Chord symbol placement

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jdpmus
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Post by jdpmus » Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:19 pm

I'm working on a large show orchestra score and would like to copy the chord symbols from the piano grand staff, where they are between staves, to a single staff guitar part. The problem is that the chord symbol in the guitar part then gets placed below the staff, since it was copied from the piano part, and I would like for it to be above the guitar staff. Is there a workaround for this?


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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:26 pm

When you have copied the chord symbols to the Guitar staff, switch to the Chord Tool, and click on the Guitar staff.

4 positioning triangles will appear to the left of the Guitar staff.

To move the chord symbol baseline only in the Guitar staff, drag the second triangle from the left:

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Post by jdpmus » Thu Aug 10, 2017 2:21 am

Thanks. I'll give that a try.

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