Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in

 

How to get there

  1. Select a region with the Selection tool .
  2. Choose Plug-ins > Note, Beam, and Rest Editing > Cautionary Accidentals.

What it does

The Cautionary Accidentals plug-in allows you to add cautionary accidentals in various forms to your document. Click all the options (with or without parentheses) to have accidentals display on all notes. The plug-in works only on standard major and minor keys.

  • Courtesy Accidentals • Parenthesize. Select this check box to force courtesy accidentals to display on notes after an accidental within a measure and in following measures. Checking Parenthesize will cause the courtesy accidentals to have parentheses.
  • Courtesy Naturals • Parenthesize. Select this check box to force the courtesy cancellation of an accidental from the previous measure. Checking parenthesize will cause courtesy naturals to have parentheses.
  • Key Cancellations • Parenthesize. Select this check box to force courtesy accidentals on notes after a key change. Checking parenthesize will cause key cancellation courtesy accidentals to have parentheses.
  • Diatonic Accidentals • Parenthesize. Select this check box to force diatonic accidentals (such as B in F major) to display. Checking parenthesize will cause diatonic accidentals to have parentheses.
  • Naturals • Parenthesize. Clicking this button will force naturals to display. Checking parenthesize will cause naturals to have parentheses.
  • Reset After ___ Measures. Type in the number of measures Finale should continue looking for cautionary accidentals. For example, Reset After 1 Measures will only show cautionary accidentals in the next measure, not any measures after that. Reset After 2 Measures will only show cautionary accidentals in the next 2 measures, and so on. This setting only affects courtesy accidentals and courtesy naturals.
  • Cautionary Accidentals on Tied Notes: Never • Only Across Barlines • Always. Select how you want accidentals displayed on tied notes.
  • Layers to Check: Layer 1 • Layer 2 • Layer 3 • Layer 4. These four check boxes allow you to specify which layers to apply the options you have selected. This will allow you to have a layer hidden for playback without affecting your displayed notation.
  • Auto-Freeze Accidentals. Checking this option will make Finale “freeze” the changes made by the plug-in. (This option is identical to Auto-Freeze in the Speedy menu.)
  • No Cautionaries On Repeated Notes. Check this box to tell Finale only place cautionary accidentals on the first occurrence of a pitch affected measures.
  • OK • Cancel. Click OK to make the selected changes. Click Cancel to dismiss the dialog box without making any changes.

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