accidentals being carried across a bar.
This already may have been discussed, but I am not sure what to search for.
With my limited knowledge of music, I have been led to believe, that during a bar, any accidental given to a note, would carry over to any same note in that same bar unless changed by another accidental or bar line.
EG- if I make a C into a #C, it would remain that way until the end of the bar or until I change is again.
While entering notes in MS, I have noticed that if I assign an accidental to a note, MS will revert any subsequent note back to it's key value. EG- if I make a C into a #C, any other entry of C will go back to C.
The attachment will probably explain better.
I have entered a series of notes, given them accidentals, as you can see, each corrisponding note has reverted back.
Then again, I may be doing something wrong when entering the notes.
Thanks
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Comments
It's true that in reading music, an accidental will continue through the whole bar unless changed. MS, however does not automatically do this - it has no way of knowing your intent, so the "natural" note is always entered.
In reply to It's true that in reading by xavierjazz
Ok, thanks, that's cleared it up.
Just adds to my own knowledge of how MS works.
In reply to Ok, thanks, that's cleared it by murray45a
As you have discovered, during note entry, MS displays the *unaltered* scale degree, or as you mention - its "key value".
Just for fun - open the attachment and try this (to show 'intent', as per Xavierjazz comment):
Highlight (by clicking on it) the note head of the 4th 'G' - it's the one with the 'up' arrow below it (it's the third beat of the first measure), then hit the *up* arrow on your keyboard to *raise* the note a semitone (to G#). Rewind & play it back.
Then, click once on the middle note of the triplet to highlight it - it's the note with the 'down arrow'. Hit the *down* arrow on the keyboard to *lower* the note a semitone. Rewind and play it back.
See? Musescore adds natural signs, maintaining the unaltered tones, and changes the notes only where intended.