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If I want to change the key signature in the MIDDLE of a score to C there is no cancellation shown of whatever sharps or flats were in the previous key signature UNLESS the change to C major DOES NOT take effect at the START OF A STAVE. Does anyone know why? The signposts indicate that the change to C major definitely took place. I had to use a cautionary key signature which is not what I want. Screen print is included. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.
Is this an artifact of the lead sheet format?
This is not a lead sheet. It is just to show that if I have a key signature for example like the key of G (one sharp) and the key of C on the SAME STAVE Dorico puts in the cancellation of the F# for the key change to C but DORICO does NOT put in the cancellation of the F# if the key of C starts on a NEW STAVE. I can put in a cautionary key signature but I do not know why DORICO does it for you when it is on the same stave and NOT when the key of C starts on a NEW stave.
I would say this is common notation. If one system is in G and the next is in C, the new (cautionary) key signature is normally shown at the end of the first system; it sounds like you have chosen to hide this cautionary key sig. There are no accidentals shown at the beginning of the second system because C doesn’t have any in its key signature.
I was hiding cautionary key signatures. If I use cautionary key signatures you will notice I do not need them in the case when the first stave is in the key of G and the second stave is in the key of D because for the key of D two sharps are in the key signature. I feel having a cautionary key signature in this case is redundant. So I just thought DORICO should put in the key signature for the key of C as showing an F natural since the prior key is in G without using cautionary key signatures. Ok, I guess that is the way DORICO works since you mention this is common notation practice. Ok, thank you very much.
