Add Johnston Notation to the accidental Palette

• Jul 10, 2023 - 22:16

Could the Johnston accidentals be added to the accidental palette for Musescore 3 and up?

Due to plugins like Ratio Tuner, they wouldn't even need to alter the note playback pitch. They would just be cosmetic for notation's sake.

There are 16 accidentals total, (Sharp and Flat included). So just the 14 others would need to be added.

Please look at the link below to see what these Johnston Notation symbols would look like.

Johnston Notation:
https://www.kylegann.com/BJNotation.html

Clarifier on Just Intonation:
https://www.kylegann.com/tuning.html

Ratio Tuner:
https://musescore.org/en/project/just-intonation-single-note-based-ente…

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• Jul 10, 2023 - 22:33

If those accidentals are part of SMuFL, they could get added to MuseScore (and you could sort of use them today via the master palette).
If not, they'd need to get added to SMuFL first

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• Jul 13, 2023 - 09:53

"Is there any way the Johnston accidentals could be added and accessed as symbols or in some other manner that circumvents SMuFL?"

It would be a really bad idea to deviate from the current policy, because standards are important. If these symbols have any traction in the musical world, then they should be in the SMuFL library. Your first step must be to persuade the SMuFL folk to add the missing symbols. Try this link:
https://www.smufl.org/discuss/

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• Jul 13, 2023 - 09:59

"The [SMuFL Johnston accidentals] that are on musescore, some of their titles and graphics don't match SMuFL according to the posted link."
If true, that needs to be reported on Github. Definitions on the MuseScore palettes should align with the SMuFL definitions.

You can create a new issue on Github here (you need to create a free account on Github first):
https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/new/choose

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