I'm stuck because I am trying to enter a couple of chords (Abm6#5 and Abm6b5) that Sibelius seems not to like and therefore will not register correctly.
Any ideas on how to force it to accept the chords?
Oh, uh, yes. I have it turned on. But it still won't accept the chords. I typed them as follows:
Abm6#5
Abm6b5
Not the most prevalent chords but quite common in Bossa Nova. I haven't tried printing the page to see what they do. But on the screen, they just turn red and won't convert my "b" to a flat symbol.
To create ooccasional chords as legacy Chords, right click on while space and get the Create menu. From there, use Create > Text>Special text > Chord Symbol.
You can then type pretty much what you want, and there is a right-click menu as well.
Legacy chords will not present chord diagrams and you can't play them in from your MIDI keyboard, and they do not do the automatic formatting that Chord Symbol Objects do, but the have fewer restrictions.
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Bob
An experienced user of Sibelius. Sib 1.2 - 7.5, Windows 7 Pro SP 1 64 bit, 8 G RAM. Year 2015.
I use legacy all the time. Works fine for me. BTW, which tunes use those chord spellings. Can't say I've come across them, and I'm a big fan of Antonio Carlos J. Seems to me that Abm6b5 is simply Abo7 and Abm6#5 is Abo7 with suspended Enat.
Well, I do not wish to initiate a semantics match or interpretational argument. The cadence of this chord is used in various Bossas such as Quiet Nights. Regardless, I wish to play a chord containing an Ab/B/D/E. I was trained by a classical music theorist who always described this as Abm6#5. (Would not the diminished seventh contain Ab/B/D/F?)
All this is besides the point. I am kindly asking for your expertise in Sibelius to let me express a chord I wish to use.
It's weird, Mr. Walker. I have checked and double-checked. My Legacy Chord option is turned on, but my chords are still red. I am playing a chord contain these notes: Ab/B/F/E. The only other voice descriptions of this configuration make even less sense to me. I was trained this is an Abm6#5.
Posted by Denny Blew - 29 Jul 12:33
The cadence of this chord is used in various Bossas such as Quiet Nights. Regardless, I wish to play a chord containing an Ab/B/D/E. I was trained by a classical music theorist who always described this as Abm6#5.
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Well then, I think your classical music theorist should know that Ab,B,D,E is E7 with G# in the bass (1st inversion) E7/G#. And also that Abm6#5 has an F in it, and no D.
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Okay then, Adrian Drover, please tell me how to describe Abo7 with suspended Enat in Sibelius.
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I don't know how to make Sibelius realize chord symbols. I only use legacy for chord symbol input. But I would probably write it as Fo^7/Ab or Abo7(susE) for pro musicians to read, or better still write the actual notes I want played.
(Would not the diminished seventh contain Ab/B/D/F?)
Just had a listen to Corcovado and this is what I hear. The harmony is simplicity itself. Does your funny chord symbol relate to bars 3 & 4 by any chance?
The sheet music in front of me shows the opening chords as D9, followed by Abdim in bars 3 and 4. Above that Abdim are the notes E,D,E,D,E,D,E. Are you saying that you want a new chord symbol for each of these notes? Or am I barking up the wrong tree here? (Quite possible!)
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