MuseScore Now Always Prefers Sharps; Ignores Staff Properties Setting
Reported version
3.6
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S3 - Major
Reproducibility
Always
Status
by design
Regression
Yes
Workaround
No
Project
Create a score with multiple parts, with instruments of different transpositions.
Set up the key signatures such that one part is in a sharp key, while another part is in a flat key.
Make sure "Prefer Flats" is selected in the Staff Properties for the parts that prefer flats.
Write some notes in the sharp part.
Copy and paste them to the flat parts.
Observe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JBmq4Mgwbw&feature=youtu.be
Note: This may possibly also have used to work with chord symbols, unsure.
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Comments
Regression vs. what earlier MuseScore version?
I think you are miunsderstanding the purpose of this option. If affects key signatures only. If you wish to have the notes themselves spelled differently, you can use "J" shortcut to respell them. Or set the transposition itself to be some other interval (eg, diminished third instead of major second). The staff property is about key signatures only, because there is no "J" command for them. And that's why it specifically says "for transposed key signatures" in the dialog.
In reply to I think you are… by Marc Sabatella
One thing I have noticed is when I import a midi file, it spells the notes using sharps instead of flats. I compose a piece in Db, but it spells the notes using C# instead. This is not a bug, but just an observation.
Hmm, feel free to close this. Might've been mistaken.