If you use shortcuts, you can enter/edit chords very fast.  In my suffix 
library, just type [C:8] to get [Cmin11(b5)] etc

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> Den 7. mai 2017 kl. 21.41 skrev Martin Nickless <[email protected]>:
> 
> 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
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