Once you get a nice library set up (with that tiny little un-resizeable edit window where the nudge buttons don't work!) it is pretty painless. I have many, many issues with the chord tool, though.
Christopher On Thu May 15, at ThursdayMay 15 5:23 PM, John Roberts wrote: > Thank you both for the input. I've usually used lyrics for chord > symbols, using one of the Metronome fonts which mixes music symbols with > texts and has a nice set of superscript numbers, but I was getting a > random bug in Fin2012 where lyrics would suddenly get out of sync with > their corresponding music. 2014 crashes too much so I went back to 2012, > and decided to try the chord tool more seriously. But I don't much like > the results, or the effort/results ratio. > John > > > On 5/15/14, 12:22 PM, Simon Troup wrote: >> I think all that's required is an "Horizontal offset for chords with >> alterations" setting. >> >> >> -- >> >> Simon Troup | BA Hons (Mus) >> http://www.digitalmusicart.com >> >> Partners: Simon Troup & Jennie Troup >> VAT Registration: 982 4230 17 >> >> *"If you can twang it, we can engrave it. Seriously, we can. No... really!"* >> >> *This email is a private communication between the sender and the intended >> recipient. If you received this email in error be advised that all content, >> information and files contained in the message remain copyright of the >> author, artist or original copyright holder and may not be used without >> permission.* >> >> >> On 15 May 2014 17:01, Christopher Smith >> <christopher.sm...@videotron.ca>wrote: >> >>> I'm bugged by it. In fact the thing that bugs me most is that if you open >>> up a bit of space to allow for the sharp, then a root WITHOUT an alteration >>> seems to have too BIG of a gap. >>> >>> I created a whole set of custom suffixes, but of course Finale being what >>> it is, they took me a very long time and I'm still not happy with them, >>> partly because of the gap problem. >>> >>> Christopher >>> >>> >>> On Thu May 15, at ThursdayMay 15 11:02 AM, Simon Troup wrote: >>> >>>> Hi John >>>> >>>> I've often suggested offsets for such scenarios but never, until you've >>>> mentioned this, found anyone else who was bothered by Finale's lack of >>>> precision in this respect. My suffix libraries include a duplicate set of >>>> suffixes which start about 5 EVPU further to the right for those I use >>> most >>>> often. You'll probably find my posts about it in the Finale forums by >>>> searching for "Chord Suffix Kerning" or similar. Then again, maybe this >>> has >>>> been updated, or there's a better way to do it, so I'm very interested to >>>> see what anyone else has to say about it. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Simon Troup | BA Hons (Mus) >>>> http://www.digitalmusicart.com >>>> >>>> Partners: Simon Troup & Jennie Troup >>>> VAT Registration: 982 4230 17 >>>> >>>> *"If you can twang it, we can engrave it. Seriously, we can. No... >>> really!"* >>>> >>>> *This email is a private communication between the sender and the >>> intended >>>> recipient. If you received this email in error be advised that all >>> content, >>>> information and files contained in the message remain copyright of the >>>> author, artist or original copyright holder and may not be used without >>>> permission.* >>>> >>>> >>>> On 15 May 2014 15:56, John Roberts <an...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm finding that when I add a chord suffix to an altered chord, eg F#7, >>>>> the suffix is too close to the # sign. It's fine with a plain chord >>>>> letter name. Is there a way to add some space after the accidental? I >>>>> suppose I could create a whole duplicate set of symbols with a little >>>>> extra space before each one but this seems overkill. >>> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
