Chord Symbols with a "Sharp" on English keyboard.
Hello
I need to print a chord symbol for "C Sharp Major". The manual says use the key that looks like a sharp, or "hash", which is Shift+3 on an American keyboard. On a British keyboard the same key gives the £ sign, and on the music, that's what you get!
I've tried the usual methods for asking for help, and the system corrects my typing of "sharp" by telling me that I meant "share". I also looked for the keyboard shortcut in the "Preferences" menu, hoping to customise an alternative shortcut, but it didn't seem to appear there.
I know I could use enharmonic D Flat, but that would not be quite correct in the context.
Thanks for your help.
Tony
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Does the British keybaord have a "#" symbol somewhere else? If so, try that. If not, try an actual sharp sign, which you can normally enter in MuseScore with Ctrl+Shift+# (aka Ctrl+Shift+3). Maybe that will fool the system better?
In reply to Does the British keybaord by Marc Sabatella
Marc! It's 1/22/2023. I can't get Special Characters to work in 4.0. When I follow the 4.0 manual, it crashes MuseScore.
So I've been on a Google hunt to figure out a way to input a sharp sign, and look who pops up! Marc! :D
Ctrl+Shift+# works perfectly in Musescore 4.0, even if I can't get it to make a sharp sign here. I left a note for help in the Support and Bug Forum today. In the meantime, this gets me off this project! Woot! Woot!
By the way, you're the BEST! <3
Or use the note entry tool bar for the sharp? If the enharmonic is faster to type then the J key changes spelling (from Db to C#)
In reply to Or use the note entry tool by mike320
Neither the toolbar nor "J" help with chord symbols, unfortunately.
In reply to Neither the toolbar nor "J" by Marc Sabatella
What about using Character Map or the code?
I can enter C# as a chord symbol with a UK keyboard, no problem...
In reply to I can enter C# as a chord by KJ_Palmer
On my keyboard # is not schift + 3 but Alt Gr + 3
See British and American keyboards (Wikipedia).
British keyboards mostly have a # sign. You state that yours does not. Please post a picture of your keyboard or the serial number or whatever to identify it. Also, what operating system are you using and have you any unusual (ie non-English) settings?
In reply to British keyboards mostly have by underquark
I am responding 5 years after the original question but the answer is to use the option /alt key and press the 3/£ key at the same time.