Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in

How to get there

Select a region with the Selection Tool. From the Menu, choose Note, Beam, and Rest Editing, and then Cautionary Accidentals.

What it does

The Cautionary Accidentals plug-in allows you to add cautionary accidentals in various forms to your document. Click all the options (with or without parentheses) to have accidentals display on all notes. The plug-in works only on standard major and minor keys.

• Courtesy Accidentals · Parenthesize. Select this checkbox to force courtesy accidentals to display on notes after an accidental within a measure and in following measures. Checking Parenthesize will cause the courtesy accidentals to have parentheses.
• Courtesy Naturals · Parenthesize. Select this checkbox to force the courtesy cancellation of an accidental from the previous measure. Checking parenthesize will cause courtesy naturals to have parentheses.
• Key Cancellations · Parenthesize. Select this checkbox to force courtesy accidentals on notes after a key change. Checking parenthesize will cause key cancellation courtesy accidentals to have parentheses.
• Diatonic Accidentals · Parenthesize. Select this checkbox to force diatonic accidentals (such as B in F major) to display. Checking parenthesize will cause diatonic accidentals to have parentheses.
• Naturals · Parenthesize. Clicking this button will force naturals to display. Checking parenthesize will cause naturals to have parentheses.
• Reset After ___ Measures. Type in the number of measures Finale should continue looking for cautionary accidentals. For example, Reset After 1 Measures will only show cautionary accidentals in the next measure, not any measures after that. Reset After 2 Measures will only show cautionary accidentals in the next 2 measures, and so on. This setting only affects courtesy accidentals and courtesy naturals.
• Cautionary Accidentals on Tied Notes: Never · Only Across Barlines · Always. Select how you want accidentals displayed on tied notes.
• Layers to Check: Layer1 · Layer 2 · Layer 3 · Layer 4. These four checkboxes allow you to specify which layers to apply the options you have selected. This will allow you to have a layer hidden for playback without affecting your displayed notation.
• Auto-Freeze Accidentals. Checking this option will make Finale “freeze” the changes made by the plug-in. (This option is identical to Auto-Freeze in the Speedy Menu.)
• No Cautionaries On Repeated Notes. Check this box to tell Finale only place cautionary accidentals on the first occurrence of a pitch affected measures.
• OK · Cancel. Click OK to make the selected changes. Click Cancel to dismiss the dialog box without making any changes.