Accidentals

• Feb 29, 2012 - 05:46

1. Open attached score.

2. Select measure 1.

3. Press shift-8 (adds notes an octave below)

Result: Notes appear as they do in measure two, while they should appear as measure 3.
Can we get this fixed in 2.0 please?

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In reply to by [DELETED] 5

FWIW, I have often wished that shift-8 would add a a true octave below the original note, including accidental. So hitting shift-8 while the cursor is on a Bb would always add a Bb, period, regardless of the key signature. It's incredibly rare I'd want it any other way. For other intervals, though, I have no particular expectations. But I think I'd be surprised if adding any other interval ever produced an accidental by default. Which is to say, I think the current behavior is fine for all intervals *except* the octave.

This does sort of relate to another common request, though, and that is what happens is, in the key of C, you enter a B, lower it to Bb, then enter another B. I think most people at first expect this to result in a single note with no accidental - which is to say, it would actually be a Bb, since the previous flat would still apply. Currently, of course, you actually get a B natural, with an explicit natural sign. If MuseScore were to some day support the style of note entry where typing B would enter a note with no explicit accidental (meaning typing B would give you Bb if a Bb existed earlier in the measure), I think I'd expect the "add interval" behavior to behave similarly. So if in that same situation I were to type D followed by shift-3, I'd get a note with no accidental: a Bb.

In reply to by [DELETED] 5

I don't expect a major third, no - I expect a *diatonic* third. Which is exactly what it currently does. If you're in the key of C and you've just entered a G, shift-3 should produce an E (which is a minor third), just as it does now. If you've just entered an A, then shift-3 should produce an F (which is a major third), just as it does now. If you're in the key of Bb, then hitting shift-3 after entering a G would produce an Eb (which is a major third), just as it does now. As far as I am concerned, nothing needs changing here except the behavior of the octave, which I think should be a true octave below the original pitch, even if that is not diatonic. In the key of C, shift-8 on a G# should enter a G#. In the key of Bb, shift-8 on an E natural should enter an E natural. It might seem inconsistent to special case the octave, but I do think it would match people's expectations better, and save keystrokes as I am constantly needing to adjust added octaves to make them true octaves.

Certainly understood about not changing basic note entry at this point, though - I was more thinking about how this play out in the future should such a change be considered.

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