Accidentals
I'm not sure this is right, but, when an altered (#/b) note is tied over a bar, and then the altered note is repeated in that bar, shouldn't there be a new accidental? Or does the fact that the alterned note is tied into that bar remove the need for a new accidental?
Thanks.
Comments
There is no need for a accidental on a tied note.
In reply to There is no need for a by David Bolton
I understand that. I am refering to an additional note of the same pitch in the same bar.
Bug report filed: http://musescore.org/en/node/1395
As a work-around you can add the accidental manually.
In reply to Bug report filed: by David Bolton
I do that. Thank you David.
Musescore seems to put in more accidentals than are necessary. For example when I have an octave jump, only the first note needs the accidental, as the accidental affects all octaves. But MuseScore puts an accidental on the later note of a different octave also.
This normally isn't a problem and makes for clearer notation, UNLESS the note following does not use the accidental. A jump of a major 7th from F# to F (natural) causes a problem because the notes sound right when entering them, but the needed natural is not displayed in the notation. This means that although the playback will be correct, the printed score will have an error.
In reply to I have the reverse problem. by MDMilford
MDMilford,
In standard music notation an accidental only applies to the octave for which it shown. MuseScore's behavior is correct.
In reply to I have the reverse problem. by MDMilford
MD!
The jump you are referring to is a diminished octave, not a major seventh.
In reply to I have the reverse problem. by MDMilford
When I write a note with an accidental twice in the same bar the second note should not have an accidental, but it gets one. For example two consecutive B flats, only the first one should have the flat. Notes are not tied (should sound separately). I tried tying the two notes together, and the second flat disappeared. Then I removed the tie and the second flat came back.
Dralex
In reply to Surplus accidental when note of the same pitch repeated by Dralex
Which version are you using ? You can get the version in the menu Help -> About
In reply to Which version are you using ? by [DELETED] 5
I am using Version 0.9.5, Revision 2012.
Dralex
Additional info: the surplus accidentals don't turn up if applied to the same beam in a bar. But whenever I start a new beam in a bar (even a sub-beam) and use the same note again then the accidental turns up again.
In the attached screenshot the second B flat does not need the accidental. Note that the two F naturals are ok, only the first one has the natural sign (the piece is in G major, but I am creating the score as a lead sheet so it does not show the sharp at the beginning of the second and higher lines)
In reply to I am using Version 0.9.5, by Dralex
Thanks for the report.
Accidentals from the palette behave like this, but accidentals from the note entry toolbar behave much better in 0.9.6 beta release.
In reply to Thanks for the report. by David Bolton
Thank you, David. By the way, when I move just one note with a surplus accidental up a halftone using the uparrow key and then return to the original pitch with the downarrow key then the surplus accidental disappears for all occurrences not only of this note, but for all other ones as well. When I then save the score and restore it, they stay invisible. The remarkable thing is that no further surplus accidentals turn up when I edit the score later on.
Anyway, I shall download the beta and test it as well.
Dralex
In reply to Thank you, David. By the way, by Dralex
Just pointing out again that this will not work for the following notes: E-sharp, B-sharp, F-flat and C-flat, as well as any notes with double sharps or double flats.