Enharmonic ties
I have both read and written music where a note is tied to its own enharmonic respelling (usually across a notation-changing modulation). I haven't been able to make MuseScore do this; can it?
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The attached has a G# tied to an Ab. I just entered the notes then selected the second note in the tie and pressed the J key. Maybe it's not what you're after. Have you got a particular example that you can't get to work?
In reply to The attached has a G# tied to by underquark
No, I haven't tried that formula. I see, that's what J is good for in its current form. Can't get the right accidental on it, though. If I click "flat" on the Db tied over from the C#, the tie goes away. Just typing "J" does not put the flat on it. I'll see if I can make a small test case.
In reply to No, I haven't tried that by [DELETED] 1831606
It's completely duplicatable. Create an empty score, enter two C half notes, tie them. Click the first one. Click on sharp. Click the second one. Hit J. Click on flat; the tie vanishes. Put back the tie. The flat vanishes.
The case in your example, tie across a notated key change, is an important one, but my cases lack that, and require the presence of an accidental on the second note, which doesn't seem to work for tied notes (slur might get the graphics, but not the playback).
In reply to It's completely duplicatable. by [DELETED] 1831606
You could fake the playback by entering the tie normally, marking the second note invisible, then entering the enharmonic note and marking it silent (using Inspector).
Or you could just fake the flat - add a flat symbol from the Symbols palette. If you need to do this a lot you could drag that same symbol onto the bottom of your accidentals palette (where it will lie lurking like a real flat but only look like one on the outside).
In reply to Or you could just fake the by underquark
That seems to work. This is an esoteric need, but it really crops up, and a comprehensive notation system should handle it for real. Thanks.
In reply to That seems to work. This is by [DELETED] 1831606
Sure. Do a search to see if there is an existing feature request in the issue tracker, and if not, create one!