Hiding/Showing or parenthesizing accidentals

You can show individual accidentals in parentheses, and also hide/show accidentals individually, including cautionary accidentals shown by default.

Procedure

  1. Select the notes whose accidental appearance you want to change, or beside which you want to show cautionary accidentals.
  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.

Tip

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

  • You can assign key commands for different accidental hiding, showing, and parenthesizing commands on the Key Commands page in Preferences.