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"Change enharmonic spelling" command should be discoverable via menu or toolbar #22392

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wizofaus opened this issue Apr 14, 2024 · 2 comments
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wizofaus commented Apr 14, 2024

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The "change enharmonic spelling" command is extremely useful (especially when trying to achieve spellings like C flat or E sharp etc.) and yet isn't discoverable except by knowing the shortcut key for it (or assigning your own). Logically it should be available as a menu or toolbar command (probably a toolbar command along with the existing ones to toggle individual accidental symbols).

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Would save time for those trying to work out how to quickly respell accidentals after note entry via keyboard/import etc.

Prior art

Encore had this available via the "Notes" menu, then Accidentals|Enharmonics

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There is a "Respell pitches" command in the Tools menu that sounds like it should do this, but...doesn't? I'm not even sure exactly what it does do, as, for example, it seemingly randomly changes some B flats to A sharp even in C major (e.g. if you select a measure with 4 B flats, it might change 3 of them to A sharp but leave the other, which defies any sort of logic I can work out!)

@muse-bot muse-bot added the feature request Used to suggest improvements or new capabilities label Apr 14, 2024
@bkunda bkunda added needs design Design is needed community Issues we would like the community to address labels Apr 16, 2024
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Hey @wizofaus! I think adding the enharmonic respelling to the toolbar is a great idea, so that's a +1 from me!

I'd just like to say though, that that "Respell Pitches" command (as far as I can tell) essentially functions as a reset for the enharmonic spelling of your whole score (or a range you have selected, if applicable); it tries to choose the most logical enharmonic spelling for the context! And in my experience, we're better off doing it ourselves for now 😄

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wizofaus commented May 7, 2024

I think the key word there is "tries". I'll leave it up to others to judge how well it actually succeeds.

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