Accidentals over notes
Would it be possible to place an accidental (sharp or flat) above a note, instead of in front of it?
I see this in many existing score. I suppose it means the publisher added them later because the composer only 'implied' them.
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While on accidentals: is there a setting that, during playback, makes them work only for the one note they are in front of? I see this in modern music sometimes as a note to the performer.
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You can position accidentals manually (drag, double click and arrow, or use Inspector). or, if you want them *only* for display and not for playback, you can add them as symbols from the Symbols palette (press "Z" to display).
There is no mode I know to make accidentals last for one note only, although I do know the convention you speak of. But you can make accidentals appear whether needed or not using the toolbar, and you can hide accidentals or just about anything else by pressing "V" or using the Inspector. It would be a bit of work. Maybe someone knows of an easier way. Perhaps see http://musescore.org/en/node/53916 and wigh in on the possibility of a plugin automating this?
Someday it would be good to have native support for this style of notation.
In reply to You can position accidentals by Marc Sabatella
Thank you Marc. This is great.
I feel a bit daft for not having found out I can just move the sharps and flats. :)
For the second question, you solved that too. I just apply the natural and then hide it, or, conversely, get an 'unneeded' sharp or flat from the toolbar.
It does not happen very often that I need it, so this is quite satisfactory to me.
Again, kudos!