Jazz Chord notation problem (Finale 2009)

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yumicchi
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Post by yumicchi » Sat May 14, 2011 8:04 am

Hello.

I am having trouble notating Jazz Chords. I have to do this assignment and I cannot do the jazz chord fonts as listed in the help menu.
I cannot get it to do the delta or minus or 9th chord etc notations. I tried doing shift+J for delta (as it tells me to do so in the help menu), but it does not work. it tells me the suffix does not exist. i tired just typing "maj" but I cannot.

also, some of the suffix in the suffix library are garbled. Anyone know why this is??

I don't have much time and this technical issue is taking my time away!! HELP!!

Btw I am using Windows XP. Thank you!


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Post by miker » Sat May 14, 2011 1:43 pm

Make note of the chords you want. In the suffix editor, you will see that they each have a number assigned to them. Enter the chord by entering the root, a colon, and the number. For example, C:23 gives you Cmaj7(b5), in the handwritten style.

I also have some missing characters in the chord font. I'll submit it to Tech Support, and I suggest you do the same.
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Post by yumicchi » Sun May 15, 2011 12:43 am

Thank you so much!! I will tweek it around and see from this!

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