Formatting for the partially sighted.
Hello,
I am a partially sighted musician. I have been able to fatten staff and bar lines. Now, how can I increase the size of accidentals ? Or, even better, how do I increase the size of the natural sign ? I can't tell the difference between sharps and naturals. I can differentiate flats from the other two, but sharps and naturals look the same to me. If I could make naturals one or two points bigger, then I'd be able to see the difference between them as well.
Then, how can I make all accidentals in bold face.
I would appreciate any help.
Thank you.
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Maybe this rather old tutorial helps?
https://musescore.org/en/tutorials/modified-stave-notation
In reply to Maybe this rather old… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yeah, I looked at it, but I'm on version 4 and most concepts don't apply anymore. I'm looking for specific things that most full-sighted people just don't understand. Most people just can't grasp that a sharp and a natural look the same to me. I make a lot of errors when I sightread new material in the wind ensembles that I play with.
In reply to Yeah, I looked at it, but I… by Gary Kiser
Emmentaler musical symbols font has a slightly bolder look for sharps and flats. It is quite subtle though and likely not enough to give you the assistance you are looking for.
According to this https://musescore.org/en/4.5-and-beyond V 4.5 will allow the use of any SMUFL compliant musical symbol font. So there may be hope there. This is already possible in Jojo's v 3.7. You may want to experiment with that to see if there are other fonts available that better meet your needs.
Maybe using a different colour would work for you.
In reply to Maybe using a different… by yonah_ag
Ha! Good idea. (I was making my example.)
In reply to Maybe using a different… by yonah_ag
I don't have cones. I don't see color.
You wrote:
> I can't tell the difference between sharps and naturals. <
You might consider using a different color:
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Right click on a natural sign > Select > More and then check the box 'Same subtype: Natural' to select all the naturals. You can experiment with changing the color in the Properties panel (under 'Appearance').
In reply to You wrote: > I can't tell… by Jm6stringer
I don't have cones. I don't see color. In your example, I can tell that the sharps are lighter, but very hard to see. I need black and fat black at that. I've changed my staff and bar lines to .3 sp. The dot on dotted notes in at 140%.
In reply to I don't have cones. I don't… by Gary Kiser
Maybe using MuseJazz helps?
Worth a try:
Open your score and, from the application menu click Format / Page settings / Scaling and experiment with the value of Staff space (sp).
My understanding (which could be mistaken!) is that the "sp" is the base measurement of EVERYTHING in the score and thus, increasing the size of "sp", increases the size of everything, proportionally. This should allow you to make the score big enough for you to tell the difference between sharps and naturals (for example) and then you can put it back to its default size when you're ready to print the score for people without your visual issues to read/play/sing from.
Sadly, I'm heading in that direction too. I suspect I'll be scaling everything up within the next few years too :-(
In reply to Worth a try: Open your score… by TheHutch
Thank you, I do play with scaling. Things to get bigger, but lines don't get thicker.
In reply to Thank you, I do play with… by Gary Kiser
Staff lines? They too depend on that scaling / staff space setting (almost every size in MuseScore is expressed in fractions or multiples of that staff space setting, "sp"), but you can make them thicker, in Format > Style > Score > Staff line thickness (its size's default changes with the font used, but can get changed manually)
Do any of these options work for you?
You could even grey the notehead to match the accidental.