Hiding Naturals
When I make a key signature change, naturals are added to every note that requires them. How can I make these invisable?
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When I make a key signature change, naturals are added to every note that requires them. How can I make these invisable?
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Why would you want to?
Anyway: right-click, set invisible
In reply to Why would you want by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for your quick response.
The only reason for eliminating the natural symbols is to clean up the score. I realize that some notes have to have a natural, but in going from 2 sharps to 3 flats, every note gets a natural or sharp depending on the note. I know that I saw somewhere in the editing or settings that you could mark naturals as invisible for the score.
In reply to Why by tjwells4
Are you sure you really don't want to transpose by key instead?
In reply to Are you sure you really don't by Jojo-Schmitz
Duh! I could have had a V-8. You are so correct. My mind is slipping slowly but surly (well not so slowly). I don't know why my mind didn't see that. I must have had a brain freeze! Thanks for your help.
In reply to Why by tjwells4
I am not sure to understand you correctly, but I think you refer to the "Hide naturals" property of a key signature.
When changing from, say, D Major to Mib Major (it is not a common modulation, but is the example you quote: from 2 sharps to 3 flats) in the middle of a piece, the practice is to insert F natural and C natural in the key at the point of the change, to stress that C and F are no longer sharped. MuseScore does this automatically.
However, there may be occasions when this automatical addition is not suitable; for instance, if you have two (or more) pieces in the same score file -- for instance the various movements of a sonata -- and the key changes from one movement to another, it is against the common practice to add those natural signs at the beginning of a movement.
To address these situations, MuseScore allows to change key signature properties:
1) Right click on the new key signature where the additional naturals are shown and select "Hide naturals": the additional naturals will no longer appear.
2) When the key changes while passing from the end of a piece to the begining of another piece, it is also common not to include a courtesy key change at the end of the previous system: to get rid of it, righ-click the key signature in the score and select "Hide courtesy key sign.".
If this is not what you intended, please disregard.
M.