Thanks chuck 
Maybe I could ask how your keyboard short cuts work
Thanks

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> 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
>> 
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>>> 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
>>>> 
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