Replace Chord Diagrams With Chord Symbols

Added 11 Jan 2008 (last updated 21 May 2009)

For use with Sibelius 5

This plug-in replaces guitar chord diagrams in the current score with text chord symbols.

Updated August 21, 2008 to work around problem with the plugin being unable to delete chord diagrams in Sib 5.2. It will now add the chord symbols and select the chord diagrams so they may be manually deleted.

Updated August 25, 2008 to work around problem with the plugin being unable to *select* chord diagrams in Sib 5.2. It will now only add the chord symbols and it advises you to filter the chord diagrams so you can delete them.

This plugin will run in Sibelius 6, but it should not be needed. Use the built-in ability of chord symbols to show or hide diagrams instead.

• Download ReplaceChordDiagramsWithSymbols.zip (2K, downloaded 2561 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Convert Legacy Chord Symbols

Added 23 Jun 2009 (last updated 23 Jun 2009)

For use with Sibelius 6

Converts "legacy" text chord symbols to Sib 6-style chord symbols, or Sib 6 chords to legacy text chord symbols.

• Download ConvertLegacyChordSymbols.zip (4K, downloaded 749 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Create Chord Symbols From List

Added 09 Oct 2009 (last updated 09 Oct 2009)

For use with Sibelius 6

This plug-in creates chord symbols from two corresponding lists. Just type in your chord symbol names in one text edit field (separated by commas), and type a corresponding list of bar numbers in the other text edit field (also separated by commas).

Not only is it helpful for copying and pasting text files, but you can drag the plug-in dialog window around your monitor closer or over top of your PDF viewer for faster input.

Another useful feature is that it supports subdivisions of the bar. Often times when inputting chord symbols you may be doing so over bar rests. In such cases it becomes arduous to create chord symbols over subdivisions of the bar (since there is nothing immediate to attach them to). Conversely, it is simple to do do this within this plug-in: just type in the bar number with the appropriate decimal. For example, if you would like the chord symbol to appear 2/3rds of the way through the 5th bar, you would type "5.75", or if you wanted it 7/8ths through the bar you would type "5.875".

Chord Symbols are such an excellent feature in Sibelius 6, now it is quite easy to quickly input them from text.

Inspired by Edo Castro.

• Download CreateChordSymbolsFromList.zip (4K, downloaded 257 times)

Plug-in written by Roman Molino Dunn.