The Modify/Accidentals menu lists commands for adding, deleting, and modifying accidentals.
| Enharmonic Above | ⇧⌘= | Change the selected notes to the enharmonic equivalentthat is a diatonic step above | |
| Enharmonic Below | ⇧⌘- | Change the selected notes to the enharmonic equivalent that is a diatonic step below | |
| Force Accidental | ⌘1 | Force the Accidental on selected notes to be visible | |
| Don't Force Accidental | ⌥⌘A | Don't force the accidental on selected notes to be visible | |
| Force Sharps and Flats | ⌥⌘# | Force only non-natural accidentals on selected notes | |
| Hide Accidentals | Hide accidentals on selected notes | ||
| Show Accidentals | Show hidden accidentals on selected notes | ||
| Parenthesis On/Off | ⌘{ | Turn on or off parentheses around accidentals on selected notes | |
| Ficta On/Off | ⌘7 | Turn on or off ficta accidentals | |
| Double Sharp | ⌘2 | Change the accidental on selected notes to a double sharp | |
| Sharp | ⌘3 | Change the accidental on selected notes to a sharp | |
| Natural | ⌘4 | Change the accidental on selected notes to a natural | |
| Flat | ⌘5 | Change the accidental on selected notes to a flat | |
| Double Flat | ⌘6 | Change the accidental on selected notes to a double flat | |
| Quarter Flat | ⌘9 | Change the accidental on selected notes to a quarter flat | |
| Quarter Sharp | ⌘0 | Change the accidental on selected notes to a quarter sharp | |
The Enharmonic Above and Enharmonic Below menu items alter selected notes so that they are the enharmonic equivalent a diatonic step above or below the original note. (The enharmonic above F# is Gb and the enharmonic below F# is Ex). In some instances, the enharmonic equivalents are not possible, so the original pitches are left (as in the case of the enharmonics below C# and D#)
The Force Accidental menu item is used to cause accidentals to be shown that are normally considered to be redundant. The Don't Force Acc. is used to turn off forced accidentals.
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The Force Sharps and Flats menu item causes accidentals to be shown on all notes which have a double sharp, sharp, flat or double flat. This is useful in highly chromatic music where the composer does not want accidentals to carry through the measure.
The Parentheses On/Off menu item is used to add or remove parentheses around accidentals; parentheses are often used for cautionary accidentals. If an accidental already has parentheses, they are removed, otherwise they are added. In the example below parentheses were added to the penultimate note which had previously been forced with Force Accidental
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The Ficta On/Off item is used to alter selected notes to either use Musica Ficta or not. Musica Ficta refers to the placement of accidentals above the note rather than to the left of it; this method of positioning accidentals was common in Early Music. If needed regularly, Musica Ficta can be set as a preference (in the Other Tab of the NoteAbilityPro Preference panel). The example below shows a passage followed by the same passage using Ficta accidentals.
The Double Sharp, Sharp, Natural, Flat, Double Flat, Quarter Flat, and Quarter Sharpmenu items are used to change the accidentals of selected notes to the indicated accidentals. Normally, redundant accidentals within the measure are not repeated. In the example below, all notes were selected and the Sharp menu item was choosen.
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See also
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- It is not possible to use the Don't Force Acc. menu
item to remove an accidental that is considered to be essential (eg. the second note in the example above.)