Automating Natural Signs

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wataruy
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Post by wataruy » Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:18 pm

I am writing a piece in the atonal style and I am curious if it is possible to automatically add a natural sign to a note that does not have an accidental attached to it. Additionally, I would like to know if it is possible to process them in batches. However, the Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in doesn’t seem to work well enough for my needs.
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N Grossingink
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Post by N Grossingink » Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:44 pm

The full version of the TG Tools plugin seems to do that.
https://www.tgtools.com/downdocs.htm
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sun Aug 20, 2023 10:00 pm

wataruy wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:18 pm
 I am writing a piece in the atonal style and I am curious if it is possible to automatically add a natural sign to a note that does not have an accidental attached to it. Additionally, I would like to know if it is possible to process them in batches. However, the Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in doesn’t seem to work well enough for my needs.
Take a look at
Plug-ins menu > Scoring and Arranging > Canonic Utilities

The plug-in Canonic Utilities has a sub-menu with options for accidentals.
I think that it can do, what you need.
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Post by motet » Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:59 pm

The Canonic Utilities option you want is "Show all accidentals."
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Post by wataruy » Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:36 pm

Thank you. But I would prefer for the natural sign to only appear on the first note, in the same manner as a normal accidental. Any other suggestions?
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Post by motet » Tue Aug 22, 2023 11:14 pm

I think you'll either have to add them manually, or run the plug-in and subtract them.
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