Alternate bass note playback

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Mike A
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Post by Mike A » Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:53 pm

On playback, Finale seems to ignore alternate bass notes and just play the chord as it normally would. For example, Cm, Cm/B, Cm/Bb, and Cm/A all play back the same. Is there some way to get Finale to play back the bass note?
Thanks!
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Peter Thomsen
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:16 pm

In the Chord Definition, in the pane Play, is Alternate Bass selected?
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Mike A
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Post by Mike A » Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:26 pm

Ah, thanks. Is there a way to select that universally, not just chord-by-chord?
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Post by zuill » Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:38 pm

You can enter all the chords first, then use the Utility called Change/Chords to activate playback of the alternate bass on all the chords at once.

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Mike A
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Post by Mike A » Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:46 pm

Excellent ... thanks!
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