Entering an add6 in roman numeral analysis
I could not find a way to correctly enter an add6 to a roman numeral chord. The letters "add" don't get superscripted. There are other use cases for superscripted strings such as "sus" or "maj7" for example.
Is there a way to superscript such strings? is there an escape sequence for this?
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+6?
In reply to +6? by [DELETED] 1831606
Would it not mean a first inversion of an augmented chord?
In reply to Would it not mean a first… by ypoissant2
I dunno (that's why I said ?). I don't use jazz conventions often -- I may be wrong. 6 5 to a figured bass person.
In reply to I dunno (that's why I said ?… by [DELETED] 1831606
No problems. I'm OK with brainstorming.
In reply to No problems. I'm OK with… by ypoissant2
It does support prefix +. I guess it would have to mean augmented, 6 (3) as you suggest, so "add" really belongs in there.
Things like that don't normally do in RNA, only in chord symbols. But if you have some special need for superscripted characters in RNA, you can add them by pressing F2 for the Special Characters palette, then grabbing them from the Unicode section, under Superscripts and Subscripts.
In reply to Things like that don't… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for the pointer to superscript unicode characters. I didn't think those were special characters. I will use that.
I agree that stuff like "ADD6" are not usual in RNA. But I found at least one instance of their use: In the book "Music in Theory and Practice", vol 1, page 102.
In reply to Thanks for the pointer to… by ypoissant2
No doubt people do all sorts of non-standard things. But because they are non-standard, there is also no standard for how exactly they should be displayed. Superscripting or not doesn't change the meaning of this text, probably half the people using this text would choose to superscript, the other half not, so no matter which way we do it, it's right for some but not for others.
In reply to No doubt people do all sorts… by Marc Sabatella
I completely agree with you. It is not a situation where Musescore designers/programmers can decide on a standard way of formatting those texts.
Is there a setting or option to get the text formatting toolbar to display when entering RNAs?
In reply to I completely agree with you… by ypoissant2
That'd sure be cool, if Campania could support it reasonably.
In reply to I completely agree with you… by ypoissant2
It's not out of the question; the reasons why it isn't supported for chord symbols don't really apply. I did breifly look at making it work for RNA but it needed a little more time/thought than I had available. Submit a Suggestion to the issue so I don't forget...
In reply to Things like that don't… by Marc Sabatella
I just wanted to report that there are no letters in the "Superscript / Subscript" unicode characters set. Only numbers. Also, the superscript 1, 2 and 3 are missing (the table displays an empty rectangle).
In reply to I just wanted to report that… by ypoissant2
It's true Unicode doesn't define superscripted letters, that needs to be implemented by the font. And the way they define the numbers is screwy, they are out of order. That's because before Unicode standardized on the full set of numbers, only 1-3 were standardized. So they are in the Latin-1 supplement (and not in order, there either). Not MuseScore's fault, or Campania's :-).
Superscript letters need to be implemented separately, there is no general standard for it as far as I know. But if I do make it possible to use the text toolbar with RNA, then superscripting should work.