Thanks Shame finale can't be like Sibelius when it comes to entering changes quickly
Sent from my iPhone > On 7 May 2017, at 20:34, Christopher Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
