Re: [Finale] chord symbol items

I'm very glad someone is working on it. Thanks! Harold On 24/01/2016, at 20:49, Jan Angermüller wrote: > I am working on a chord changer plug-in for Finale which allows > switching the font size including correct scaling of the offsets (see > demo at

Re: [Finale] chord symbol items

Wow! Looks great! I can’t wait! Christopher > On Sun Jan 24, at SundayJan 24 5:49 PM, Jan Angermüller > wrote: > > I am working on a chord changer plug-in for Finale which allows > switching the font size including correct scaling of the offsets (see > demo at

Re: [Finale] chord symbol items

I am working on a chord changer plug-in for Finale which allows switching the font size including correct scaling of the offsets (see demo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpJa6Lf4HZA ) as well as changing between different chord fonts. Even symbol clusters as used in JazzCord, SwingCord or

Re: [Finale] chord symbol items

On 24-1-2016 23:49, Jan Angermüller wrote: > I am working on a chord changer plug-in for Finale which allows > switching the font size including correct scaling of the offsets (see > demo athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpJa6Lf4HZA ) as well as > changing between different chord fonts. Even

[Finale] chord symbol items

Is there a plugin, or any other way, to add space among chord symbol suffix items globally and proportionally, when increasing chord symbols size through menu Utilities->Change->Chords? These items will collide when increased by a large percentage, so the idea is that the space among these

Re: [Finale] chord symbol items

No, and this is a HUGE hairy lack in the program right now. Please write tech support and complain about this. It is supposed to be something that computers do easily, yet there is no way to do it ever since chords started attaching to measures instead of items. In the past, you could attach a

Re: [Finale] chord symbol items

Yup, different libraries is the way to go. My first one took me a week, my second took me most of the day. Huge pain. Plus, there is a long-standing bug where if you import a Jazz library into a Maestro document, the parentheses end up being Maestro instead of Jazz, which have a different

Re: [Finale] chord symbol items

Of course! You're right about chord letters being unchangeable. On 23/01/2016, at 16:19, Christopher Smith wrote: > Yup, different libraries is the way to go. My first one took me a week, my > second took me most of the day. Huge pain. Plus, there is a long-standing bug > where if you import

Re: [Finale] chord symbol items

Thanks for replying. I agree it is a huge lack. I will mention it to tech support. The plugin would be a solution for me, since what I usually need is to resize changes for the whole document/instruments. To resize one or two chords once in a while would be easy just to edit the chord itself or

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol question

I use chord symbols on almost every project I do, and Finale drives me nuts every time. For me, the spacing is the least of my problems (although I agree spacing is not great). To me, it is a lot more basic. Every chord I want to enter, Finale doesn't seem to recognize, and it doesn't seem

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol question

Part of the problem is that there ISN'T a standardised way of writing chord symbols. For instance, CM7, depending on where you live, could mean major or minor 7, while C+7 could mean dom7(#5) or major 7. While Finale DOES have a couple of more-or-less consistent libraries included in some

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol question

What Christopher suggests is (pretty much as always), the best way I have found to do things. It does require taking the time to create a suffix library, but once it's done - it's done. I use Bill Duncan's chord symbol and chord suffix fonts and find them attractive and flexible enough, and

[Finale] Chord symbol question

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

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol question

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

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol question

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

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol question

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!*

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol question

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

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol question

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

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol question

Lol, Christopher, yes, the Window Of Shame. -- 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

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Fonts

Michael, List protocol forbids attachements to emails, so there needs to be another way to do this. I'd think that Nick Carter would have something available on his NPC Imaging site, since he is selling the fonts. Meanwhile, I will send a pdf to your email, and you are welcome to visit here

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Fonts

@shsu.edu Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Fonts Michael, List protocol forbids attachements to emails, so there needs to be another way to do this.  I'd think that Nick Carter would have something available on his NPC Imaging site, since he is selling

[Finale] Chord Symbol Fonts

Hi all! I'm having another bout of trying to sort everything that niggles me in Finale... ;-) Any suggestions for chord symbol fonts/settings? I'm looking for something clear to use with Maestro but with a fairly 'thick' house style (staff lines 0.01). Also, I always use the triangle for a

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Fonts

Hi Chuck, Thanks, I'll look at these. Do you use them with a generally handwritten look or with Maestro? A PDF would be great! Thanks! Steve P. On 30 May 2012, at 15:09, Chuck Israels cisra...@comcast.net wrote: Steve, Look at Bill Duncan's chord fonts available from Nick Carter at NPC

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Fonts

Bills stuff is all done with maestro, at least that was the intention. His fonts look great with maestro. I use the chord , over sized time signatures and articulations fonts in all my works Sent from my iSomething -- On May 30, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: Hi

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Fonts

Yes, it is designed to look good with Maestro (though I imagine it would work well with other roughly similar fonts). Bill created the articulation font symbols to include things like jazz falloffs that would look appropriate with Maestro. He spent the better part of a day in our home (when

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Fonts

Thanks Eric and Chuck! They look great - absolutely perfect answer to what I felt was lacking in my current copying. Steve P. On 30 May 2012, at 21:06, Chuck Israels cisra...@comcast.net wrote: Yes, it is designed to look good with Maestro (though I imagine it would work well with other

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Fonts

Excellent. Nice to be able to be of help. Chuck On May 30, 2012, at 2:12 PM, Steve Parker wrote: Thanks Eric and Chuck! They look great - absolutely perfect answer to what I felt was lacking in my current copying. Steve P. On 30 May 2012, at 21:06, Chuck Israels

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Fonts

Bobs stuff is really great. Sent from my iSomething -- Eric Dannewitz Musician/Polymath/Evil Genius http://www.ericdannewitz.com On May 30, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Chuck Israels cisra...@comcast.net wrote: Excellent. Nice to be able to be of help. Chuck On May 30, 2012, at 2:12 PM, Steve

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Fonts

...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ From: Chuck Israels cisra...@comcast.net To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Fonts Excellent.  Nice to be able

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Fonts

On 5/30/2012 4:05 AM, Steve Parker wrote: Hi all! I'm having another bout of trying to sort everything that niggles me in Finale... ;-) Any suggestions for chord symbol fonts/settings? I'm looking for something clear to use with Maestro but with a fairly 'thick' house style (staff lines

[Finale] Chord symbol library woes

I just arrived at my hotel for an out of town gig and was doing some last minute tweaking on a couple of charts this morning. I opened my files and the chord symbol suffixes were gibberish! The fonts are right (Bill Duncan ChordSym and ChordSuf) but the library is whacked. I'm working on a new

[Finale] Chord symbol New Year

Greetings listers! I wanted to put out the word that our chord symbol fonts are available at discounted prices for the New Year: ChordSymbol 2 for $50; JazzSymbol 1 for $35; and both fonts for $75; with discounted site licenses also available. Because these fonts are available in both

Re: [Finale] chord symbol extensions

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi---I'll try reposting this query. I'm writing guitar parts for jazz band and am having trouble writing a chord such as D7(#5b9). When writing it the flat b always becomes a small B. I don't want to write it -9. I am using Finale 2007 and Windows XP Pro.

[Finale] chord symbol extensions

Hi---I'll try reposting this query. I'm writing guitar parts for jazz band and am having trouble writing a chord such as D7(#5b9). When writing it the flat b always becomes a small B. I don't want to write it -9. I am using Finale 2007 and Windows XP Pro.

Re: [Finale] chord symbol extensions

On 20-Nov-07, at 5:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi---I'll try reposting this query. I'm writing guitar parts for jazz band and am having trouble writing a chord such as D7(#5b9). When writing it the flat b always becomes a small B. I don't want to write it -9. I am using Finale

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts

Thanks Eric. I'll try that. George - Original Message - From: Eric Dannewitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 8:41 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts Easy way to do this would be to save your Chords in a Library file, load them into your

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts

Very true. I got asked last night about the rehearsal font on a chart I brought in. I was like umwellit's complicated, I'll let you know about the status. Which is what by the way? Nick and Vince arewhom? It would be absolutely great to see MakeMusic buy up Bill's stuff and

Re(2): [Finale] Chord symbol fonts

I'd rather see non-MM ownership of Bill's stuff. Ideally, it would be someone like Bill who is a professional copyist who would use the stuff, improve the stuff and be available to customers in the way that Bill was. But if it comes down to MM or no one, I'll take MM. **Leigh On Fri, Apr 6,

RE: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts

] Chord symbol fonts Very true. I got asked last night about the rehearsal font on a chart I brought in. I was like umwellit's complicated, I'll let you know about the status. Which is what by the way? Nick and Vince arewhom? It would be absolutely great to see MakeMusic buy up Bill's

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts

On Apr 6, 2007, at 12:28 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Very true. I got asked last night about the rehearsal font on a chart I brought in. I was like umwellit's complicated, I'll let you know about the status. Which is what by the way? Nick and Vince arewhom? Nick Carter and

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts

AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts On 5-Apr-07, at 9:56 AM, George Ports wrote: How can I set the suffix fonts in chord symbols to show a flat to look like b instead of b? Is there an easy way to do the same when describing a note such as: this note is a b5? I'm using Times new

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts

Easy way to do this would be to save your Chords in a Library file, load them into your Jazz Font Default file. When you start a new project, you'll have all your custom chords in there. You can also use the library in existing documents. Load the old document, load the chords, go to the

[Finale] Chord symbol fonts

How can I set the suffix fonts in chord symbols to show a flat to look like b instead of b? Is there an easy way to do the same when describing a note such as: this note is a b5? I'm using Times new roman for the text (in general). Is there a way to change all that I've done so

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts

On 5-Apr-07, at 9:56 AM, George Ports wrote: How can I set the suffix fonts in chord symbols to show a flat to look like b instead of b? Is there an easy way to do the same when describing a note such as: this note is a b5? I'm using Times new roman for the text (in general). Is there a

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts

Why isn't there a direct link to the Chord Suffix editor? Mike Greensill www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts

On 5-Apr-07, at 11:39 AM, Mike Greensill wrote: Why isn't there a direct link to the Chord Suffix editor? Just what I've been asking since about Finale 97. Especially when you get the message Could not find the suffix. Do you want to create it? and then you DON'T get the Chord Suffix

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts

Indeed, this has been a bugaboo for years, and only constant carping and complaining will get MM's attention. The available defense for advanced jazz chord symbol users is to spend time (a lot of time, unfortunately) creating the chord suffixes you like, saving them as a library and then

[Finale] Chord Symbol Transposition

Hello Group, I just entered the chord symbols for a long piece and then realized that I'd forgotten to enter the key signature. Of course when I did, the chord symbols changed to reflect the new key. I'm afraid the answer is that I'll have to re-enter the chord symbols, but I wanted to ask here

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Transposition

Forgot to say FinMac2007! On Fri, Aug 18, 2006, Leigh Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Group, I just entered the chord symbols for a long piece and then realized that I'd forgotten to enter the key signature. Of course when I did, the chord symbols changed to reflect the new key. I'm

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Transposition

Good news! Mass EditChange...Chord assignmentsTranspose will do what you need. Select the area first, obviously. BTW, anyone using Chromatic Transposition (no key sig on transposed parts) with chord symbols will have to manually transpose the chords on the transposed staves using this

Re(2): [Finale] Chord Symbol Transposition

Yay! Thanks, Christopher! I love this list! **Leigh On Fri, Aug 18, 2006, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good news! Mass EditChange...Chord assignmentsTranspose will do what you need. Select the area first, obviously. BTW, anyone using Chromatic Transposition (no key sig on

Re: Re(2): [Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question

- Original Message - From: Leigh Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Finale List finale@shsu.edu Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 2:20 AM Subject: Re(2): [Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question Thanks, Darcy! It's right there on p. 53. I'd forgotten there was a special way to do them

Re(4): [Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question

It's on p. 53 of the Finale Productivity manual that Bill Duncan sends with his great package. **Leigh On Mon, May 8, 2006, themark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Darcy! It's right there on p. 53. I'd forgotten there was a special way to do them. I'm happy now! **Leigh Page 53? Are we

Re: Re(4): [Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question

- Original Message - From: Leigh Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Finale List finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 2:18 PM Subject: Re(4): [Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question It's on p. 53 of the Finale Productivity manual that Bill Duncan sends with his great package

Re: Re(4): [Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question

, 2006 6:36 AM Subject: Re: Re(4): [Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question - Original Message - From: Leigh Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Finale List finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 2:18 PM Subject: Re(4): [Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question It's on p

[Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question

Hello Group, In FinMac2006d, I'm trying to enter some chord symbols for polychords such as a B major triad over an A major triad. If I enter B_A, I get the correct horizontal line between B and A. The problem is that the lower letter is about 3 times too far below the horizontal line. Where do

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question

Consult Bill's excellent PDF documentation on the use of ChordSuf, ChordSym, and ChordSymSubtext -- it's all explained therein. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://secretsociety.typepad.com Brooklyn, NY On 06 May 2006, at 4:43 PM, Leigh Daniels wrote: Hello Group, In FinMac2006d, I'm

Re(2): [Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question

Thanks, Darcy! It's right there on p. 53. I'd forgotten there was a special way to do them. I'm happy now! **Leigh On Sat, May 6, 2006, Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Consult Bill's excellent PDF documentation on the use of ChordSuf, ChordSym, and ChordSymSubtext -- it's all

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Question

On Apr 28, 2006, at 7:40 PM, Jacki Barineau wrote: On Apr 28, 2006, at 7:28 PM, ThomaStudios wrote: Always put the highest altered extension on top, and go down in order. IOW: #9 #5 in one ( ) Thanks a bunch for the clarification! Now the question is - how do I DO this in Finale?!

[Finale] Chord Symbol Question

Hi, Everyone - I have a song with lots of jazz chords that I've never used before and need some help in how to display them properly! For example, a G7 (#5, #9) - how can I make it display with the #5 then the #9 underneath? Like this: G7(#5 #9) (except with only 1 set of

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Question

Always put the highest altered extension on top, and go down in order. IOW: #9 #5 in one ( ) *** J D Thomas ThomaStudios West Linn OR 97068 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thomastudios.com *** On Apr 28, 2006, at 3:30 PM, Jacki Barineau wrote:

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Question

On Apr 28, 2006, at 7:28 PM, ThomaStudios wrote: Always put the highest altered extension on top, and go down in order. IOW: #9 #5 in one ( ) Thanks a bunch for the clarification! Now the question is - how do I DO this in Finale?! I mean - how do I make it put these 2 intervals in

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Question

You will have to go into the chord suffix library and set it up. It's a bit tedious and convoluted in Finale, but the good news is, you only have to do it once. Just save your library when finished. HTH. J.D. Thomas ThomaStudios On Apr 28, 2006, at 4:40 PM, Jacki Barineau wrote: On

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Question

Dear Jacki, It's been a while since I used Finale's chord suffix editor, since I use a special chord font, but here's what I think will work: Click on the note to which you want to attach the chord (with the chord tool and manual input selected). A window will open with a place to

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol transposition bug still not fixed in Finale 2006

Chuck Israels / 2005/08/03 / 03:33 PM wrote: Why do you need to do this? What's the advantage of chromatic transposition over key signature transposition? Is this something you do when you want both score and parts to be non key related - no key signature on either? I can certainly

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol transposition bug still not fixed in Finale 2006

Chuck Israels / 2005/08/03 / 03:33 PM wrote: Why do you need to do this? What's the advantage of chromatic transposition over key signature transposition? Is this something you do when you want both score and parts to be non key related - no key signature on either? I can certainly

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol transposition bug still not fixed in Finale 2006

On 03 Aug 2005, at 3:33 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: On Aug 3, 2005, at 12:00 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: 6) Now, using the Staff Tool, double-click the staff. This launches the Staff Attributes dialog box. Click the Select box next to Transposition. Change the transposition method from

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol transposition bug still not fixed in Finale 2006

Hello Finale gang, I'm asking a favor. Could everyone I've helped with GPO stuff (or any other notation issue) please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], quote my original message, and tell them that you, too, would like this Chord symbol transposition bug fixed? Thanks very

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

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

[Finale] Chord symbol

Hello, How can I write a chord such as C/Bb7 ? When doing so, finale removes the 7 of the Bb. Thanks, Roger ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

Your chord is written incorrectly. If you want a Bb7 over a C bass then you must reverse the order to Bb7/C Guy Hayden - Original Message - From: Roger Julià Satorra [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 11:22 AM Subject: [Finale] Chord symbol Hello

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

At 5:22 PM +0100 3/5/05, Roger =?UNKNOWN?Q?Juli=E0?= Satorra wrote: Hello, How can I write a chord such as C/Bb7 ? When doing so, finale removes the 7 of the Bb. I that a polychord (i.e. C major triad over Bb7 chord)? The program is obviously reading it as C major over a Bb bass note. (You

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

: Roger Julià Satorra [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 11:22 AM Subject: [Finale] Chord symbol Hello, How can I write a chord such as C/Bb7 ? When doing so, finale removes the 7 of the Bb. Thanks, Roger

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 11:22 AM Subject: [Finale] Chord symbol Hello, How can I write a chord such as C/Bb7 ? When doing so, finale removes the 7 of the Bb. Thanks, Roger ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

] Chord symbol At 5:22 PM +0100 3/5/05, Roger =?UNKNOWN?Q?Juli=E0?= Satorra wrote: Hello, How can I write a chord such as C/Bb7 ? When doing so, finale removes the 7 of the Bb. I that a polychord (i.e. C major triad over Bb7 chord)? The program is obviously reading it as C major over a Bb

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

Roger, /X is only for a bass note, as in Bb/C (Bb over C = Csus). Do you mean: C ? Bb7 Then a Bb13 (#11) should be appropriate. Kurt At 17:22 05.03.2005, you wrote: Hello, How can I write a chord such as C/Bb7 ? When doing so, finale removes the 7 of the Bb. Thanks, Roger

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

Okay, there have been some confused responses here. What Roger wants to do is create a compound chord, also known as a polychord. Compound chords are extremely common in jazz, but Finale doesn't directly support them, which has been a longstanding source of frustration for jazz musicians

Re: Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

Yes, that's exactly what I mean. I know Bb13 (#11) would be appropriate, but specially when writing for big band, the piano part should be written C --- Bb7 I guess it's something that MUST be corrected by finale. I'm curious about how Sibelius deals with it. I'll ask arround, jazz people

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

Oh, wait, I forgot one (actually not a bad option at all): 4) Enter the chord as: C --- Bb Then, on the same beat, enter just the chord suffix (the 7), and drag it into position. That's probably the best solution outside of buying the Bill Duncan font (which I actually highly recommend.) -

Re: Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

-- Darcy James Argue[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) Enter two separate chords on the same beat -- C and Bb7 -- manually drag the C up, and draw a horizontal line between them. (There many options for this -- if you're not picky about the appearance, probably the easiest thing is to just

Re(2): [Finale] Chord symbol

I'll second this recommendation. If you are doing much of this kind of music, Bill's Finale Productivity package is the way to go. It's saved me huge amounts of time and frustration and is well worth the $150 for the whole pack. At least check it out at

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

Hi Roger, While I agree that Finale should have support for compound chords (and listed a few workarounds in previous posts), I can assure you that you that when most piano players see Bb13(#11), the voicing they will play is very likely to be a C triad over a Bb7 chord. In other words, I

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

On Mar 5, 2005, at 11:45 AM, Roger Julià Satorra wrote: No, what I want is a Bb7 (9, +11, 13), it's easier to write C/Bb7, but not by finale! Roger Darcy gave you good advice about getting what you want on paper. I would gently suggest that while C Bb7 might be easier for you, it might be

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

Title: Re: [Finale] Chord symbol At 5:45 PM +0100 3/5/05, Roger =?UNKNOWN?Q?Juli=E0?= Satorra wrote: No, what I want is a Bb7 (9, +11, 13), it's easier to write C/Bb7, but not by finale! You've had some great advice, and what you want to write is, in fact, non-standard and confusing

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol

Hi John, The *notation* for compound chords isn't confusing, and your suggestion: C chord    - Bb7 chord is both redundant *and* confusing. It's only the fact that Roger's particular compound chord is functionally equivalent to a standard chord (and is better written as a standard