Hiding/Showing or parenthesizing harmonic accidentals

You can hide/show individual harmonic accidentals, or show them in round or square brackets, independently of hiding/showing or parenthesizing accidentals of stopped pitch notes. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

  1. Select the harmonics whose accidentals you want to hide/show or parenthesize.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Accidental in the Harmonics group.
  3. Select one of the following options from the menu:

    • Hide

    • Show

    • Round brackets

    • Square brackets

Result

Accidentals on the selected harmonics are hidden, shown, or shown in round or square brackets. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

Note

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

  • You can assign key commands for Hide Accidental, Show Accidental, Show Accidental in Round Brackets, and Show Accidental in Square Brackets on the Key Commands page in Preferences.

After Completing This Task

You can also hide/show or parenthesize accidentals on the normal noteheads that indicate the stopped pitch for artificial harmonics shown using diamond noteheads.