New key signature
I want to add a key signature for F major at the beginning of the line. I have dragged and dropped about a million times but it won't. I have waited for the bar to change colour. I am not in note-adding mode. Why won't it do it? I've searched all related questions but nothing has helped. I need this urgently.
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Hi Heather.
Are you sure you are not already in F?
If that is not the case, could you post your piece and perhaps a screenshot or two? Then we could probably get back to you with a solution.
Thanks
In reply to Hi Heather. Are you sure you by etienne
Yes, I'm not in F. I'm making up little one-line exercises to cover a certain aspect of piano sight reading and I need a new key signature each line. The strange thing is that it's done it before so I don't know what's the problem with the new page. It's page three, the first line I want in F, the second in A major. Could you tell me how to post it and how to do a screenshot? Thanks, Heather
In reply to Hi Heather. Are you sure you by etienne
I've attached! How do I do a screenshot? it's page three that won't accept key signatures.
In reply to Got it attachment-wise! by Heather
Indeed, very wierd.
Weird behavoir alreadywhen dropping a key signature into the 1st measure in the 2nd line on the 1st page
In reply to Got it attachment-wise! by Heather
I think the problem is primarily that you have turned off the "Create key sig. for all systems" option under Style-Edit General Style->Page. By turning that option off, you're saying you don't want any key signatures to appear except on the first system. So the key change *is* happening (which you can verify by noticing how accidentals change), it just isn't displaying, because you asked it not to. I suppose the behavior of that option should be tweaked to still display key *changes*, just not reminders, but anyhow, it is what it is right now.
So, turn that option back on and you should see your key signatures. Looks like you already added several key changes that weren't being displayed.
Assuming the *reason* you turned off the display of key signatures was because you wanted to switch to C, you should just put the change to C in directly - you never actually did that as far as I can tell. Leave the courtesy key signature option off so you don't get the canceling naturals at the end of the previous system when you insert a key change that reduce the number of flats or sharps.
In reply to I think the problem is by Marc Sabatella
Thank you, that's nearly sorted it, I can drag the key signatures in now. BUT naturals are appearing as well as the key signature. How do I get rid of those?
In reply to It's nearly working! by Heather
Right click the key sig, "hide naturals".
In reply to Right click the key sig, by Marc Sabatella
When I tried to do that I got a context menu with Key Sig greyed out and no visible option to hide naturals?????
The only way you can get a context menu showing Hide naturals is on the very first key signature at the beginning of the music.
Am I missing something????
In reply to When I tried to do that I got by ChurchOrganist
I get that option on any key signature *change* that involves reducing number of flats or sharops, which would be the only time naturals would ever show up. That is, if there are naturals there, right click gives the option to hide them. At least, in every case I've tried.
In reply to I get that option on any key by Marc Sabatella
Strange - it works ok in one of my own scores but not in that downloaded one from this thread.
Maybe there is a corruption somewhere.
In reply to Strange - it works ok in one by ChurchOrganist
It's certainly possible there is some sort of corruption - all the trial and error that probably went into trying to get this together is the sort of thing that tends to trigger bugs. And indeed, that was my first thought when I downloaded the score, before I decided to check the style option.
Is it possible you are talking about the change to F a tht etop of the third page? There are no naturals there hide - presumably because that key signature change was created while key signatures were being suppressed. But if add any new key signature changes (including if you delete then re-add the existing ones), you should get the naturals, and with them, the option to hide them. I guess if I try replacing the existing key change without first deleting it, I can get a natural to appear without the option to delete. Maybe that's what you are seeing? But deleting and re-adding works for me.
In reply to It's certainly possible there by Marc Sabatella
Hi. I want to add this key Signature to my Musescore. https://i.imgyukle.com/2019/11/02/E3i2vv.jpg
How? Thank you.
In reply to Hi. I want to add this key… by Hamit70
You can create and add custom key signatures by pressing Shift+K, but I don't think the "2" symbol is available There are many others that are, though, so hopefully one of them will mean the same thing to the musicians reading the score?
In reply to You can create and add… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you for your reply. Yes I did it. But very old technique. Like drop "2" near the flat :-)
I think there isn't 2 symbol for flats. Maybe third picture will give the same sound. The half of flat. Sorry for my english and music knowledge.
I have just begun to play bağlama (fourth picture) like Greece instrument, Buzuki
Thank you for eveything.
In reply to Right click the key sig, by Marc Sabatella
Thank you so much, that's brilliant.
It's not a matter of "waiting" for the measure to highlight. It's a matter of putting your pointer in the right spot. Just move the pointer around (slowly) within the measure until you find the right spot that highlits the measure. Of course, that does indeed assume you aren't already in F!
In reply to It's not a matter of by Marc Sabatella
I am definitely not in F! It won't let me put ANY key signature, even though I've done it in the past. I'm preparing sight reading exercises for piano so every line needs to be in a different key. I have hovered the pointer and it highlights fine, have tried to drop the key signature in every millimetre in the bar! Thank you for your help, Heather
In reply to Pointer. by Heather
Go to Style -> Edit general style -> Score and tick 'display key signature on every system". On your score, select the # on the second line and double click the F major key sig in the palette.
In reply to Go to Style -> Edit general by [DELETED] 5
Yes, I've already received that but thank you for taking the trouble to help. It's worked!