Key signatures and forcing changes
When I first started using MuseScore I thought that the key signatures would force notes into a key structure. Now I think that mostly they don't. For example, if I write a piece in C major - no sharps and flats, then change the key signature, all that happens is that the notation changes, but the notes remain the same. Some notes acquire accidentals.
So if I want to change a piece from C major to C minor I have to explicitly change each note, and then make the notes and the key signature match.
Or is there another way? I just don't know. Just putting a 3 flats key signature at the front of a piece in C major does not convert it to C minor. Maybe there is a way - but I haven't found it yet.
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Key Signature changes do not change notes at all.
If you want to transpose (such as from C major to C minor) then don't apply a key signature, but use the transpose command instead: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/transposition
In reply to Key Signature changes do not… by jeetee
Does the transposition tool change mode as well as key? I'm not sure it does, but will check.
It can of course be done manually. As mentioned by others it's possible to select individual notes, then change them, then apply the same change to all the other notes of the same name in the score.
In reply to Does the transposition tool… by dave2020X
If you really want to start off with the key signature change first, then do so and the issue a transpose diatonically command (using the shortcut listed on that page) to make the notes adhere to the new key signature.
Hello,
not automatically, but manually in three steps :
1. select all
2. drag C minor from the palette onto the staff
3. click twice on the natural sign in the toolbar at the top.
You may have to adjust the third of dominant chords (according to taste) afterwards.