Re: Certain accidentals

[Paul Morris]

a.l.f.r.e.d.o wrote
> Hi, everybody. I sometimes have to write many accidentals in a bar and was
> wondering if there was a way I could write the music in C major and then
> transpose only the notes I need to be "sharpened" or flattened. 

Hi, I wouldn't recommend this, but if you're determined to try and make this
work...  you could:

1. enter notes with just the note's letter: a b c d e f g  (for example, in
the key of G major, enter f instead of fis for an f-sharp note)  

2. do a find/replace for each sharp or flat in the key signature (replacing
say f with fis).  But make sure you don't change other letters that aren't
notes in the process. (for example \f is a dynamic indication)

3. the problem is that this doesn't distinguish between an f-sharp and an
f-natural (accidental note).  Both would end up being fis.  So you'd have to
deal with that manually, changing any accidentals back from fis to f...  not
so great.


BTW, an "accidental" only refers to notes falling _outside_ of the current
key.  There are sharp and flat notes that are not accidentals and there are
natural notes that are accidentals.  (Sorry this is a bit of a pet peeve of
mine.)

HTH,
-Paul



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