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Post by finalizer » Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:21 pm

... in chord tool?
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Post by miker » Thu Sep 05, 2019 11:07 pm

Not sure what you mean. How about a picture or a better description?
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Post by zuill » Thu Sep 05, 2019 11:36 pm

Since we're not sure what you need, I am going to guess that maybe you want a slash followed by an alternate bass? You can just type a slash and then the alternate bass, and that should work. For example: /G. I often do that for a walking bass, as: C /B /A /G, instead of C C/B C/A C/G.

Maybe that's not what you need. If so, then ignore the advice. As Mike suggested, we need more information.

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Post by finalizer » Thu Sep 05, 2019 11:44 pm

I would like to have just the slash as a separate symbol, so that I can use it for the bass, like C / G.
It lets me have /G, but when I leave only the slash, it doesn't keep it
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Post by N Grossingink » Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:38 am

If you want C/G, type "C/G" with no spaces.
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Post by finalizer » Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:48 am

I just want the slash
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Post by zuill » Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:33 am

You can create a slash as a chord suffix. Applying it to the score is tricky, but doable. I created one. I noted what the suffix number is. In my case, it is 178. I then clicked where the slash is to go. I typed :178 and the slash appeared by itself. The colon is used to evoke a suffix. This can even be done after a letter. However, in your case, just type the colon followed by the number of the slash created as a suffix.

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Post by miker » Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:34 am

Would it let you keep it if instead of /G, you typed /space?
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