'Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a flatted note w/ Inkpen font not working'

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Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a flatte... - dshort, 20 Feb 04:54AM
     Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - Robin Walker, 20 Feb 09:59AM
         Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - Adrian Drover, 20 Feb 11:12AM
             Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - dshort, 21 Feb 02:41AM
                 Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - Adrian Drover, 21 Feb 07:12AM
                     Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - Robin Walker, 21 Feb 09:21AM
     Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - Laurence Payne, 21 Feb 06:40PM
         Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - dshort, 21 Feb 07:48PM
             Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - Adrian Drover, 22 Feb 07:51AM

Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a flatted note w/ Inkpen font not working
Posted by dshort - 20 Feb 04:54AM
This is probably buried in a thread somewhere, and I can't believe this is so hard to figure out.

Just trying to create a Bb7 chord symbol. But with the Inkpen font, I can't change it from BB7 (the 2nd B is 'lower case'.)

this wasn't a problem with Sibelius 4.

TIA
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Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a flatted note w/ Inkpen font not working
Posted by Robin Walker - 20 Feb 09:59AM (edited 20 Feb 11:19AM)
Please attach a Sibelius .sib score file which demonstrates the issue.

Are you using the new-style (with effect from Sibelius 6) Chord Symbol Objects, or legacy (Sibelius 5 and earlier) Chord Symbol Text?

For chords, you may use only those "chord" fonts that are supplied with Sibelius. You may not, for instance, use "Inkpen2 Std" or "Inkpen2 Text Std". If you want the Inkpen2 style for chords, you must use "Inkpen2 Chords Std".

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Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a flatted note w/ Inkpen font not working
Posted by Adrian Drover - 20 Feb 11:12AM
Just a guess. Is your Caps lock on or off?
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Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a flatted note w/ Inkpen font not working
Posted by dshort - 21 Feb 02:41AM
OK, I've made some progress.

I can get a basic 7th chord, e.g. Bb7, to work.

The problem still have is with more complex chords, e.g. Ab-(+7).

After going into 'Edit Chord Symbols', I find 'minor major 7'. I can do Ab-(M7), or Ab-(^7) (triangle 7), but there's no apparent option to make the 'major 7' a +7. Something like a Gb7+9 works fine. (examples attached.)

As far as I can tell, I'm using the Chord Symbol Objects supplied with Sibelius 8.

thanks!
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Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a flatted note w/ Inkpen font not working
Posted by Adrian Drover - 21 Feb 07:12AM (edited 21 Feb 07:22AM)
"+7" isn't globally recognised as major 7th. "+" is normally used only to mean augmented or raised. A major 7th is neither an augmented nor raised interval. However, you can write your symbols any way you wish with Legacy (Preferences/Other/ChordSymbols). I don't use automated chord symbols and I don't understand why you are getting a small caps B when you type "b" for flat. Seems you have some editing to do. I don't even know if this is possible in 'Edit Chord Symbol'.
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Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a flatted note w/ Inkpen font not working
Posted by Robin Walker - 21 Feb 09:21AM
What exact version number of Sibelius are you using?

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Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a flatted note w/ Inkpen font not working
Posted by Laurence Payne - 21 Feb 06:40PM
> this wasn't a problem with Sibelius 4.

In Sibelius 4 you ONLY had 'Legacy' Chord Symbols - though they weren't called 'Legacy' then of course! They were pretty basic, but they did all that many of us needed chord symbols to do. And, broadly speaking, what you typed was what you got. Even +7 for a major 7th.

I suggest you do this. In your Sibelius program go to File/Preferences/Other and tick the box for 'Use legacy chord symbol input'. I suspect Chord Symbols will start working the way that you prefer again.
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Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a flatted note w/ Inkpen font not working
Posted by dshort - 21 Feb 07:48PM
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that worked! THANKS!
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Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a flatted note w/ Inkpen font not working
Posted by Adrian Drover - 22 Feb 07:51AM
Which is what I suggested in my last reply. Thanx, Adrian. That's OK, don't mention it. ;-)
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Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a flatte... - dshort, 20 Feb 04:54AM
     Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - Robin Walker, 20 Feb 09:59AM
         Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - Adrian Drover, 20 Feb 11:12AM
             Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - dshort, 21 Feb 02:41AM
                 Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - Adrian Drover, 21 Feb 07:12AM
                     Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - Robin Walker, 21 Feb 09:21AM
     Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - Laurence Payne, 21 Feb 06:40PM
         Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - dshort, 21 Feb 07:48PM
             Re: Sib. 8.x: Creating a chord symbol with a fl... - Adrian Drover, 22 Feb 07:51AM