Make all notes conform to the key?

[campersand]

Is there a way to remove all accidentals from a large group of notes that's faster than manually correcting each note?

[Peter Thomsen]

Layout or playback? - or both?

[N Grossingink]

What did you do to end up with superfluous accidentals that duplicate what's stated in the key? That might provide the solution.

I would try the Canonical Utilities plugin set to "Default Accidentals" or "Clear Frozen Accidentals". Experiment on a copy of the file just in case.

[Peter Thomsen]

Is there a way to remove all accidentals from a large group of notes that's faster than manually correcting each note?

In the thread title you are talking about making “all notes conform to the key”.

It is not clear what you have, and what you need.

Do you need to change the playback?
Do you need to change the layout?

An example:
In the key of C major you have F♯.
Do you need that F♯ changed to F in the playback?
Do you need that F♯ changed to F in the layout?

[N Grossingink]

If it's a matter of changing all F# to F natural, etc. use the free plugin JW Change Pitches.
https://www.finaletips.nu/index.php/dow ... or-windows

[campersand]

Thanks for the responses! I have a bunch of notes that have accidentals and I need to make the accidentals visually go away, in the layout. Playback doesn't really matter. So, Peter, the latter of your two examples is the one I need.

I tried the JW Change plugin and was able to hide the accidentals, which for all intents & purposes will work. But it kind of bugs me that I can still see them even though they're greyed out and I know they won't print.

N Grossingink, I don't have superfluous accidentals that duplicate what's stated in the key. I have actual accidentals that I need to change to notes that fit the key. Would the Canonical Utilities plugin still help with that?

[HaraldS]

Is there a way to remove all accidentals from a large group of notes that's faster than manually correcting each note?

Yes. If you can install and use the JWLua plugin within your Finale 2014, this script does what you want:

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for entry in eachentrysaved(finenv.Region()) do
   for note in each(entry) do
       note.RaiseLower = 0
   end
end

Select a region in your document and run the script. The accidentals will disappear and playback will be correct.

[Michel R E]

I tried the JW Change plugin and was able to hide the accidentals, which for all intents & purposes will work. But it kind of bugs me that I can still see them even though they're greyed out and I know they won't print.

Not the JWChange plugin.
The JWChange Pitches plugin... it's a separate plugin.

It allows you to change any note to another note.
For example, change all Bb to B natural.
This doesn't hide the accidental, it actually changes the MIDI value of the note.

[N Grossingink]

Use the JW Change Pitches - it's free.

[campersand]

Thanks again, got the Change Pitches plugin and it did the trick!