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jzucker
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by jzucker » Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:41 am
In the key of Bb, trying to enter a Cb/Db slash chord. No matter what, Finale converts it to B/Db which makes me look like an idiot when people read my chart
When I look at the chord in the chord dialog box it's correct. It shows 2 with a -1 as the alteration. Any idea how to correct this?
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jzucker
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by jzucker » Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:44 am
Found a workaround. Instead of enter Cb/Db, i enter Dbbb/Db and that gives me the correct symbol
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michelp
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by michelp » Mon Sep 16, 2019 2:44 pm
Another way is to uncheck "Simplify Spelling" in the Chord menu.
Michel
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zuill
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by zuill » Mon Sep 16, 2019 2:45 pm
All I did was uncheck Simplify Spelling in the Chord Tool menu. I wonder why that didn't work for you.
Zuill
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Peter Thomsen
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by Peter Thomsen » Mon Sep 16, 2019 6:08 pm
If you have Capo chords in the Finale document, you may prefer that Simplify Spelling stays selected (and then use the Dbbb/Db solution).
If you de-select Simplify Spelling, you may get difficulties with the spelling of Capo chords.
If you do not have any Capo chords, then un-checking Simplify Spelling will be fine.
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996