Chord Builder to score

[Sherry C]

Hi Susanne,

Thanks for your clarification.

As I understand it, you only want to hear the chords that are named as the file plays. You don't want the chord notes to actually be present in the score (which is what TerryL had original asked about), but just to hear the chords played along with the file, sort of like an auditioning listen?

This would be a different feature than what I alluded to previously. Where would you expect to see the "toggle on/off" for such a feature? I'm asking (and anyone else can please feel free to join the conversation) because there are a lot of folks that would not want to hear any additional chord notes that are not in the score itself as a file plays, and so there would need to be some sort of toggle switch somewhere.

Thanks for your input - suggestions like yours help us better serve our customers

ttfn,
Sherry

[susanne]

Originally Posted by Sherry C

As I understand it, you only want to hear the chords that are named as the file plays. You don't want the chord notes to actually be present in the score (which is what TerryL had original asked about), but just to hear the chords played along with the file, sort of like an auditioning listen?

Sherry, if you re-read Terry's original post, he basically wanted the same, IMO:

Originally Posted by TerryL

in such a way that it would play when I am playing the score from the top

Playing accordeon by myself, I ran into the same problem as Terry did. And as Composer did not playback the chords, like him (and like you) I searched for a workaround which is placing the chords as notes (not names) into a second voice.

Originally Posted by Sherry C

Where would you expect to see the "toggle on/off" for such a feature? I'm asking (and anyone else can please feel free to join the conversation) because there are a lot of folks that would not want to hear any additional chord notes that are not in the score itself as a file plays, and so there would need to be some sort of toggle switch somewhere.

I think that most who use chord names would prefer to hear the chords play. In fact these are notes that ARE in the score, only abreviated. Anyway, a toggle would not hurt. Put it into the Perform menu, into the Select play-along sound, or into the Staff options - wherever you like ;-) Susanne

[Sherry C]

Hi Susanne,

Originally Posted by susanne

I think that most who use chord names would prefer to hear the chords play. In fact these are notes that ARE in the score, only abreviated.

That's actually why many folks who use the software for composing do not want those extra "chord name" notes to sound when they play back the score - they only want to hear the abbreviated ones they've entered as they're reviewing how their composition sounds Extra notes might mask the sound they're looking for.

I know that it's very easy for me to assume that other people use the software exactly as I do (and my own usages are fairly varied - from simple melody notes/chord names Fake Sheets to backing tracks to big band arrangements). However, I also work the helpdesk for Notation Software (where we get a lot of questions and suggestions) as well as help design the software. We listen to feedback from lots of customers here in the forum, via the helpdesk, and via direct email. I continue to be amazed at the variety of ways that people use the software - many that I never would have thought of myself. That's the biggest reason that I ask a lot of questions when folks make a good suggestion (like yours and TerryL's) for new features. We want to make sure that we serve all our musicians in the best possible way with new features or changes to existing ones

Anyway, a toggle would not hurt. Put it into the Perform menu, into the Select play-along sound, or into the Staff options - wherever you like ;-)

Actually we often end up putting a number of commands in many different locations because the command is associated with different aspects of the score or different musicians think about them in different ways (eg. Page Text is in Text and Layout). Thanks for your suggestions for a few different places where you might think to look for such a "play the notes for the chord names" feature!

I've now added such a new feature to our "to do" list for a future release.

Thanks!
Sherry

[Sherry C]

Hi,

One other location that I've suggested putting such a toggle is on the Text/Chord Names tool palette.

Any others?

ttfn,
Sherry