Capital letters and lower case letters in chords

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Barslund
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Post by Barslund » Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:28 pm

Hi everybody!
Anyone in here who knows how to write a chord above the staff which both contains a capital and lower case letter?
E.g. D/f# instead of D/F#
It's a common way of writing chords with a different bass note than the root in Denmark. The reason is that it's easier to read once you know that the chord itself is always a capital letter but the bass note is a lower case letter.

I'm using Sibelius 8.0.1

Back in the days when I was using an older version of SIB it was not a problem.

Best,
Rune


MikeLyons
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Post by MikeLyons » Thu Apr 16, 2020 6:37 am

I don't generally use chord symbols in my own work, but I understand that if you switch on Legacy chord symbols you can pretty much type in what you want.
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Barslund
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Post by Barslund » Thu Apr 16, 2020 3:21 pm

Thanks for your reply Mike!
Where do I find Legacy chord symbols? For some reason I can't find it.

All the best,
Rune

MikeLyons
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Post by MikeLyons » Thu Apr 16, 2020 3:53 pm

It's under File-->Preferences-->Other

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