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Fingerings for valved brass instruments on page 670
Input methods for key signatures
You can input key signatures with the keyboard by using the key signatures popover, and with
the mouse by using the Key Signatures, Tonality Systems, and Accidentals panel.
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Key signatures popover
The table contains the entries for the key signatures popover that you can use to input the
different key signatures available.
You can open the key signatures popover in Write mode in any of the following ways when either
an item is selected or the caret is active:
●
Press Shift-K .
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Select an existing key signature and press Return .
● Choose Write > Create Key Signature.
The icon on the left-hand side of the popover matches the corresponding button in the Notations
toolbox on the right of the window.
Key signatures popover with an example entry
Key Signatures, Tonality Systems, and Accidentals
button in the Notations toolbox
Type of key signature Popover entry
Open or atonal key signature open or atonal
Major keys (capital letters) C, D or G#, Ab, and so on
Minor keys (lowercase letters) g, d, f#, bb, and so on
Number of sharps
NOTE
Assumes the major key for that many sharps.
3s, 2#, and so on
Number of ats
NOTE
Assumes the major key for that many ats.
4f, 5b, and so on
This list is not comprehensive as you can input every possible key signature. It is intended to
illustrate how you can structure your entry to input different types of key signatures.
Write mode
Notations input
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