Microtonal key signature issue
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 11:45 am
Hello everyone!
On Finale 2012 for Mac, I need to write a piece with a rather simple nonstandard key signature, displaying the following accidentals:
- F sharp
- C 1/8+ natural (the natural sign with the arrow pointing up)
I tried to follow procedures I found online, and of course I used the help provided by the online Finale manual.
Here are the several steps I've taken:
- mapped the microtones in the 24-step scale;
- assigned characters to the List Elements according to the chart I included;
- entered the Accidental Order Amount I needed, namely the two abovementioned, followed by 0 amounts assigned to all remaining units.
The result is a key signature I can select clicking once on the cursor in the Nonstandard Key Signature Dialog Box, which however displays a natural sign on the G which I don't want (see attached screenshot). The reasons for this are unknown to my unexperienced microtonal Finale skills...
How do I get rid of it? How is possible to have just 2 accidentals displayed instead of 3? It seems that in this case the possible key signatures (accessible through clicking on the cursor up or down in the scroll bar), always have multiples of 3 accidentals.
Can anybody help?
Thanks and all the best,
Krishna
On Finale 2012 for Mac, I need to write a piece with a rather simple nonstandard key signature, displaying the following accidentals:
- F sharp
- C 1/8+ natural (the natural sign with the arrow pointing up)
I tried to follow procedures I found online, and of course I used the help provided by the online Finale manual.
Here are the several steps I've taken:
- mapped the microtones in the 24-step scale;
- assigned characters to the List Elements according to the chart I included;
- entered the Accidental Order Amount I needed, namely the two abovementioned, followed by 0 amounts assigned to all remaining units.
The result is a key signature I can select clicking once on the cursor in the Nonstandard Key Signature Dialog Box, which however displays a natural sign on the G which I don't want (see attached screenshot). The reasons for this are unknown to my unexperienced microtonal Finale skills...
How do I get rid of it? How is possible to have just 2 accidentals displayed instead of 3? It seems that in this case the possible key signatures (accessible through clicking on the cursor up or down in the scroll bar), always have multiples of 3 accidentals.
Can anybody help?
Thanks and all the best,
Krishna