On 3/13/2017 11:04 PM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > On 3/11/2017 5:26 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: >> Instead of asking this list, you really should just try things. > I don't really think that is adequate advice. Finale is really quite > obtuse in several areas, specifically chord symbols and percussion. > > It seems to me the key to having success with chords depends on having a > good chord library installed. The library that comes by default is > pretty lame. There are better user-built libraries circulating out there.
I quite agree that Finale can be very obtuse in several areas, specifically the ones you name. However, the question was asked if he could enter two very specific chord suffixes. I gave him the process. Want to know how I learned what that process was? I tried things. I almost never work with chords and very rarely work in Finale with anything more exotic than 7th chords. So how would I know the process to enter the asked-for suffixes? I tried things. I entered 4 quarter notes using speedy entry. I then selected the chord tool. I then clicked on one of the quarter notes to enter the chord with one of the asked-for suffixes. Finale then opened the dialog to create the chord suffix. I typed it once, then I tried the same chord suffix on the next quarter note and Finale entered it automatically. Why did I have to try things to get the answer? Because the OP didn't try and wanted/needed an answer. I could have chosen not to answer but I noticed that nobody else had answered with the detailed step-by-step procedure. Which I learned simply by trying things. Which is why I said what I said. If he had simply tried those chord suffixes he was asking about, he would have learned that yes, indeed, they could be entered. And he would have learned the process of creating his own chord suffix library. Since you don't think my answer was adequate advice, I'll turn your comment around on you: You said "There are better user-built libraries circulating out there." Yet you don't bother to give any links to any, so I don't think your advice was very adequate either. I at least provided him with a concrete procedure that he could then use to achieve his desired result. What you've said does nothing to further his goal of using more exotic chord extensions. Can you give some links to better user-built chord libraries which are circulating out there? Specifically to ones which contain the chord suffixes he was asking about? -- ***** David H. Bailey [email protected] http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
