Hiding/Showing or parenthesizing cautionary accidentals

You can hide/show cautionary accidentals, or show them in parentheses, in different circumstances by default in flows that use the common practice accidental duration rule.

Prerequisite

The flows in which you want to hide, show, or parenthesize cautionary accidentals use the common practice accidental duration rule.

Procedure

  1. Open Notation Options in any of the following ways:
    • Press Cmd-Shift-N.

    • In the toolbar, click Application Menu Application Menu button and choose Notation Options.

  2. In the Flows list, select the flows in which you want to hide, show, or parenthesize cautionary accidentals.

    By default, only the current flow is selected when you open the dialog. You can select other flows by clicking Select All in the action bar or by clicking and dragging across multiple flows.

  3. Click Accidentals in the category list.
  4. In the Cautionary accidentals section, change each option as required.
  5. Click Apply, then Close.

Result

Cautionary accidentals are hidden, shown, or parenthesized in the corresponding circumstances in the selected flows.

Tip

For flows using the Modernist accidental duration rule, options for cautionary accidentals are available in the Modernist Options section of the Accidentals page.