I write a lot of jazz, and I never was able to get that to work properly. I would have to play the chord in the exact same voicing every time for it to work, and it’s hard to remember (and finger!) all those extensions. Plus, there are always chords that I don’t use very often and would have to stop and figure out a never-before-played voicing for them. I only have five fingers! Your method works okay up to 7th chords.
I generally type into score. When I have a chord suffix with stacked extensions, I have a Postit on my monitor with all my most-used suffixes and their numbers. Say 7(#11b13) is suffix number 103, then I type C:103 and get the proper suffix on a C. If I ever forget (or don’t know) a suffix number, I type C:0 (zero) and the suffix selector box pops up, where I choose my suffix. The suffix number is right there in the niche. Christopher > On May 7, 2017, at 3:27 PM, Martin Nickless <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi there was wondering if anybody that predominately writes big-band charts > Do they enter the changes by playing the cord on a midi keyboard ? > May I ask if they have built up a library of the complex chords e.g. flat 13 > sharp 11s etc > Thanks > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > 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]
