Older MuseScore File Has Garbled Chord Symbols - Unable to Update

• Mar 12, 2023 - 14:23

Really enjoying the update to Musescore 4. Great job.

I was working to update some very old charts. Not sure what version of Musescore was used to make them. Overall, they upgrade well, but the chord symbols are garbled. That would matter so much except that when I attempt to update the symbols, they are still garbled.

Best explained by the attached image file.

I tried deleting each chord symbol and adding back a new one, but still get the same result.

Any thoughts as to what is causing this or how to work around?

Thanks,

Ken
Worcester, MA

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Garbled Chord Symbols.png	131.25 KB

Comments

bobjp

• Mar 12, 2023 - 15:21

If you post an actual score, perhaps someone can figure this out.

EulerOperator

• Mar 12, 2023 - 17:56

Thanks for your response. Much appreciated. Score file attached.

Ken

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More I See You (The) - V4.mscz	29.41 KB

Jojo-Schmitz

• Mar 12, 2023 - 18:03

That score doesn't have any chord symbols
And if I add some, they do look like they should

EulerOperator

• Mar 12, 2023 - 18:16

My mistake. Original version attached.

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The More I See You.Bb_.V4.ORIG CHORDS.mscz	34.71 KB

Jojo-Schmitz

• Mar 12, 2023 - 21:16

You're using a custom "cchords_rb.xml". Don't do that but use the Jazz style option

EulerOperator

• Mar 13, 2023 - 13:26

Jojo,

Thanks for the explanation. I had been applying a custom style template that specified chords_jazz.xml, but that was not sufficient. Once I first applied the chords_jazz.xml file, then the custom template, chords are now readable.

Thanks for your help.

Ken

Jojo-Schmitz

• Mar 13, 2023 - 13:28