Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-29 Thread Craig Parmerlee
I have tried to post this information twice with links to the libraries on box.com. But these messages seem to get stuck in moderation. On 3/25/2017 11:24 AM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > Sorry I have been slow in responding. I'll try to get this uploaded this > weekend. As far as I know, this

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-25 Thread Craig Parmerlee
Sorry I have been slow in responding. I'll try to get this uploaded this weekend. As far as I know, this library should work on any of the recent Finale versions, certainly 2012 onward, probably much earlier than that. On 3/14/2017 12:17 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: > If this library

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-14 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
If this library works in F2014, I would be a happy receiver too. Klaus in DK Sendt fra min iPad > Den 14. mar. 2017 kl. 14.57 skrev Dr. Raphael D. Thöne > : > > So am I! :-) >> Am 14.03.2017 um 14:51 schrieb Martin Nickless

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-14 Thread Christopher Smith
That would be Utilities>CHANGE>chords… transpose. This only transposes chord symbols. I have to use it sometimes when I’ve copied a passage from a source where the key signature is C major to a target file in A minor. Works fine in my newest version, Mac. C > On Tue Mar 14, at TuesdayMar

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-14 Thread Dr . Raphael D . Thöne
So am I! :-) > Am 14.03.2017 um 14:51 schrieb Martin Nickless : > > Hi > That would be great would you mind sending it to me > Thanks > Martin > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 14 Mar 2017, at 13:44, Craig Parmerlee wrote: >> >> I don't have a link.

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-14 Thread Martin Nickless
Hi That would be great would you mind sending it to me Thanks Martin Sent from my iPhone > On 14 Mar 2017, at 13:44, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > > I don't have a link. I use a library that I build based on a very > comprehensive library somebody else made years ago. I

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-14 Thread Craig Parmerlee
In my most recent experience with F25, I couldn't transpose chord symbols at all, if you mean using Utility-Transpose. Finale will transpose chords if you copy to a transposing instrument. And Finale will transpose chords if you change the key signature, but Utility-Transpose changed notes,

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-14 Thread Craig Parmerlee
I don't have a link. I use a library that I build based on a very comprehensive library somebody else made years ago. I wish I could give credit because it was obviously an enormous amount of work. They meticulously built just about every chord suffix you could ever need into a nice-looking

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-14 Thread David H. Bailey
Hi Christopher, I know that about not needing to attach chords to notes anymore but the original question involved music which had notes and chords which is why I did what I did. Thanks for the clarification about specifying a minor third instead of a diatonic third. Choosing a diatonic third

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-14 Thread Christopher Smith
Hi David and Graeme, David, you don’t have to attach chords to entries any more. So your method of entering 4 quarters and then trying things didn’t need the 4 quarters. This is a blessing and a curse, in that you don’t have to enter notes (or rests in my former case, so they don’t play back)

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-14 Thread David H. Bailey
On 3/14/2017 5:00 AM, Graeme Gerrard wrote: > Well, I have a question about chords and melodies. I play alto sax and want > to print my sax lines out transposed so I can read them. But if I put chord > symbols over the bar, Finale likes to transpose the chords too! I get around > this by

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-14 Thread Graeme Gerrard
Well, I have a question about chords and melodies. I play alto sax and want to print my sax lines out transposed so I can read them. But if I put chord symbols over the bar, Finale likes to transpose the chords too! I get around this by putting a second stave, for piano, and put the chord

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-14 Thread martin nickless
Thanks for that Off to Sibelius for me On Tue, 14 Mar 2017 at 08:35, David H. Bailey wrote: > On 3/13/2017 11:04 PM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > > On 3/11/2017 5:26 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > >> Instead of asking this list, you really should just try things. > > I don't

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-14 Thread David H. Bailey
On 3/13/2017 11:04 PM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > On 3/11/2017 5:26 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: >> Instead of asking this list, you really should just try things. > I don't really think that is adequate advice. Finale is really quite > obtuse in several areas, specifically chord symbols and

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-13 Thread Craig Parmerlee
On 3/11/2017 5:26 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > Instead of asking this list, you really should just try things. I don't really think that is adequate advice. Finale is really quite obtuse in several areas, specifically chord symbols and percussion. It seems to me the key to having success with

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-12 Thread Christopher Smith
> On Mar 12, 2017, at 7:55 AM, Jon Delfin wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 7:41 AM, David H. Bailey > wrote: > >> For things that you only do occasionally and so aren't likely to >> remember the complicated set of keystrokes, you may need to keep

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-12 Thread Jon Delfin
On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 7:41 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > For things that you only do occasionally and so aren't likely to > remember the complicated set of keystrokes, you may need to keep a > notebook of such things, or print out a single sheet which has all your >

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-12 Thread David H. Bailey
For things that you only do occasionally and so aren't likely to remember the complicated set of keystrokes, you may need to keep a notebook of such things, or print out a single sheet which has all your chord suffixes on it along with the keystrokes necessary to get the result and put it on

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-11 Thread Oliver Pospiech
But if I do this it looks like: but I would like to get: what looks even nicer! I can get this in pressing „Cû“ but I never could keep this in mind. How can I connect this? Thanks, Oliver > >> Thankyou so if I wanted to input Bb0(ma7) >> Could I do that ? >> Or Bb7 b9#9 with a

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-11 Thread Martin Nickless
Thanks for your time Sent from my iPhone > On 11 Mar 2017, at 10:26, David H. Bailey wrote: > >> On 3/11/2017 4:37 AM, Martin Nickless wrote: >> Thankyou so if I wanted to input Bb0(ma7) >> Could I do that ? >> Or Bb7 b9#9 with a parenthesis ? > [snip] > > The

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-11 Thread David H. Bailey
On 3/11/2017 4:37 AM, Martin Nickless wrote: > Thankyou so if I wanted to input Bb0(ma7) > Could I do that ? > Or Bb7 b9#9 with a parenthesis ? [snip] The important factor to answer your question lies in this sentence quoted from the link to the Finale manual: "If Finale doesn’t recognize the

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-11 Thread Martin Nickless
Thankyou so if I wanted to input Bb0(ma7) Could I do that ? Or Bb7 b9#9 with a parenthesis ? Thanks Sent from my iPhone > On 11 Mar 2017, at 09:03, Jan Angermüller wrote: > > Yes, this is possible in Finale. >

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-11 Thread Jan Angermüller
Yes, this is possible in Finale. https://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/Finale2012Win/Content/Finale/Chord_symbols2.htm Am 11.03.2017 um 09:57 schrieb Martin Nickless: > Hi I have a friend who uses Sibelius > And he can type in on the computer keyboard > Chords including complex extensions Very

[Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-11 Thread Martin Nickless
Hi I have a friend who uses Sibelius And he can type in on the computer keyboard Chords including complex extensions Very quickly EG as if he were writing a sentence Can this be achieved with Finale At the moment it's taking me ages and ages Help gratefully received Thanks Martin Sent from