Edit Modal or Chromatic Spellings dialog box
How to get there
Choose Finale 2012 > Preferences
> Enharmonic Spelling > Edit Modal or Chromatic Spelling.
What it does
Use the Edit Modal or Chromatic Spellings
dialog box to change the enharmonic spelling Finale will use for chromatically
altered notes in modes and chromatic scales. Finale uses this table if
Use Spelling Tables is selected in the Enharmonic Spelling submenu and
Finale detects a mode or chromatic key created in the dialog box.
- Step
• Raise • Lower. The Edit Modal or Chromatic Spellings dialog box
contains enharmonic spelling settings for the twelve steps of a chromatic
scale, allowing you to define spelling for modes. Step 1, the tonic note
of the scale, does not change. Click the Raise or Lower button for each
step to specify the enharmonic spelling. For example, if you click Raise
for step 2, Finale displays the note as a raised interval when it’s entered
in your score. If you select Lower, the note will be displayed as a lowered
interval.
Note. Remember that
enharmonic spelling is used only for non-diatonic notes (those that are
outside the scale). Otherwise, Finale uses the key signature to spell
the note. These settings will be particularly useful when you enter or
edit notes in a nonstandard key signature you’ve created, like a church
mode.
- OK •
Cancel. Click OK (or press enter) to
save the new settings, or click Cancel to dismiss the dialog box and discard
any changes you made to the settings.
