Chord symbol below bar.
Hi. A question: Where can I find a style setting so I "by default" get the Chord symbols below and not above the bar? I look around, but I cannot find where. I know I can enter all chord-symbols then "select all" and X to change, but is there no way to make this my default? Where to look?
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Via Inspector and set as Style?
Selecta chord symbols, go to Inspector, Change it to Below, hit the "S"et as style button
In reply to Selecta chord symbols, go… by Jojo-Schmitz
But that is only for the "current score"?
In reply to But that is only for the … by ErlingI
Save as Template.
In reply to Save as Template. by Shoichi
Thanks, just figured that out myself :)
But apart from that :
Could it as well be part of style "chord symbol"? And saved as a style? That's where I looked in the first place.
In reply to Thanks, just figured that… by ErlingI
Not sure it works yet but: https://musescore.org/en/node/206136#comment-727351
In reply to Not sure it works yet but:… by Shoichi
Once again thanks for swift and quick response. I will stay with the template solution for now.
In reply to Once again thanks for swift… by ErlingI
You're welcome. You know that a better answer may come and, if appropriate, a feature request can be made.
In reply to Thanks, just figured that… by ErlingI
It is part of the chord symbol style, if you press the "set as style" button. And will thus be saved as part of a style file if you use Format / Save Style.
BTW, not sure why you're trying to put chord symbols below the staff, but if it's because you are actually doing figured bass or Roman numeral analysis, better to use the built-in facilities for those purposes.
In reply to It is part of the chord… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for clarifying! I also realized this after changing my default style and creating a new score.
As for why I want the chord below: In many of my old scores being a piano arrangement with lyrics,
the chord symbol (if present) is always better placed below staff 2, not to "interfere" with the lyrics.
(I do not do RNA)
In reply to Thanks for clarifying! I… by ErlingI
Hmm, the norm would be lyrics between the staves, the chord symbols above the top staff. I'm still not sure why you'd be deviating from that?
In reply to Hmm, the norm would be… by Marc Sabatella
Again, thanks for your interest in my tiny "problems"/ issues.
Chords above the staff may well be the norm today, but I have multiple (+300) old scores of popular music (1920 – 1950) with “grand staff” piano arrangements, lyrics and chord symbols.
These (the chord symbols) are mostly aimed at accordion players. These scores more or less all have the chords symbol below and "close to" staff 2. That’s the staff that most reflect the chords to be used and
the chord symbols in these scores often try to “mimic” the left hand of the piano.
And, yes, in the case of one staff with lyrics, the chord symbols are always(?) above the staff.
In reply to Again, thanks for your… by ErlingI
I see, thanks for the info!