Re: [Finale] Polychord Symbol
My thanks to all who replied to my question. I now have a “fightin’ chance” of writing what the composer wishes! :-) Gratefully, Bill Huber wph...@mindspring.com Finale Digest Subscriber ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Polychord Symbol
One possible view on this would be to attempt to provide a chord symbol that starts to approach a specific voicing, which a polychord attempts to achieve. Kind of like writing Bb/G instead of Gm7. This tries to have a triad over an alternate bass note instead of some hooved-animal player mashing down a 4-part voicing that might not be what is intended. It’s not a cure-all, and a tad anal, but it does attempt to go in a specific direction, IYKWIM. I have done this on rare occasions in the past and it’s a small bit of insurance if you don’t know your players. Writing Ab13(b9)/C leaves the player to muck things up dramatically since it’s a somewhat complicated chord symbol with lots of voicing possibilities. Just my 2¢ *** J D Thomas ThomaStudios > On Aug 10, 2018, at 12:45 PM, Chris Bell wrote: > > My first thought was, why not write the chord as Ab13(b9)? > > / C > > On Aug 10, 2018, at 7:28 PM, William Huber wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> I need to enter a polychord symbol into a score and parts. The polychord is >> an F over an Ab7. I want to show the polychord with the F directly over the >> Ab7 with a horizontal line between them. (I use a slash mark to depict >> chords with an alternate bass note.) >> >> I am using manual input for the chord symbols, typing in the following: >> “F_Ab7”. But when I move to the next chord, Finale removes the “7” so that >> all I get is an “F/Ab”. My hope is to have just a chord symbol rather than a >> chord symbol with a “7” added as either an expression or text file. I am >> using Finale 2014.5 for this file, running Mac OS 10.11.6. >> >> All help is gratefully accepted. >> >> With Thanks in advance, >> >> Bill Huber >> Nashville, TN >> Finale List Digest Subscriber >> ___ >> 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 >> > > > > ___ > 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 > ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Polychord Symbol
My first thought was, why not write the chord as Ab13(b9)? / C On Aug 10, 2018, at 7:28 PM, William Huber wrote: > Dear All, > > I need to enter a polychord symbol into a score and parts. The polychord is > an F over an Ab7. I want to show the polychord with the F directly over the > Ab7 with a horizontal line between them. (I use a slash mark to depict chords > with an alternate bass note.) > > I am using manual input for the chord symbols, typing in the following: > “F_Ab7”. But when I move to the next chord, Finale removes the “7” so that > all I get is an “F/Ab”. My hope is to have just a chord symbol rather than a > chord symbol with a “7” added as either an expression or text file. I am > using Finale 2014.5 for this file, running Mac OS 10.11.6. > > All help is gratefully accepted. > > With Thanks in advance, > > Bill Huber > Nashville, TN > Finale List Digest Subscriber > ___ > 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 > ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Polychord Symbol
Yes, that is a bug… darn it, I mean a lack of function. There are a number of kludges to deal with this. My favourite is to enter F over Ab without the 7. Then enter ON THE SAME BEAT enter an Ab7, and at 400% zoom, carefully drag it into position over the existing Ab. This may seem odd, but it will perfectly match all the other poly chords in your piece, and will play back properly, too (I turn off chord playback myself, since I can’t stand the ham-fisted way Finale plays them back, but this is important to some people). Some other people enter F over Ab and add the 7 as an expression. Some others enter F and Ab7 separately on the same beat, drag them into position and add the line as an expression. Others enter Ab7 and enter both the F and the line as expressions. Too fiddly and too much to screw up in those versions for me, but you might find them useful. Christopher > On Aug 10, 2018, at 1:28 PM, William Huber wrote: > > Dear All, > > I need to enter a polychord symbol into a score and parts. The polychord is > an F over an Ab7. I want to show the polychord with the F directly over the > Ab7 with a horizontal line between them. (I use a slash mark to depict chords > with an alternate bass note.) > > I am using manual input for the chord symbols, typing in the following: > “F_Ab7”. But when I move to the next chord, Finale removes the “7” so that > all I get is an “F/Ab”. My hope is to have just a chord symbol rather than a > chord symbol with a “7” added as either an expression or text file. I am > using Finale 2014.5 for this file, running Mac OS 10.11.6. > > All help is gratefully accepted. > > With Thanks in advance, > > Bill Huber > Nashville, TN > Finale List Digest Subscriber > ___ > 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 ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Polychord Symbol
The selections you’re looking for is in the Chord Definition dialog. Select Alternate Bass in the middle of the dialog and underneath that a popup menu will then be available. Select Under Root. Don’t worry that Finale calls it an alternate bass; it’s semantics. *** J D Thomas ThomaStudios > On Aug 10, 2018, at 10:28 AM, William Huber wrote: > > Dear All, > > I need to enter a polychord symbol into a score and parts. The polychord is > an F over an Ab7. I want to show the polychord with the F directly over the > Ab7 with a horizontal line between them. (I use a slash mark to depict chords > with an alternate bass note.) > > I am using manual input for the chord symbols, typing in the following: > “F_Ab7”. But when I move to the next chord, Finale removes the “7” so that > all I get is an “F/Ab”. My hope is to have just a chord symbol rather than a > chord symbol with a “7” added as either an expression or text file. I am > using Finale 2014.5 for this file, running Mac OS 10.11.6. > > All help is gratefully accepted. > > With Thanks in advance, > > Bill Huber > Nashville, TN > Finale List Digest Subscriber > ___ > 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 ___ 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
[Finale] Polychord Symbol
Dear All, I need to enter a polychord symbol into a score and parts. The polychord is an F over an Ab7. I want to show the polychord with the F directly over the Ab7 with a horizontal line between them. (I use a slash mark to depict chords with an alternate bass note.) I am using manual input for the chord symbols, typing in the following: “F_Ab7”. But when I move to the next chord, Finale removes the “7” so that all I get is an “F/Ab”. My hope is to have just a chord symbol rather than a chord symbol with a “7” added as either an expression or text file. I am using Finale 2014.5 for this file, running Mac OS 10.11.6. All help is gratefully accepted. With Thanks in advance, Bill Huber Nashville, TN Finale List Digest Subscriber ___ 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
