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● Select the existing notes to which you want to add accidentals or whose accidentals you
want to change.
2. Select the accidental you want to input in one of the following ways:
● Press - for at.
● Press = for sharp.
● 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 note input, enter the note you want with your selected accidental.
RESULT
The accidental is added to the selected existing notes. If you selected existing notes with
different accidentals, they are changed to have the accidental you selected.
During note input, the selected accidental is only input on the next note you input. You must
reselect the accidental for each subsequent note.
NOTE
● Subsequent accidentals for the same note in the same register do not appear in the same
bar.
● If you input notes using a MIDI device, Dorico SE automatically shows an accidental if
necessary. It selects a sharp,
at, or natural based on key signature and context. You can
later respell notes so they are shown as their enharmonic equivalents with different
accidentals.
RELATED LINKS
Accidentals on page 480
Inputting notes on page 164
Changing the pitch of individual notes on page 191
Respelling notes on page 192
Accidental selection during MIDI input
Dorico SE interprets MIDI data to create accidentals, and automatically determines the spelling
of notes according to preset rules.
Dorico SE automatically displays an accidental if one is required. It selects a sharp or at based
on key signature and context.
The algorithm for this takes into account the key signature and the intervals between successive
notes and chords. Therefore Dorico SE prefers sharp accidentals in a key with sharps, and ats in
a key with ats. If you change the spelling of an accidental, Dorico SE follows your spelling
preference whenever that note is used again in the score.
If you input notes with accidentals outside the key signature, Dorico SE uses sharps if the gure
is rising, and ats if it is falling. The spelling is also calculated vertically, meaning a simpler
interval is produced where possible, such as a major third rather than a diminished fourth.
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Note input
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Dorico SE 3.1.10