Alternate Chords

• Mar 28, 2017 - 15:06

Is there a way of adding alternative chords, e.g. Em for Gm


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You can write more than one chord on the same note.
Just select the note and press Ctrl-K again.
After you have written the new chord, press the esc key on your keyboard, then move it up or down with the arrow keys on the keyboard.

You can also define a custom text style to assign to your alternate chords so you can make them a different size as well as position. To create a custom text style, right click one chord symbol, Text Style, hit New, give it a name and change the properties as desired. Now you can user the Inspector to assign that style to any chords you like.

After years of famil with MS3, I realise that MS4 is the way forward.
Question: For piano, in the treble hand, I need a chord consisting of a quaver, PLUS two minims, the latter holding for the bar, and the quaver continuing with the melody.
How do I create a composite chord of notes of a different length?

In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

Thank you Jojo.
Yes, I've found the 'voices' tab.
However, after years of scoring for a one-note instrument with MS3, now attempting to score for piano with MS4, experimenting with this tab simply changes all the notes in the chord - not merely the selected ones.
It must be frustrating for an expert to encounter such incompetence. But a little more detail would be very welcome.

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