In message <f05100302b9f398864223@[24.203.60.147]>, Christopher BJ Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes in response to Giz Bowe:
>Here is what I do to avoid those nasty pileups when I have four >chords in a bar and they are Am7(b5)/D, D13(b9#11), Abm7(b5)/Db, >Db13(b9#11) heaven help us all. I've never used the chord system but I wonder if it has any equivalent to writing different verses in lyrics. On the odd occasion when I need to write a figured bass I enter the figures nearest the staff as verse 1, etc., using enough verses to cope with the maximum number of figures under the same note. If I were entering your example above as lyrics I think I would enter the first and third chords as verse 1 and the second and fourth as verse 2. That would mean they could overlap and I could move the notes as close together as clarity of reading would allow - it would reduce the necessary width by perhaps a third. I do have a gripe with the lyric tool (sometimes more than one!). If I want to write a letter and a flat, natural or sharp sign as if they were one "word" they don't have the same base line. Is there a good way to remedy that? I know one or two work-rounds. Patsy Moore -- Patsy Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (formerly [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Conductor, arranger, etc. etc. Newbury College Late Starters' Orchestra Web site: http://www.mooremusic.org.uk N.B. our system rejects emails of more than 300k automatically: warn me beforehand if you want to send one. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
