Thanks chuck Maybe I could ask how your keyboard short cuts work Thanks Sent from my iPhone
> On 7 May 2017, at 20:46, Chuck Israels <[email protected]> wrote: > > No experience with Sibelius, but I find my method (much the same as > Christopher’s) pretty damn quick. It takes me far longer to think of what I > want than to enter it in Finale, but maybe I’m a slow thinker. > > I also have keyboard shortcuts to toggle between coping everything and > copying only chords, and that is invaluable. > > >> On May 7, 2017, at 12:41 PM, Martin Nickless <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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] > > Chuck Israels > [email protected] > (360) 201-3434 > > 8831 SE 12th Ave. > Portland OR 97202 > > <chuckisraelsjazz.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]
