Technical Help - Cannot put a d# into score
Hi all,
I'm copying a violin score into Musescore 2 for my child to practice from. The score is in Bb and one bar calls for a D#. When I put in a D and tap the up arrow to raise by a semi-tone the D goes to an E (not D# as I would have expected). When I manually change the D to a D# it still sounds like an E. Why can't I put in a D#?
Sorry if this is a dumb question. I'm not well educated musically.
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If you look at the status bar in the bottom left corner of the MuseScore window you will see the "E" is actually an "Eb" as is expected by the key signature. The default result for using an arrow key is for a note to be spelled according to the key signature. If you want to change the spelling of the note, you may select it and press j until you get the proper spelling (it should only be once, other notes take more than once) or you can select the D and add the sharp by clicking the # symbol on the toolbar that should be displayed at the top of your window.
A short course on notes. Eb = D#, A#=Bb. Basically except of C (which when you add a flat =B and E when you add a sharp = F) a sharp on a note = and flat on the note above it.
In reply to If you look at the status… by mike320
Thanks Mike. So... it was a bit of a stupid question. Thanks for not raking me over the coals. I failed to notice that Es are flat in the Bb key.
In reply to Thanks Mike. So... it was a… by some_other_guy
I would hope that MuseScore encourages more people to learn about music. I'm glad to hear you child is learning to play an instrument. As long as we know that you don't know much about music we know how to better answer your questions. We have people such as yourself with no musical experience to established composers using MuseScore, so if we know a user's experience level it is much easier to help them.
Now and again you may wish to add a D# instead of an Eb and the best way to do this is to go to Edit >Preferences >Shortcuts, scroll down to Note Input # and set your # key as the shortcut. Then when you want a D# and not an Eb you use your keyboard to enter the note and just type d#.
Similarly for other accidentals - I have = for Natural, ´ (apostrophe) for flat, ; (semicolon) for double sharp, , (comma) for double flat etc. You can set your own up the way you like.
In reply to Now and again you may wish… by underquark
Or add the D ad then from the accidentals palette apply the #
Thanks very much for the help everyone.