Thanks for that Off to Sibelius for me On Tue, 14 Mar 2017 at 08:35, David H. Bailey <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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] > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
