bb and ##
hello
Windows XP pro
Nightly R3095
May I suggest that bb and ## are never used as first choice.
I work in a score with concert- and transposed instruments. When you shift between concert pitch and "normal" pitch, the transposed instruments, more often that not , end up with bb or ##, which you constantly have to change manually.
I know that it may be theoretically incorrect, but on the other hand ,only top professionals feel comfortable with these accidentals - especially in sequences with a lot of sixteenth notes.
I suggest the first choice always is a solution with b, #, and a natural-sign. Then you can manually change to bb or ## if you want.
regards
ph
Comments
Double sharps and flats are intentionally preserved since this is standard notation and pitch spelling is important for those beyond the beginning level. For me double sharps and flats are actually more readable in context because they outline the chords more clearly.
If you are writing for a beginner and want to remove all double sharps and flats go to Notes > Transpose, keep the currently selected key, switch to "Single sharps and flats only", and press OK.
In reply to Double sharps and flats are by David Bolton
Thank you. I had not found the possibilty of "single sharps and flats only".
However, I have spoken with a lot of professional musicians who prefer single signs instead of double .. but preferences are hard to discuss.
BUT, if Musescores first choice of a double sign after transposing is correct, why is that, as soon as you have manually changed it by marking the note and used arrow up/down, it changes to a single sign solution, and NEVER goes back again to the double sign solution? ..(of course unless you repeat the transposing procedure)
regards
per
In reply to bb and ## by ph
....... once more
The "single sharps and flats only" does not help me in the circumstance when I switch back and forward from Concert Pitch working in the score..
ph
In reply to bb and ## by ph
Out of curiosity, could you describe why you flip back and forth from Concert Pitch when you are working on a score?
In reply to Out of curiosity, could you by David Bolton
Hi David..
...because it is much easier to control the voicings in concert pitch instead of having the transposed instruments showed on the screen. But I also need to see how it looks for the individual transposed instruments. Especially since I am myself playing tenor sax, and on the concert pitch screen the notes are written very low because tenor sax is notated 8va compared to concert pitch. - and I am not professional enough not to be affacted by that fact.!
regards
ph