Insert flat and sharp symbols into Staff Text?
Is there a way to insert flat and sharp symbols into Staff Text (used for guitar chords)?
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Is there a way to insert flat and sharp symbols into Staff Text (used for guitar chords)?
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Why do you not want to use the regular Chord Symbols text (Ctrl-K):
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/chord-symbols
But if you persist in using Staff Text. the flat and sharp symbols are regular unicode characters. You can cut and paste from here (or google them): ♭ ♯
In reply to But why do you not want to… by AndreasKågedal
accidentals are entered into all text using
ctrl+shift+# for sharp
ctrl+shift+b for flat
ctrl+shift+h for natural.
Exception, use # and b in all types of chords and MuseScore determines from the context if you need an accidental.
In reply to accidentals are entered into… by mike320
Ah. Learnt something new today!
And now I found it all described in the Text Editing chapter of the handbook.
In reply to accidentals are entered into… by mike320
ctrl+shift+# on a Mac results in a screenshot... is there an alternative for this for mac users?
the Flat and Natural commands seem to work just fine.
In reply to ctrl+shift+# on a Mac… by WoozleHarmonicas
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/text-editing#special-character-shor… and use Cmd instead to Ctrl
As pointed to too in the post directly above your's
In reply to accidentals are entered into… by mike320
Awesome that was my question answered simply
In reply to accidentals are entered into… by mike320
Thankyou
In reply to But why do you not want to… by AndreasKågedal
Ctrl-k does work, thanks! I could not find Chord Symbols text under Palettes => Text. Is Chord Symbols text under Palettes?
In reply to Ctrl-k does work, thanks! I… by bhs67
There are no chords symbols of any type (Chord, Nashville, RNA...) in the palettes. All of the text types in the palette do not automatically format according to context. Chord types also have the ability to add chords to several notes without having to choose add chord to each note where you want one. The text types in the palette require an item be added individually.
In reply to Ctrl-k does work, thanks! I… by bhs67
In the menu add->text->chord symbol.
In reply to In the menu add->text->chord… by kuwitt
Thanks! I did not realize Text is in two places.
Ctrl+K is the shortcut for chord symbols, or Add / Text / Chord Symbols as mentioned. It's not in the palette only because chord symbols are very special, they aren't plain text but are parsed into a more abstract form to do clever things like recognize the roots and alternate bass notes for transposition, to turn "b" and "#" into flat and sharp where appropriate, to do optional automatic superscripting, and now to also playback. This is basically what makes them incompatible with how the palette works by default.
In reply to Ctrl+K is the shortcut for… by Marc Sabatella
Even though it is a bit unique, it would be nice to put the chord symbols menu selection in both places.
To me, some of the chord symbols are text, with a different format (in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint --- "Lucida Sans Unicode" "Unicode (hex)" "Miscellaneous Symbols" --- and --- "Opus Chords").
However, I trust your judgement! Thanks!