On Mar 3, 2005, at 9:17 AM, Robert Patterson wrote:
If you knew anything about the convoluted way Finale stores pitch information, this would not only seem not an oddity but rather all too predictable. I learned years ago always to use major key signatures, because apparently they are the only ones that programmers routinely test their code against. Finale itself has a history of bugs related to minor key signatures.
Is there some downside to using major key signatures? The key of Eb major looks exactly the same as that for c minor. Is there some advantage to setting the key to c minor that you don't get with Eb major?
If you modulate from a major key to a minor key with a different number of sharps or flats, you don't have to reset your Enharmonic Spelling tables.
That's the only advantage I can think of.
On the other hand, if you enter a modulation from Eb major to C minor, the key signature stubbornly re-appears as if the number of flats has just changed. Grr.
Christopher
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