Minor chords with raised 7ths in chord symbols
In chord symbols which play along in playback how do I create a minor chord with a raised 7th ( like the second bar of Funny Valentine !)
In chord symbols which play along in playback how do I create a minor chord with a raised 7th ( like the second bar of Funny Valentine !)
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Use the Jazz style
This chord is called "minor, major seventh" and is abbreviation using your favorite abbreviations for minor and major, usually with the major seventh in parentheses to help the reader understand. So, Cmi(ma7), or Cm(Maj7), or C-(^7), etc.
In reply to This chord is called "minor,… by Marc Sabatella
Many thanks Mark ..I knew it would be something like that ...This feature is a really great thing for teachers like me ...It gives the kids instant aural awareness of these complex chords and the ability to use them safely !!
Hope you're well ...Had the "jab" yet ??
best wishes
john Ockwell
Sydney australia
In reply to Many thanks Mark ..I knew it… by J.O.
You're welcome, and yes, I'm vaccinated :-)
In reply to You're welcome, and yes, I'm… by Marc Sabatella
Cheers Marc...Your suggestion worked brilliantly. That must have taken some programming to get all the complex chord symbols into musescore !
best Wishes
john O
In reply to This chord is called "minor,… by Marc Sabatella
This! Right now, my minMaj7 chords are displayed a min(#7) and I want MinMaj7 but don't know exactly what I need to modify to do that, one of the Chord.XML files? chordsNrb, chordsrb etc.? How does one specifiy a specifc abbreviation for a specific chord type?
In reply to This! Right now, my minMaj7… by BassoRidiculoso
You don't need to modify any files at all - if you want minMaj7 just type that directly into your score instead of typing min(#7). If you had previously typed min(#7) and are now changing your mind and want minMaj7 instead, just double click eh chrod symbol to edit it and tyooe what you want. As long as you aren't already using some sort of hacked custom XML file, chord symbols in MuseScore are basically WYSIWYG.
In reply to You don't need to modify any… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for the reply – I should have given some more context. In this case I am not manually entering the chord symbols, that part I get. I am importing chord symbols from a MusicXML file, actually many many files, so when one chord symbol is interpreted incorrectly it requires corrections in each file. The XML comes in looking like the enclosed screen shot.
So, a DbminMaj7 chord
I guess what I am really looking for is the place where these mappings are so I can choose/modify what chord symbol is interpreted/written out for this particular chord. I see it is doing just what it is told to do, altering the 7th, but min(#7) is an odd symbol and I want the more common minMaj7 instead.
I thought this mapping happened in the XML files for chords, so hence my question, should have included more background.
In reply to Thanks for the reply – I… by BassoRidiculoso
MusicXML files are just text (well, possibly wrapped in a ZIP archive) - so, load into an XML-aware text editor and use its search/replace feature. For many many files, maybe look into the possibility of a script. At least in theory that's how to do it. I guess you need to replace that whole "degree" section. I forget exactly how it should look, but if you create what you want in MuseScore then export it, you can compare.
There is a mechanism - very old, never documented, and not really supported - to "coerce" chord symbols into different spellings. But it worked only when initially entering the chords. By the time you've read a MusicXML file it's too late to re-coerce them. At least, I can't think of a way to do it, and I'd hate to think how hacked up the score file would end up if you tried. Editing the MusicXML file is definitely the way to go.
In reply to MusicXML files are just text… by Marc Sabatella
Hmm that seems straightfoward, I can fix the original MusicXML file before I use it and get the symbol right before any importing even happens. Thanks!