Unwanted cautionary accidentals across piano staves

[Tracy_Icenogle]

I’m getting an unwanted cautionary accidental in the RH staff of a piano part following an accidental in the LH staff. I have selected Common Practice for accidentals, and have selected No Cautionary for “Notes in a different octave within the same bar.” I will attempt to paste the image here (but it doesn’t seem to want to paste).

[Christian_R]

Hi @Tracy_Icenogle, I tried to reproduce your example and the Notation option that you mentioned effectively doesn’t show the cautionary for the B natural in the upper staff. It is difficult to say what is going on from a picture: maybe you have a Bb in the bar before, on the upper staff? It is better to post a Dorico file that shows your issue, if you would like to post it here.

See also here:

@dspreadbury

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[Tracy_Icenogle]

O the Deep Deep.dorico (799.0 KB)
Here’s the project.

[Christian_R]

Hi @Tracy_Icenogle, well I tried on your project, and it works. You may want to recheck this again:
O the Deep Deep-CORRECTED.dorico (591.3 KB)

[Tracy_Icenogle]

I rechecked the settings and indeed I must have selected the “show cautionary for notes in a different octave” option somehow. Thanks for your help!

[lbyler]

My situation is different from Tracy_Icenogle’s. I’ve marked the cautionary accidentals to not show in a different octave. But if there’s a setting to not show them in a different stave, I’ve yet to find it. Check out the Piano-Vocal Score layout, m. 2 in the attached project. It shows a cautionary D-flat in the left hand due to a D-natural in the right hand. I don’t want the left hand D-flat. What setting do I use to keep it out? Thanks for any insights.
The Rose of Persia 06 Song.—Rose-in-Bloom.dorico (2.9 MB)

[Janus]

@lbyler

It shows a cautionary D-flat in the left hand due to a D-natural in the right hand. I don’t want the left hand D-flat. What setting do I use to keep it out?

You would hide the accidental using the properties panel (there is no default setting to hide in this context).

[lbyler]

Ah, so i was looking in the wrong place. Thank you Janus, that was just what I needed to know.