I've worked in Finale for over 20 years and have wondered the same thing many times. Why in a chord doesn't Finale start with the altered pitches first?
David McDonald > From: Steve Parker <[email protected]> > Subject: [Finale] Rant alert: chord spelling... > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Not a question nor anything I have any hope will ever get sorted... > > Why oh why can finale not try normal spellings of notes before > exotic ones..? > > If I have F - A - B# why can Finale not know to try F - A - C when > I push '9' rather than Gbb - G## - C ????????? > > I change every note individually but this is such a drag when a rule > like this would solve 99.9% of cases.. > > 1. Try key signature notes > 2. Try all naturals > 3. Try all flats and naturals > 4. Try all sharps and naturals > > ?? > > Steve P. > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
