♭gets changed to b in chord symbols
I am writing up worksheets on scales and voicings for guitar. I tried to use chord symbols to identify the intervals in a scale, and I ran into a mildly surprising problem:
When I enter ♭9 as a chord symbol it is displayed as B9. When I edit this B9 chord symbol I see that Musescore has changed the flat symbol ♭ to a lower case b.
I find it quite useful when Musescore changes b to ♭ in chord symbols. But is it really the intended behavior to do the opposite? Do users often type ♭ when they mean b and rely on Musescore to fix it?
I would be grateful for any workaround suggestions.
I could use staff or symbol text, but the workflow gets a bit tedious without chord symbols’ ability to quickly move through the notes using the spacebar. Then there’s the extra effort to make these have a consistent look and layout with the chord symbols.
macOS 10.15, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 3.6.0.487915347, revision: 1977cb3
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Comments
♭9 is not a chord symbol at all. It should probably not get interpreted as such, but E♭ should get interpreted the same as Eb.
Workaround is obvious: don't use ♭, not as the 1st letter of a chord symbol, as it is non-sensical there.
Better don't use it at all and let MuseScore's chord symbol parser do its work.
In reply to ♭9 is not a chord symbol at… by Jojo-Schmitz
I understand that interval names are not chord symbols.
Could you suggest a method for entering interval names so that their look and placement are similar to chord symbols?
I've attached a small example of what I'd like to achieve.
In reply to I understand that interval… by edrmiller
Staff text? Roman numeral analysis?
In reply to Staff text? Roman numeral… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you for the suggestions. I had briefly tried staff text but the Roman Numeral Analysis feature is new to me. When I looked it up in the handbook I also discovered Nashville Numbering.
So I threw together a comparison test of these options, attached. The winner is Nashville Numbering which gets close to what I'm looking for.