courtesy naturals

[musicus]

On Finale 2011 I could tap on a note (Speedy) and press "8" do give it
a courtesy natural. How do I do it with v26?

[mknoll]

This has been "*" (asterisk, i.e., shift-8) as long as I can remember, and I've been a Finale user for a very long time!

[musicus]

This is what happens when I've been minus Finale for a month. You're absolutely right. Thanks for the solution!

This has been "*" (asterisk, i.e., shift-8) as long as I can remember, and I've been a Finale user for a very long time!

[David Ward]

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.

[Anders Hedelin]

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.

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.

[motet]

Having accidentally hidden a non-courtesy (rude?) accidental before, I now use only A.

[Anders Hedelin]

Accidentally rude accidentals - you wouldn't want to use them, would you.

[motet]

Hah!

Really, the only need for * is perhaps turning off a double accidental in a multi-layer situation.

[musicus]

What qualifies an accidental as being rude?

Having accidentally hidden a non-courtesy (rude?) accidental before, I now use only A.

[Anders Hedelin]

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.

[motet]

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).

[Anders Hedelin]

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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[motet]

Right, but A will do that. I'm talking about suppressing an accidental that Finale supplies, for which you need * (and which should be rare).

[Anders Hedelin]

I'll check that out the next time I need it.