Natural first, then flat for a split-stem, multi-accidental chord

[KlausWegnerHamilton]

This looks quite ugly. Is there any way to have the natural on the left, and the flat on the right so that two accidentals don’t have to be written out?

[jesele]

The only way I could find is having two E flats and hiding the accidental for the first. If playback isn’t important. I’m sure someone else has some clever solution.

Jesper

[charles_piano]

There have already been discussions about this — unfortunately it’s indeed impossible to change the order without cheating.

To add to @jesele’s solution:

If playback matters, @Christian_R provided a workaround:

Order of Split Stem Accidentals

Hi @PurpleApple, I don’t know if there is some advanced option for this. The only solution I found is: write your music: [CleanShot 2025-10-03 at 22.17.15@2x] change the upper D natural to D double flat (so the D flat remains attached to the stem prolongation on the right) and suppress playback for the double flat note: [CleanShot 2025-10-03 at 22.18.03@2x] write a D natural in another voice (to have a natural sign): [CleanShot 2025-10-03 at 22.18.39@2x] hide the double flat ac…

[KlausWegnerHamilton]

It doesn’t work. The two notes just get placed right next to each other.

[jesele]

It might work if you add a hidden note a semitone below. And use the accidental x-offset.

Jesper