BennYapari
commented
6 months ago Hey @wizofaus! I think adding the enharmonic respelling to the toolbar is a great idea, so that's a +1 from me!
I'd just like to say though, that that "Respell Pitches" command (as far as I can tell) essentially functions as a reset for the enharmonic spelling of your whole score (or a range you have selected, if applicable); it tries to choose the most logical enharmonic spelling for the context! And in my experience, we're better off doing it ourselves for now 😄
wizofaus
Your idea
The "change enharmonic spelling" command is extremely useful (especially when trying to achieve spellings like C flat or E sharp etc.) and yet isn't discoverable except by knowing the shortcut key for it (or assigning your own). Logically it should be available as a menu or toolbar command (probably a toolbar command along with the existing ones to toggle individual accidental symbols).
Problem to be solved
Would save time for those trying to work out how to quickly respell accidentals after note entry via keyboard/import etc.
Prior art
Encore had this available via the "Notes" menu, then Accidentals|Enharmonics
Additional context
There is a "Respell pitches" command in the Tools menu that sounds like it should do this, but...doesn't? I'm not even sure exactly what it does do, as, for example, it seemingly randomly changes some B flats to A sharp even in C major (e.g. if you select a measure with 4 B flats, it might change 3 of them to A sharp but leave the other, which defies any sort of logic I can work out!)