Courtesy Accidentals

[hoplock]

Are these possible? Example: in key of D, a measure ends with the chromatic note F natural, but the next measure begins with the diatonic F#. It would be nice to confirm this intention with a courtesy #. Thanks.

[elerouxx]

You can manually put accidentals wherever you want. So you manually put the # before the F, even when Notion knows it's a F# already because of the armature.

Notion doesn't have accidents in parenthesis if you are looking for them.

[hoplock]

Then I am doing something wrong. I have tried 1) highlighting the note to make it green, then selecting the icon that has a sharp, natural and flat; this brings up another pallet from which I select the option at the left. Nothing happens. The second thing I've tried after selecting the note is to touch the icon that has an x for a note head; then select the icon that has the sharp, flat and natural. This gives me the enharmonic repelling of the F# to a Gflat. Please advise.

[elerouxx]

I'm very sorry for my lack of attention, I replied before thinking you were talking about the desktop version of Notion.

[hoplock]

So are you saying it cannot be done on the IPad? I am indeed using the iPad; I understood this is a forum specifically for Notion on IPad ...

[Wawoodman]

I can do it on my iPad. In the key of C, I entered a B flat. In the next measure, I entered another B. I tap the note again, and it turns gold. I open the accidental palette, and tap the natural. On my system, a natural is applied to the note.

A parentheses option would be nice.

[hoplock]

Thank you. I got it to work. The trick for me was to achieve the "gold" selection as opposed to the "green" selection. This I figured out is done by touching the note head for gold, or the note for green.

[Wawoodman]

Right. It would be nice if there was written documentation. Or maybe there is, and I just haven't found it?

[thorrild]

Hi wawoodsman,

To get to the written documentation, press the question mark at the bottom center of the home window — that's the one that shows all your available scores and lets you setup or import new files.

Best,
Thorrild

[Wawoodman]

Thanks. That shows what's in the menus, and some instructions.

But where are the basics? For example, where is the process of adding accidentals described, that hoplock and I just discussed? I stumbled on it. Or tuplets? Or ties and slurs?