Hi Roger,
I also write polychords the way you are describing when I want to be very specific about which upper structure is being used on a chord.
Here's how I do it. I've written on the list before about using layer four for my chords in order to be able to easily cut and paste them into other parts (hiding rests of course so they don't show.) Then I dupe the rests to another unused layer and again hide them. Then, I enter only the lower structure of the polychords (in your case the Bb7) and all my other "regular" chords in layer four. Next, I go to the other layer where I have hidden rests and enter the upper structure of just the polychords.
I've created a suffix using symbol 209 (which is just a line.) When you create the suffix, in the suffix editor, drag the line up and to the left a little bit. The resulting suffix will leave you with a line that will show up underneath the upper structure chord symbol. By adding the upper structures chord symbols in another layer, you can use the global positioning arrows that show up on the left of each system when type into score is selected. That way you don't have to drag each upper structure chord symbol individually but instead you can do it quickly globally.
This sounds like a lot of work on paper, but it is actually really fast.
Hope that helps.
Best,
Karen
But my question came out from a copying job I'm doing. I get the manuscript, I copy it as the composer wants it.
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