not solving sharps n flats within one measure
Hello
I´m pretty new to MuseScore and also new to the english terms about notation. Also I got only some very poor and basic knowledge about notation itself. Anyway I hope I'll be able to express my question in comprehensible manner.
So - where may I change this MuseScore default behavior, to solve this sharp and flat signs within one measure ?
Because it would be more usual to me not to solve it but keep it without any new accidentals, for all following equal notes located within two barlines of the same measure.
Thanks in advance - Martin
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I wish I could say I understood your question, but I am not all sure I do. I suspect you are wanting MuseScore to behave so that if you enter an accidental on one note while entering ntoes - say, you enter an F# in a piece in C - then all F's you enter after that for the duration of the measure will automatically be made F#. As opposed to the current behavior, where entering an F while in the key of C always an enter an F regardless of what else you might have entered earlier in the measure.
If so, there is no way to make MuseScore behave this way in the current version (1.2), but the next major versin (2.0) will behave that way. This has been somewhat of a controversial topic, as there are definitely advantages and disadvantages to both method, but I think most people now agree the advantages of the new method will outweight the disadvantages in enough cases to be worth the change.
In reply to I wish I could say I by Marc Sabatella
Yes I think thats what I wanted to know.
When I enter an F# for example and then one more F within the same measure, MuseScore shows it like so -> |_#o____ §o_|
So I need to hit the sharp afterwards to make it work like in the original score sheet I recently used.
But afterwards, the style of notation is still different from my original sheet.
Original -> |_#o____o_|
MuseScore -> |_#o____#o_|
I don´t really know wich style is more common. I think it would be nice if I could optionally change booth styles.
But of course programs like explicitness and simplicity. :)
In reply to Yes I think thats what I by M4R7lN
It's easier to not "hit the sharp" but use the up arrow to enter the second F sharp. Press F, press up arrow.
In reply to Yes I think thats what I by M4R7lN
As lasconic says, it is better to hit the up arrow to change the F to F# - don't use the sharp in the palette. For one thing, it is easier. But more importantly, the sharp in the palette is meant for the times when you *want* a sharp to appear on that second F# even though it isn't necessary. Sometimes that is useful to help remind people; in Einglish we call it a "courtesy accidental". But usually, of course, you don't want those on every note. The arrow works the way you normally want - MuseScore displays a sharp only if necessary. So, you *can* have either style. Use the arrow keys when you want MuseScore to display accidentals only where necessary, use the palette when you want to override that choice and force an accidental to be displayed even though it isn't necessary.
In reply to As lasconic says, it is by Marc Sabatella
I'll try to do this by using the arrow up key.
Thanks and greetings - Martin