Of course, if you Display in Concert, you will see the key sigs. Before Chromatic Transposition (about half the lifetime of Finale), this approach was the only viable key-sig-less option. In at least some versions (though perhaps not the current one), the ind. key sig approach handled certain accidentals better than chromatic transposition did. This may have been fixed, because I have not noticed the problem recently.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not opposed to fixing the problems in Chromatic Transposition. I use Chromatic Transposition now, rather than the workaround. All I'm saying is that it is a very good workaround if you need transposing chord symbols. And if fixing the chord symbols for chrom. transposition turns out to be difficult, there are about 12 other things I'd rather see fixed first. > -----Original Message----- > From: Darcy James Argue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2003 06:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: 'Finale List' > Subject: Re: [Finale] MM response to query about non-transposing chord symbols > > > On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 11:37 AM, Robert Patterson Finale > wrote: > > > You can do everything you need to with Key Sig transposition by > > combining with independent key signatures. For example, to set up an > > Alto Sax part, > > > > 1. Set the transposition on the staff to Eb Key Signature > > transposition. > > 2. Set Independent Elements Key Signatures. > > 3. Change the key signature of the Alto Sax staff to the key of Eb. > > > > Voila. Now your music has no key signature, yet the part transposes > > and so do the chord symbols. > > > > Finale added Chromatic Transposition as an ease-of-use feature. It was > > never strictly necessary. > > Robert, due respect, but this looks like a terribly clumsy solution. > Does it work if you need to toggle back and forth between "View Score > In Concert Pitch"? This also adds an extra step to any instrument > changes -- you have to not only apply the staff style for the new > instrument, but change the key signature appropriately as well. > Chromatic Transposition *is* an ease-of-use feature, and a good one. > The only problem is that it doesn't handle chord symbols appropriately. > > Seems like it would be easier for everyone if Coda would simply fix > this longstanding bug. > > - Darcy > > ----- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Brooklyn NY > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
