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Courtesy accidentals--support your baris!

 
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:11 pm    Post subject: Courtesy accidentals--support your baris! Reply with quote

Those of us who do Finale know that, when a measure ends, any accidentals (weird sharps, flats, double-flats, double-sharps and such) cancel and return to their normal position according to the key signature.
So when someone reads music for the first time, they should just know that, and make adjustments, right?

I vote no to that one, especially if the LAST NOTE in the previous measure was altered and isn't tied into the next measure. That's why we help our music-readers by providing courtesy accidentals. They're not necessary, technically, but it's just the nice thing to do. Especially for baris, for whom this occurs the most.

In case you don't know how to do one (and I didn't, until finishing the last piece I did in Finale), here's how:

* Get the two measures in question notated first.
*Click the Speedy-Entry Tool (at the top, it looks like an eighth note moving at a fast pace).
*Click the measure where you need to place the courtesy accidental--that'll be the measure where the note "resets" to its normal key signature note.
*Place the cursor on the note in question (if you're layering, this applies only to the note on that layer--don't worry, you won't change the other one).
* Hold down Shift+8 (which is the asterisk-*).

You should now see the accidental (the one we know goes there anyway) on the note. Without using the Speedy Entry Tool, this can't be done, even using shortcut keys for flats and sharps. If I hadn't attended a Finale workshop years ago, I wouldn't even had known what it was called, or where to find it in the Help menu. You can even do this mid-measure, if you feel it's necessary.

Again, you should only use this sparingly, but where it's needed most. It's the least we can do for those more squirrely barbershop parts!
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