Chord symbols: Forward slash causes misalignment

• Jan 6, 2016 - 15:29

Nightly d08e14c (4 Jan 2016) / Win 7 HP

If you use a forward slash in a chord (to indicate the bass note), the symbols following the slash are aligned lower. They should be at the same level, shouldn't they? Example:

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Comments

Every publisher does it differently. The alignment shown here is the one used by default in MuseScore, and it is one that is pretty commonly used in published music. Switching to the "Jazz" style in Style / General / Chord Symbols does it differently. One can also create one's own custom chord symbol styles by copying and editing the provided XML files, although you are mostly on your own for this. But it's pretty easy to alter the alignment adjustments: they are the ":m" directives within the "renderBase" tags.

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