Chord symbols -- "C bass" etc.
In the New Real Book, when they want to indicate a bass note (and nothing else) with a chord symbol, they use this:
I've tried doing this using a hard space between the note name and the word "bass", but it looks like this:
So basically what I'm asking is "can I put an actual space in a chord symbol?"
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Currently you can put a hard space *within* the extension, but not *between* the root and extension. But see #76531: Include spaces in chord symbols; I actually just proposed a fix for that this afternoon.
Meanwhile, I'd just make the word "bass" a separate piece of text and position it manually.
In reply to Currently you can put a hard by Marc Sabatella
Oh the toils...glad to know this is being worked on!
The word "bass" is a piece of staff text anchored to the same note with a horizontal offset of 2.25 and a vertical offset of -10. I kind of like the smaller size; is there any chance "bass" could be a chord symbol in the next version?
In reply to [inline:C bass 3.png] Oh the by JGitar
Not sure what you mean by that? Some sort of special processing you want?
In reply to Not sure what you mean by by Marc Sabatella
I mean "bass" as a chord symbol -- you type "C[ctrl+space]bass" and get "C bass", maybe with "bass" rendering a little smaller.
Right, and what I am asking is, how do you see that as being different from me simply fixing the bug that prevent that space from "sticking" currently? As far as I am concerned, with that bug fixed, there is nothing further required, unless there is some other aspect to what you asking that still isn't clear.
In reply to Right, and what I am asking by Marc Sabatella
Some chord symbols have the text rendered smaller than 15pt. For example, compare what happens when I write "C7lat" with what happens with "C7alt". Beneath are examples of what would happen if the bug was fixed, and what I'd like to happen:
Smaller text on "bass" means a smaller chord symbol, which means more room.
In reply to Some chord symbols have the by JGitar
If you want to save on space, don't use MuseJazz ;-)
In reply to Some chord symbols have the by JGitar
Feel free to file a feature request for this. It's certainly possible to add a definition for that. Would hekp to find published examples from multiple publishers showing a standard for this. FWIW, I've never seen anything write that other than Sher; the more common standard for a bass note is "/C", which of course takes far less room.
Ultimately, I hope we provide some sort of editing facility that would give you control over all of this.
In reply to Feel free to file a feature by Marc Sabatella
Hm, when I see a chord progression like
| D- | /C |
I would usually assume it to be a simplification of |D- | D-/C |.
While |D- |C bass |
Would imply that "C" is the only note played in the second measure.
I will file a feature request.
In reply to Hm, when I see a chord by JGitar
I guess. To me that is so rare as to be inconsequential, and it usually lasts a significant amount of time (say, 8 bars worth of a C pedal point) so that the space taken is irrelevant. But it's easy enough, so why not - I'll do it.
I'll probably make "pedal" work the same way while I'm at it.
In reply to I guess. To me that is so by Marc Sabatella
Yes, good idea.