Guitar chord playback in slash notation

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Vanessa McClintock Posted December 17, 2022 06:20

Windows 10 and 11, Finale 27.3

Hi all,

I have used guitar playback very little, but I have a situation where I want the guitar to play back in slash notation but with only having to place a chord symbol (not the fretted icon) above the measure. For example:

In the first bar the guitar plays back the first eighth note, but in the second bar it plays back on every slash.
But, in order to get the playback in the 2nd bar, I have to put the chord symbol above each slash.
Is there a way to get the same playback using the notation in bar one?

Also, since we are here, how can I transpose the bar with the symbol changes, i.e. from DMaj7(9) to FMaj7(9), etc.

Thank you,
:-)
Vanessa

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MIKE ROSEN Edited December 17, 2022 06:30

I’m pretty sure you have to enter the chords on each beat, as you’ve done in measure 2.

Vanessa McClintock Posted December 17, 2022 08:20

Hi Mike,

Yes, in bar two that was the only way to get them to play back. I did not want to have to show the chords on every slash, so I hid them.

What I hope to do is simply show the chord once in each bar and have all of the slashes play it back.

Hope that makes sense.

:-)
Vanessa

Vanessa McClintock Posted December 17, 2022 09:53

Hi, again,

In conjunction with this, in the key of C, I want to create a Cb chord, but it comes out B.
How can I change it to the enharmonic?

Is it possible to transpose the chord symbol, as I would any other measure with conventional notes?
For instance, I might have a bar with chord symbols and slash notation and wish to copy-and-paste the bar and transpose it.

:-)
Vanessa

PETER THOMSEN Edited December 17, 2022 13:19

… in the key of C, I want to create a Cb chord, but it comes out B.
How can I change it to the enharmonic? …

I suppose that you are entering the chord symbol via Type Into Score - right?

You type Cb, and Finale changes it to B - right?

My advice:

Instead of changing the chord symbol after entry, enter the chord so that Finale displays it as Cb:

Type Dbbb.

… Is it possible to transpose the chord symbol, as I would any other measure with conventional notes? …

To copy-and-paste only chord symbols:

Selection Tool.

Select the measure.

Edit menu > Edit Filter…

In the window Edit Filter, de-select everything except {Chords & Fretboards}.

To transpose chords:

Selection Tool.

Select the measure.

Utilities menu > Change… > Chords…

Vanessa McClintock Posted December 18, 2022 03:04

Hi Peter,

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

And, yes, I am shouting ;-)

Great detail--I would not have thought of Dbbb.

:-)
Vanessa

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