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● Press 0 for natural.
● Click the accidental you want in the Notes panel.
TIP
You can nd uncommon accidentals, such as double sharps and ats, or microtonal
accidentals, in the Accidentals section of the Key Signatures, Tonality Systems, and
Accidentals panel on the right of the window.
3. Optional: During step input, enter the note you want with your selected accidental.
NOTE
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Depending on the accidental duration system in place, subsequent accidentals for
the same note in the same register might not appear in the same bar.
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If you input notes using a MIDI device, Dorico Elements automatically shows an
accidental if necessary. It selects a sharp, at, or natural based on key signature and
context. You can later respell accidentals.
RESULT
The accidental is added to the selected existing notes.
During step input, the selected accidental is only input on the next note you input. You must
reselect the accidental if you also want to input it on subsequent notes.
RELATED LINKS
Accidentals on page 368
Inputting notes on page 135
Respelling accidentals on page 158
Accidental selection during MIDI input on page 159
Respelling accidentals
You can change the enharmonic spelling of notes, so they are shown as their enharmonic
equivalents.
Dorico Elements uses an algorithm that automatically decides the spelling of pitches, based on
key signature and context.
However, there are occasions when you might need to change how an accidental is spelled, such
as to show clearly the stepwise movement in a phrase, or to avoid altered unisons in a chord.
In Dorico Elements, you can switch between each available enharmonic spelling, allowing you to
see at least three options for every pitch. There are always at least three options, as Dorico
Elements allows enharmonic spellings to show up to two accidental glyphs.
This means the same note can be spelled four ways, if the original pitch can be spelled with the
note name either two notes below or two notes above, using a maximum of two accidental
glyphs.
For example, B is a possible enharmonic spelling of G because a triple-at uses a single
accidental glyph, whereas an F uses two accidental glyphs.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select the notes you want to respell.
2. Respell the selected notes upwards/downwards in any of the following ways:
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Press Alt-= to respell upwards.
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Press Alt-- to respell downwards.
Write mode
Note input
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