Accidental question/problem
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My key signature is C major, but I have a measure with an Eb chord that's going to have some Eb's in the melody. The first note I entered an E plus a - (flat accidental), but then in the next Eb an octave higher it entered it on playback as E natural, and forced me to add a flat to it (even though the first note was marked Eb - see attached image). Is this a Finale quirk, an accidental setting I need to change, or something in music theory I didn't know about?
Finale 25.5.0.259 for Mac OS 10.13.6
- Peter Thomsen
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There are key signature accidentals, and there are note accidentals.
Key signature accidentals apply to all octave levels, and all measures.
Note accidentals, On The Other Hand, only apply to the current octave level, and only until the end of the current measure.
Key signature accidentals apply to all octave levels, and all measures.
Note accidentals, On The Other Hand, only apply to the current octave level, and only until the end of the current measure.
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996
- David Ward
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