Naturals
I have some sheet music that has an all natural key signature. That is, it is overruling (can't think of the word at the moment) the A major, F# major key signature. Is there a way to change the key signature it's basically like that for the last 72 measures. Is there a way I can fix that without having to manual change every single note to a natural, mind you there are notes that are sharps in that so I'm not sure exactly how I'd go about doing those. Hope someone can help me.
Figured it out.
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Just drag the desired key sig from the palette onto the bar you want it to start takink effect. This won't change any note's pitch, but add/remove naturals, sharps, flats as needed.
In reply to Just drag the desired key sig by Jojo-Schmitz
Well, what I needed to do was create a new key signature. Did that seems to have worked, as far as it sounds like the pitch has dropped.
In reply to Well, what I needed to do was by Gy273
So you transposed by key?
In reply to So you transposed by key? by Jojo-Schmitz
Um..not exactly, I don't think so. Anyway, you can change the keys. Since the sheet music said it was a certain way I simply changed the key signatures. They can be created in Create -> Key Signatures. I simply created one with naturals(as the sheet music showed). If that makes sense.
In reply to Um..not exactly, I don't by Gy273
If I'm inderstanding ou correctly, you are simply describing the key of C major. The naturals you are seeing are called courtesy accidentals, and Musescore displays these for you automatically whenever needed. So you didn't need to create a custom key signature - just dragging the C major key signature should have produced the correct effect automatically.
In reply to If I'm inderstanding ou by Marc Sabatella
Okay, however, could I have done that in the middle of a measure? I figured it out but if so, that would have helped me out a lot. Basically returning everything back to its natural form. As opposed to F# major etc.
In reply to Okay, however, could I have by Gy273
You want to insert a key signature in the middle of a measure? If you *really* need to do this, you I think the way to do it would be to split the measure into two partial measures, inserting a an extra measure and using Measure Properties and the "actual" (as opposed to "nominal") time signature to put the right number of beats in each partial measure. But I kind of doubt this is really what you are trying to do. Could you post a picture? Chances are it's something simpelr and I am misunderstanding you.
In reply to You want to insert a key by Marc Sabatella
Very well, I'll show you the picture. However, since I figured it out it's really not necessary. Though, thank you for the help anyway.
In reply to Very well, I'll show you the by Gy273
I thought you said you wanted tohave the key change in the middle of the measure, so that's what I was curious to see a picture of.the original you were looking at that made you want to add a mi-measure key change. So if that's still something you want help with, then a picture of that still would help. But if you're happy with the key change at the beginning of the measure as you have it here - and that's certaily the normal way it is done - then, great.
In reply to Um..not exactly, I don't by Gy273
If I understand you correctly, you do not need to create any key signature to do what is shown in your example. In fact, you went a long (and non-standard) way to do manually what MuseScore does automatically.
Your source sheet had a change from the A Major key (3 sharps) to the A minor key (no accidentals). MuseScore already has a no-accidental key signature (C Maj / A min) ready for you in the key signature palette. Simply drop it on the measure where you want to change and MuseScore will add the 3 naturals to signify the change.
Actually, there might be reasons for NOT doing what you did (creating a non-standard key sign., unless really needed): for instance, custom keys will be repeated in all the following systems (but those 3 naturals are only needed at the point of the change) and do not react well (maybe they do not react at all) to transposition.
So, I humbly suggest to replace the custom key in the score with the 'real' key (the no-accidentals key from the key palette) and to also delete it from the key palette itself (should you re-use it in the future!).
Maybe, for this particular piece, it will not matter so much, but it is not a recommended practice, so it is probably better not to leave this 'strange critter' in the key sig. palette.
Hoping not to sound too patronizing,
M.
In reply to If I understand you by Miwarre
No, it's fine. I was simply going by how the sheet music was written. So, if it appears again I will try to simply just change it to C Major, assuming it is something that will cancel out the others. As an FYI, after that measure I did change it to C major, however, I would have kept it as is if the sheet music was written as such. But, I do appreciate the help.