Chords do not recognise a key change
Hello,
If you choose the option "Use German name" in the "General Style" under "Chordnames", then you cannot enter a chord which doesn't fit to the key, which is a very great feature!
The problem is that it appears to me that if you make a change of key in a middle of the sheet, the chords sticks to the original key and do not recognise the change of key.
This would be very great to update (if I'm not wrong).
Bye
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I don't understand what you mean what you say you cannot enter a chord that doesn't fit the key. You goes wrong when you try? You should be able to enter any chord you like regardless of the setting of the German option.
Chords symbols do not automatically transpose if you add a key signature. If you want to transpose chord symbols while changing key, use Notes / Transpose rather than simply dragging a key signature.
If this doesn't answer your question, please post the score you having trouble with and describe more specifically, step by step, exactly what you are doing, what you expect to see happen, and what happens instead.
In reply to I don't understand what you by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for your answer.
What I mean is that for example if you are in key Bb major and that the German option is on, you cannot write the chord "B", it will automatically change to "Bb". But without the German option it works.
Another problem I faced with chords is that I just couldn't write "D/F#". The sharp disappears. Can you help me for this?
In reply to Thanks for your answer. What by lianel.eti
The German option is set up so that you can use B for Bb and H for B natural. Don't know why you can't enter D/F# though (unless, maybe, you are using a Mac and don't have the # key?).
In reply to Thanks for your answer. What by lianel.eti
Right. In case you didn't know, in Germany, they use the name "H" for what others call "B", and they use the name "B" for what others call "Bb". That why this option exists. So it has nothing to do with key; it's a simple matter of the naming of those two notes.
As for D/F#, be sure to type it exactly like that. Don't try to insert a sharp sign. MuseScore won't understand that. Just type the regular "#" character and MuseScore turns it into a sharp sign automatically.
In reply to Right. In case you didn't by Marc Sabatella
Ok! Then I understand. Actually my problem is just that the sharp disappear as soon as I click outside the box. I can write the # with the blue keyboard but when I deselect the sharp disappear and the chord becomes as the second on the sreenshot... Do you see my problem?
In reply to Ok! Then I understand. by lianel.eti
Simply use the # from the keyboard, not the one from the F2 palette.
In reply to Ok! Then I understand. by lianel.eti
Problems with Mac?
Alt +3 ?
Read the comment:
lasconic, http://musescore.org/en/node/13596
I am afraid that the symbol from the Text box is not recognized as accidental
In reply to @lianel.eti by Shoichi
I can't use my keyboard (Swiss French) to write #. Alt+3 doesn't work in MuseScore.
The point is that I can write the # if there is no slash as you can see on the picture...
This is weird...
In reply to I can't use my keyboard by lianel.eti
No, it didn't really work to use the # from the palette - it only *appeared* to work. You'll discover it won't work when you go to transpose, or export your score to another format, or load it into newer versions of MuseScore.
So you need to check out the links in the posts above to see if people have workarounds for the issue of keyboards without "#" keys.
In reply to I can't use my keyboard by lianel.eti
(to view the image of the keyboard) System Preferences / Keyboard;
from the Keyboard tab, check "Show Keyboard & Character Viewer in menu bar".
Then "Show Keyboard Viewer"?
Try Alt+à or Alt+35.