Good catch by Thomas! I'm not sure if this is the OP's issue, but Finale does work that way, which is odd.
And I'm with David -- I have never selected a minor key in the key signature box, since there didn't seem to be a point. I wonder if the benefit there is supposed to come into play if you change the key signature of existing music in order to transpose to a different key -- so you could (theoretically) transpose from a major to a minor key. Aaron. On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 3:41 AM, David H. Bailey <dhbaile...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 5/10/2018 10:08 PM, Thomas Schaller wrote: > >> I believe what’s going on here is Michael going from a minor to a major >> key (or vica versa) - that will produce a cancellation of all current >> accidentals and then restating the new key signature. Easy fix: only use >> major keys. >> >> > I've never understood why Finale (and Sibelius) offer major and minor key > signatures as options -- after all, regardless of whether a piece is in > major or minor, the key signature which is displayed is always for the > relative major key. I think originally it was supposed to affect how > Finale (and Sibelius) notate raised 6th and 7th degrees when entered from a > keyboard but in my experience both programs make wrong choices. > > I haven't chosen minor keys in either program for many many years -- I > always use the major key signature that's appropriate. > > Regardless of whether one is choosing major or minor key signatures, that > shouldn't affect how the naturals are displayed. Switching between major > and minor keys shouldn't require the total cancellation of one key > signature before showing the next key signature. The transition from one > key signature to the next should work the same in all situations, > cancelling only the necessary accidentals. > > > -- > ***** > David H. Bailey > dhbaile...@comcast.net > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
