Mass replacing chords?

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surfinboy
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Post by surfinboy » Wed May 01, 2024 8:05 pm

Is there a way to mass find & replace chords in a Finale lead sheet? For example, I did a chart and put a bunch of Bbm/G chords and I want to replace them all with Gm7. Is that possible?
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Peter Thomsen
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed May 01, 2024 8:31 pm

surfinboy wrote:
Wed May 01, 2024 8:05 pm
… I did a chart and put a bunch of Bbm/G chords and I want to replace them all with Gm7 …
You probably mean that you want to replace them with Gm7♭5 - right?

I do not know of a way to “mass find & replace”, sorry.

An idea:

Program a chord metatool for the chord Gm7♭5.
In this example let us say that you program the metatool (for Gm7♭5) on the letter G key.

Then, replace the Bbm/G chords one-by-one, in this way:

Chord Tool.
Drag-select the chord handle on the chord Bbm/G.
Hit the Delete key (to remove the chord Bbm/G).
While holding down the letter G key, click on the beat, to make the Gm7♭5 appear.
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996

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