Re: [Finale] Polychord Notation in Finale

2003-09-06 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
Yes, one could adjust the thickness and length easily with a smartshape line, and holding down Shift while entering it makes it perfectly horizontal, but if one had dozens of them to enter, I might like the lyric idea for the underscore better (using one of the special JazzText enclosure symbol

Re: [Finale] Polychord Notation in Finale

2003-09-06 Thread David H. Bailey
Great explanation of a work around Chris! Couldn't you simply enter the underscore as a smart-shape line? You can define a custom line with exactly the thickness you want, and once in place you can drag it or edit it as you want for perfect length/placement in each instance, so that it would

Re: [Finale] Polychord Notation in Finale

2003-09-05 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 6:57 PM -0700 9/05/03, Brian Williams wrote: Dear Finale List, Using the JazzChord font, I have been trying to notate a Dominant 13th (b9) chord as a polychord in Finale like this: A C7 In the process, I found that there is no way to attach a chord suffix to an alternate bass note in a c

[Finale] Polychord Notation in Finale

2003-09-05 Thread Brian Williams
Dear Finale List, Using the JazzChord font, I have been trying to notate a Dominant 13th (b9) chord as a polychord in Finale like this: A C7 In the process, I found that there is no way to attach a chord suffix to an alternate bass note in a chord symbol. If I was willing to settle for a