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How many old leadsheets do you have with extra chords (hand)-written in above?  Like a different key, corrections, additional alt chords, Nashville numbers?

That's what I need - extra lines of chords.  

In the software you could just add the functionality of verses to the chords - verse 1, verse 2 etc.

 

I've tried just adding lines using lyrics tool, awkward, and the size adjustment is not great, but it can be done, and thus shouldn't be too hard to add to Finale.

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MM_MICHAEL JOHNSON

Hi ReRe:
You can attach more than one chord to a beat / note in Finale. Press Shift+Arrow key to move up. This appears to be an omission in our documentation, I've alerted our author.

 

Cheers,
Michael Johnson
VP, Professional Notation
MakeMusic

 

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Under what conditions does SHIFT+UP-ARROW work? What should I expect to see? (Just a one-pixel move?) What is the difference between pressing SHIFT-ARROW (in either direction) and just pressing the arrow key after choosing the chord's handle?

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HI Adrian:

Here's a video showing Type Into Score of Chords with more than 1 chord on the beat. The cursor moves up to allow another entry. If you want to position chord symbols, then yes, select a chord handle and nudge one pixel at a time

 

Cheers,

Michael Johnson

VP, Professional Notation

MakeMusic

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Elaborating:

You can currently attach multiple chord symbols to a note.

Press Shift + Up arrow to go to add another chord symbol. (Mac and Win.)

HOWEVER -  the behavior is unlike lyrics, each row of which can be individually adjusted.  The chords too far apart.  Is there a way to adjust them like lyrics can be adjusted?

AND - why do I have to enter them one chord 'stack' at a time? I usually work the whole song out in a key, then transpose for the readers, then add the numbers as a second row.  To re-enter each chord in order to be able to add the "stack" is really tedious!!

AND - how do I set chord style for each of the stack? I want the top row to be numbers, but even when I add to library it "corrects" slashed chords:  4/1 becomes 4/F.   [Yes I know it's currently impossible to have different chord styles in a document]

Currently I have to use the lyrics tool to do this as an awkward workaround.  Is there a better way?

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