What I do is type the chord name followed by a colon, then the number of the chord from Chord Suffix Selection. I've got a print-screen of these which I keep at hand, although by now I have my most-used suffix numbers memorized. It's a pretty quick process (chord entry), except that it's a pain because the cursor seems stuck in chord entry mode.
I keep chord playback turned off - ALWAYS! If I need to put my horn parts in harmonic context, I just enter the chord notes in the rhythm section staff. I use playback mainly for aural spell-check, so I don't have to be too particular about a comping style. If necessary, I enter them in rhythm and it swings (or not!) properly - and I never use a swing value higher than 51. And has anybody heard anything more atrocious than Finale's on-board Garritan sounds for brass? Does Garritan JABB sound any better? If so, how much tweaking is involved? Is there another jazz band sound option which doesn't cost an arm and a leg? Giz Richmond VA |-----Original Message----- |From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of |Craig Parmerlee |Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 10:46 AM |To: [email protected] |Subject: Re: [Finale] F2012 HP doesn't apply swing timing to chord playback | |I know what you are saying about the lack of voice leading of any fashion on the |chord playback. But my biggest problem with chords is that I can't ever figure out |what bizarre spellings Finale expects of me when I type in chord names. I have |been over the documentation several times and I can never make any sense out |of it. It seems like each time a start a new project, 90% of the names I try to enter |are not accepted. |And I cannot figure out if it is a chord that Finale honestly doesn't know or if I just |have to put in an extra set of parentheses or something. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
