Accidentals
- Position
the crossbar on the C of this chord. Press the plus (+) key on the numeric
keypad. The note sprouts a sharp. The plus key raises the note
by a half step.
- Position
the crossbar on the A and press the minus (–) key. You guessed
it: the minus key lowers the note by a half step.
But what if you decide that a note has been
“spelled wrong” enharmonically? You can always flip a note to its enharmonic
equivalent by using the 9 key.
- Leave
the crossbar on the A and press the 9 key. The spelling
of the note changes to G.
- Move
the crossbar down away from the two notes. Press the 9 key several times.
If the crossbar is on a chord’s stem and not on a notehead, pressing the
9 key cycles a chord through various enharmonic spellings.
For the moment, cycle through until the lower
note is an A. In the next step, you’ll hide the accidental.
- Position
the crossbar on the A. Press
the asterisk (*) key. You’ll usually want to use the asterisk key
on the numeric keypad. If you prefer, however, you can press shift-8 (the
main keyboard asterisk) instead.
Pressing the asterisk key hides an accidental—or,
if none is there, it causes an accidental to appear. The note retains its identity—the note that now looks like an A
will still play back as an A. To restore the accidental,
press the asterisk key again.
Finale can even put an accidental in parentheses—simply
press the letter p key. See Courtesy
Accidentals.
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