Add letters to piano keyboard
On the piano, it displays C1, C2, C3, etc. How do I add C#/Db, D, D#/Eb, E, etc.?
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On the piano, it displays C1, C2, C3, etc. How do I add C#/Db, D, D#/Eb, E, etc.?
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You don't, not without modifying the source and building it yourself.
Same as in your request to remove them, https://musescore.org/en/node/309192
But the tooltips are there already.
Having more labels would make it pretty confusing IMHO
In reply to You don't, not without… by Jojo-Schmitz
I know what the piano keys are. I want to document this for kids who are new to music. Enabling and disabling the key labels makes it easier to create video clips for students (especially important because of Covid-19).
In reply to I know what the piano keys… by bhs67
So you want options for none, C[octave] and all?
In video clips you can hover over the key and that way show the tooltips
In reply to So you want options for none… by Jojo-Schmitz
I think, as a minimum, one octave. Two are probably better- see attachment
![Keyboard.jpg]( "Keyboard.jpg")
. I start with "A" as the letters are from "A" to "G".
The intent is to help students understand that the key names repeat. While hovering would work, the attached image provides an instant understanding.
Later, the plan is to match notes on a treble clef image with keys simultaneously, as MuseScore plays the sequence of notes.
In reply to I think, as a minimum, one… by bhs67
That's 2 octaves ;-)
Not (easily) possible with the current code, which calls the black keys A# C#, D#, F# and G# and doesn't know a thing about their enharmonic equivalents.
But there's a) the notenames plugin and b) the notehead scheme, and with those no need for the piano keyboard at all?
In reply to That's 2 actaves ;-) Not … by Jojo-Schmitz
I'm using the piano keyboard to help students understand. Most have seen a piano.
Could the # and b images be added to the keyboard image, without any other changes to the code? Click a button, and they appear. Click again, and they disappear.
In reply to I'm using the piano keyboard… by bhs67
No.
Well, of course it could, but it'd be far from a trivial change
In reply to No. by Jojo-Schmitz
The letter "P" displays the keyboard instantly (toggles). If there were a check box - display letters - it could toggle the letters on the keyboard.
Everything else in MuseScore would ignore those letters on the keyboard.
In reply to The letter "P" displays the… by bhs67
As said, not a trivial code change. Not everything that is simple to say in plain English is equally simple to implement and integrate into exiting program code.
The removal is a trivial change though.