Useless natural accidental?

1. What is the point of a natural accidental?
2. How long does a natural accidental last?
3. What accidental when you cancels an accidentals?
4. How do you add cautionary accidental in Finale?

What is the point of a natural accidental?

Accidental, in music, sign placed immediately to the left of (or above) a note to show that the note must be changed in pitch. A sharp (♯) raises a note by a semitone; a flat (♭) lowers it by a semitone; a natural (♮) restores it to the original pitch.

How long does a natural accidental last?

Accidentals last only until the end of the measure in which they appear. In the example below, note C sharp (in bar 1) is cancelled by the bar line. This means that note C in bar 2 (beat 1) is no longer affected by the sharp.

What accidental when you cancels an accidentals?

The natural symbol—♮—cancels out any other accidentals that may have occurred earlier in a measure or in Major Key Signatures or Minor Key Signatures.

How do you add cautionary accidental in Finale?

Courtesy accidentals

1. Click the Simple Entry tool. , and select the note. (You can Ctrl -click to select an individual note).
2. Press the P key. Finale displays a parenthesized accidental next to the note.
3. Press the P key again. Finale removes the parentheses. Press P again to remove the courtesy accidental.