'Need some help typing in a chord'

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Need some help typing in a chord - Billy Dreskin, 18 Jan 12:47AM
     Re: Need some help typing in a chord - Adrian Drover, 18 Jan 08:22AM
     Re: Need some help typing in a chord - Mike Lyons, 18 Jan 08:25AM
         Re: Need some help typing in a chord - Laurence Payne, 18 Jan 11:09AM
             Re: Need some help typing in a chord - Billy Dreskin, 18 Jan 01:46PM

Need some help typing in a chord
Posted by Billy Dreskin - 18 Jan 12:47AM
Hi. I'm putting in chords for a piano part and can't figure out what Sibelius needs from me. The chord contains: G, B, D flat and A. I want to write G(add9)(b5). Sibelius is fine with G(add9) but doesn't know what to do for the flat 5. I've tried b5, flat5, dim5.

Thanks in advance!

Billy Dreskin
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Re: Need some help typing in a chord
Posted by Adrian Drover - 18 Jan 08:22AM
b5 or -5 or 5- is correct. If Sib doesn't recognize any of these, then type it yourself using Legacy chords (File/Preferences/Other/ChordSymbols)
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Re: Need some help typing in a chord
Posted by Mike Lyons - 18 Jan 08:25AM
Check whether you are using legacy chord symbols. [File-->Preferences-->Other-->Chord Symbols]. You should be able to write anything you like. [image]

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Re: Need some help typing in a chord
Posted by Laurence Payne - 18 Jan 11:09AM (edited 18 Jan 11:10AM)
One of the nicer features of Sibelius is that when the developers add a 'new, improved' method of doing something, with its own set of flaws, they very often don't take the old method away. Chord Symbols are a case in point. The new ones do lots of clever things - which I personally rarely need but I'm sure many people appreciate - but they lose the 'type what you want' flexibility of the old method. But the old method's still there!

Also:
http://www.laurencepayne.co.uk/sibelius.html#t
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Re: Need some help typing in a chord
Posted by Billy Dreskin - 18 Jan 01:46PM
So very helpful. Thanks, as always!
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Need some help typing in a chord - Billy Dreskin, 18 Jan 12:47AM
     Re: Need some help typing in a chord - Adrian Drover, 18 Jan 08:22AM
     Re: Need some help typing in a chord - Mike Lyons, 18 Jan 08:25AM
         Re: Need some help typing in a chord - Laurence Payne, 18 Jan 11:09AM
             Re: Need some help typing in a chord - Billy Dreskin, 18 Jan 01:46PM