I print-screened the chord suffix selection pages and keep them at hand. I have the most common ones memorized. If you load different chord libraries, or delete chords, that will affect the numbering.
Giz Richmond VA |-----Original Message----- |From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of |Chuck Israels |Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 3:06 PM |To: [email protected] |Subject: Re: [Finale] Bill Duncan chord suffix woes | |Hi Doug, | |I do remember I used to do it this way, but it stopped working when I forgot that I |needed to include the colon. Thanks for the reminder. This can be quicker if you |memorize the slots for complex suffixes, so I will find this useful for things like |7#5#9 too. | |Thanks again, | |Chuck | | | | |On Dec 17, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Doug Walter <[email protected]> wrote: | |> Hi Chuck and Mike, |> |> While this won't solve the underlying issue you're both talking about, I thought |it would be worth mentioning another input method that can work in these |situations that doesn't require using the mouse (which you may already know |about). The drag is that is requires memorizing the suffix's placement in the |library - the number of the "box" that it occupies (assuming the suffix exists |already, of course). |> |> While in "Type into Score", you type the letter name of the root, followed by a |colon, followed by the number of the "slot" from the library (e.g. my "add9" |happens to be in slot 22, so if I type C:22 I get that symbol). |> |> If you don't have too many suffixes that you need to do this way, it's not too |cumbersome, although obviously it would be preferable to be able to just type as |we do for the other ones. |> |> Again, you probably know this already, but may not have had reason to use it in |this context. |> |> Doug |> |> |> On Dec 17, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: |> |>> I have a similar problem with sus4 suffixes. I assumed that it was because of |the special keystrokes required to create the superscript text, key combinations I |don't have reason to remember after having created the suffixes I need. I always |have to enter those suffixes by going into dialog boxes and selecting them. If |there is an easy "Type Into Score" method for this, I'd be grateful to know it too. |>> |>> Chuck |>> |>> |>> On Dec 17, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Mike Casteel <[email protected]> wrote: |>> |>>> Hello all, |>>> |>>> I have encountered a problem with Bill Duncan's ChordSuf font- namely the |(addX) suffix (it is not recognized, even if it is already in my library when "typing |into score"). I can create it easily if I enter it manually (in the chord definition |dialog box) but if I "type into score" it will not work. Nor will it work if I create the |suffix from scratch in the chord suffix editor window. In each of those cases, I get |unwanted characters. I suppose this has something to do with Finale's Unicode |font support? |>>> |>>> Has anyone encountered this specific problem and is there a way around it? |>>> |>>> Many thanks! |>>> Mike Casteel |>>> _______________________________________________ |>>> Finale mailing list |>>> [email protected] |>>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale |>> |>> Chuck Israels |>> 8831 SE 12th Ave. |>> Portland, OR 97202-7097 |>> |>> land line: (503) 954-2107 |>> cell phone: (360) 201-3434 |>> |>> <www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> |>> |>> _______________________________________________ |>> Finale mailing list |>> [email protected] |>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale |> |> |> _______________________________________________ |> Finale mailing list |> [email protected] |> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale | |Chuck Israels |8831 SE 12th Ave. |Portland, OR 97202-7097 | |land line: (503) 954-2107 |cell phone: (360) 201-3434 | |<www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> | |_______________________________________________ |Finale mailing list |[email protected] |http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
