above the Notation Entry window and click on the vertical dotted line immediately following that last note's desired notation.

**Some printed musics may contain a tied note when a simpler duration would be the better choice. Band in a Box will sometimes turn, for example, any attempt to tie two quarter notes together into a single half note. Duration, of course, is identical.


--Mac