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george ports 33
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Post by george ports 33 » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:25 pm

How can I type in Poly Chord? Am using Windows 10 and Finale 25.5.
Thanks for any help.
George


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Post by N Grossingink » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:37 pm

Use an underscore for the horizontal separator.

Type C _Eb =

C
Eb
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Post by oldmkvi » Mon Oct 14, 2019 8:04 pm

I use the Slash-
C/D.

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Post by michelp » Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:31 pm

The oblique line (slash) is usually understood as a chord over a bass note.
Polychords generally use an horizontal line between 2 chords (like N. Grossingink suggests), like these examples :
A
C7
(actually C7 b9 13)

Do7
Co7
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Post by george ports 33 » Tue Oct 15, 2019 12:40 am

Thanks to all of you for your help.
The underscore is what I needed since it's a chord over another chord.
Bb7 over a C triad (Bb7_C)
Thanks again you guys. I really appreciate it.
George

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Post by oldmkvi » Tue Oct 15, 2019 1:36 am

It's most often C/Bb7.
Polychords can be notated as Chords w/extensions.
Bb13+11=C/Bb7. C_Bb7 looks terrible.
Get some Thad Jones Scores to see how chords and chord symbols really work.

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Post by zuill » Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:56 am

I think there might be a misunderstanding here.

Type C_Bb and you get:

C
Bb

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Post by tappingtrance » Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:27 pm

So it does not seem to work if I try to do this: F#/Em it reduces the Em to E which defeats the purpose as I could have just written F#/E. Ay thoughts?

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:40 pm

1) To separate the two chords in a polychord, use a horizontal line, not a slash.

2) To get
F♯
Em

enter two chord symbols: F♯ and Em

As a horizontal separator, use an expression.
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