Half diminished in Musejazz
I need a symbol in Musejazz style, an o with a line over it for half diminished. Does anyone know the abbreviation for it? I have been trying to work it out but it has not worked so far. I'd rather not put mi7b5, as it is too big and I want it to be short so I can fit more chords in one bar.
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See Chord name in the Handbook. The way to get the half diminished symbol - as well as the triangle for major and dash for minor - is to switch to the cchords_sym chord style. Then type "ma7" and "-7b5" and it will automatically be converted to triangle and circle-with-slash when you complete entry.
For the next major release, you won't have to pre-selected chord styles. Just type "0" for half-diminished and "^" or "t" for the triangle.
In reply to See Chord name in the by Marc Sabatella
Thank you for your reply. I could not find the cchords style in /programfiles/musescore/styles. Is there somewhere I can download it?
In reply to Thank you, much appreciated. by 12fishs
It's not cchords, it's cchords_sym. It comes with MuseScore - assumign you have a reaosnably recent version. 1.3 is current, but anything from last three years or so should do.
In reply to It's not cchords, it's by Marc Sabatella
I have Musescore 1.3, and cchords_sym is not anywhere on my computer. Is there a way I can fix this?
In reply to I have Musescore 1.3, and by 12fishs
I have found it, but it is not available as a style when I try to change the style in Musescore.
In reply to I have found it, but it is by 12fishs
I have managed to open it by changing the file format in the load style window. Thank you for your help.
In reply to I have managed to open it by by 12fishs
I think you may be doing something incorrectly. It's not "Load Style" you should be using. It's as described in the Handbook under Chord name - Style / Edit General Style / Chordnames, then press the button next to the listing for the "Chord description file". You shouldn't need to change any file formats.
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I put show all files in the style explorer, and selected it. I typed 'F#-7b5' in the chord, and it was still in the Musejazz font. It did not change. Does it matter what font it is? I'm not sure whether the solution is obvious or not, but it never seems to work after closing and reopening the program, and confirming the style.
In reply to I put show all files in the by 12fishs
See my response above. You loaded the style incorrectly; that's why it is not having any affect.
I put show all files in the style explorer, and selected it. I typed 'F#-7b5' in the chord, and it was still in the Musejazz font. It did not change. Does it matter what font it is? I'm not sure whether the solution is obvious or not, but it never seems to work after closing and reopening the program, and confirming the style.
In reply to I put show all files in the by 12fishs
Ah sorted, thanks a lot for your time.