Chord Name Fonts
When I create chord names using Control K, chord names come out in two different size fonts. When I try to correct with Text Properties, some of the chord names disappear. How can I get all chord names to the same size?
I'm using Ver 1.2 Rev 5470 with Windows 7.
Thanks for all your help,
Bill
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If chordnames come out in different sizes, this is strong indication that one of the 2 hasn't been recognized as being a chord.
Also if the root is entered in lower case and does not upshift automatically.
So either enter them in lower case, to see whether they do get reconized or do a right closk, prchord poperties and see whether thy are shown as the one you wanted (they are C major otherwise)
Text styles don't work on chordnames, they are set in the chord style file you're ousing.
In reply to If chordnames come out in by Jojo-Schmitz
I suspect it might be the recognition issue. I use notations like F+ for Faug, FM7 for F major7 and Fm for F minor. Is there a way I can import chord symbols?
Bill
In reply to I suspect it might be the by billtoddjr
See http://musescore.org/en/handbook/chord-name
Check the chord chart plugin for the available styles, see http://musescore.org/en/handbook/plugins#chordchart and http://musescore.org/project/chordchart
In reply to I suspect it might be the by billtoddjr
None of the predefined chord description files use those particular abbreviations. And FWIW, as a musician who reads these for living, I strongly advise against that particular combination - it's way too easy to mistake M for m, especially reading in a dark smoky bar. But I know that old habits die hard, so if you do wish to continue using these, you can select whichever file comes closest, then edit it to do what you want. For instance, if you start with cchords_rb.xml, all you'd have to do is change the two lines that define "display_major" and "parse_major" to use "m" insteads of "maj". It already allows both "aug" and "+", although not always interchangeably.
In reply to None of the predefined chord by Marc Sabatella
It looks like I will have to learn to use those other symbols.
But I still can't find Bb+7. Is that not a chord?
Thanks for your help.
Bill
In reply to It looks like I will have to by billtoddjr
I think most of the styles prefer Bb7+, although they will probably accept Bbaug7. This also is customizable if you want to dig into those XML files. There's not really any standardization to chord symbols, and unfortunately, MuseScore omly accepts the specific set of chords it is configured to accept rather than tryng to parse and understand all the different variations people might try and expect to work.
In reply to I think most of the styles by Marc Sabatella
Thanks again. I think I am now on track.
I love this program. It has improved my big band arranging about 500%
Bill