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Click this tool, then double-click the measure where you want to change the key signature; the Key Signature dialog box appears, from which you can select the new key. (You can also access the Nonstandard Key Signature dialog box if you want to create nonstandard or nonlinear key signatures.) You can also specify whether or not you want any music that's already in the affected measures to be transposed into the new key. You can also use the mouse to drag-enclose a region for a key change.

 

 

You can create Key Signature Metatools—one-keystroke equivalents for key changes—which can be especially useful if you need to insert many key changes in your music (or if you’ve created complex nonstandard key signatures).

To program a Key Signature Metatool

To use a Key Signature Metatool

 

Contextual menus are reached by right-clicking on the handle of an object or a selected region of measures. A contextual menu will be displayed where you can select a key signature. Right-click a selected region of measures and choose an option from the context menu that appears to change the key signature for that region.

 

Menu item

What it does

C Major

Sets the key signature to C Major

G Major

Sets the key signature to G Major

D Major

Sets the key signature to D Major

A Major

Sets the key signature to A Major

E Major

Sets the key signature to E Major

F Major

Sets the key signature to F Major

Bb Major

Sets the key signature to Bb Major

Eb Major

Sets the key signature to Eb Major

Ab Major

Sets the key signature to Ab Major

A minor

Sets the key signature to A minor

E minor

Sets the key signature to E minor

B minor

Sets the key signature to B minor

F# minor

Sets the key signature to F# minor

C# minor

Sets the key signature to C# minor

D minor

Sets the key signature to D minor

G minor

Sets the key signature to G minor

C minor

Sets the key signature to C minor

F minor

Sets the key signature to F minor

Other

Opens the Key Signature dialog box where you can define a key signature

 

For further information, see the Key Signature dialog box.

 

See Also:

Document Options-Key Signature

Main Tool Palette

 

 

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