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To input a key signature on all staves, click it in the Key Signatures, Tonality Systems, and
Accidentals panel.
To input a key signature on the selected staff only, Alt/Opt -click it in the Key Signatures,
Tonality Systems, and Accidentals panel.
RESULT
During note input, key signatures are input at the caret position, even if this is in the middle of a
bar. However, it is preferable to input key signature changes at barlines.
All subsequently input notes follow the input key signature, until the next existing key signature
or the end of the
ow, whichever comes rst. If playing in notes using a MIDI keyboard,
accidentals are spelled according to the key signature.
When adding key signatures to existing music, they are added at the rhythmic position of the
earliest selected item. They appear to the right of barlines and clefs, and to the left of other
items, even if this is in the middle of an existing bar. If you selected an existing key signature, the
new key signature directly replaces the existing one.
NOTE
An individual key signature on a single staff is not intended for transposing instruments.
Transpositions of notes and key signatures are done automatically for transposing instruments.
RELATED LINKS
Key signatures on page 608
Key Signatures, Tonality Systems, and Accidentals panel on page 208
Accidental selection during MIDI input on page 181
Moving key signatures rhythmically on page 612
Mouse input settings on page 156
Transposing instruments on page 111
Making layouts transposing/concert pitch on page 133
Input methods for time signatures
You can input time signatures with the keyboard by using the time signatures popover, and with
the mouse by using the Time Signatures (Meter) panel.
NOTE
You can create most types of custom time signatures using the Create Time Signature section
of the Time Signatures (Meter) panel, but certain time signatures are only possible using the time
signatures popover. For example, you can only specify beat subdivisions with the time signatures
popover.
RELATED LINKS
Preferences dialog on page 58
Time signatures on page 841
Types of time signatures on page 843
Time signatures popover
The table contains the entries for the time signatures popover that you can use to input the
different types of time signatures available.
You can open the time signatures popover in Write mode in any of the following ways when
either an item is selected or the caret is active:
Write mode
Notations input
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