Showing accidentals in parentheses

You can show individual accidentals in parentheses, and also hide/show accidentals individually. For example, you can show an accidental in parentheses on subsequent notes in tie chains that cross system/frame breaks.

Procedure

  1. Select the notes whose accidental appearance you want to change, or beside which you want to show cautionary accidentals. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
    Note

    You can only select individual noteheads within tie chains in Engrave mode.

  2. In the Properties panel, activate Accidental in the Notes and Rests group.
  3. Select one of the following options from the menu:
    • Show

    • Hide

    • Parenthesize

      Note

      Hiding accidentals does not affect the pitch of notes in playback.

Result

Accidentals on the selected notes are shown, hidden, or shown in parentheses.

Note

If you are hiding/showing many accidentals, it might be easier to change the accidental duration rule for the project.