courtesy naturals
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- David Ward
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Actually, in most cases keying ‘A’ may be a safer option than ‘*’ which can hide or show a necessary accidental as well as a cautionary, while ‘A’ will show or hide a cautionary, but won't have any effect on a necessary one.
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As an ex-music-theory teacher I think that I might be guilty of rather few accidental accidentals, but thanks all the same. I wasn't aware of the difference between * and A.David Ward wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:32 pmActually, in most cases keying ‘A’ may be a safer option than ‘*’ which can hide or show a necessary accidental as well as a cautionary, while ‘A’ will show or hide a cautionary, but won't have any effect on a necessary one.
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Accidentally rude accidentals - you wouldn't want to use them, would you.
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Good question. To be serious: it could be one accidental too many, possibly insulting the intelligence of the musician. Then the musicians I've talked with seem to think that too much information is preferable to too little.
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Except for the multi-layer situation I mentioned, I can't envision ever removing an accidental which must be there according to notation rules and which Finale implements (i.e., the first accidental of that note in that measure).
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To complicate matters a little bit more, this is a situation where Finale doesn't automatically get it. I don't take it as rude though, but here's an accidental needed because of the new octave (the D sharp on the next to last note):
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I'll check that out the next time I need it.
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