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Chapter 16 Score Editor 583

As you enter the text for the chord in the Score window, you can influence the way the

inserted text is distributed to the different fields of the Chord Symbol Edit Box:

• First, enter the root, then the extensions, then—after typing a slash—the (optional)

additional bass note.

• As soon as you enter a number, everything following that number will be placed in

the upper extension line. If you write “G7(b9/b13)”, the whole “7(b9/b13)” will be

placed in the upper line, the lower line remains blank.

• If you write letters before a number (for example FMAJ7/9), Logic puts the letters in

the lower line, and everything after the first number in the upper line.

• You can influence this automatic placement with a comma in the text: everything

before the comma will be put into the lower line, everything after it into the upper

line. If you use more than one comma, only the first one is relevant, the others are

ignored. Blanks can be entered to create additional horizontal space between the

particular extension and the root.

If you want to change a chord symbol, you can either double-click on the root, and edit

the chord symbol in the resulting edit window, or you can double-click directly on one

of the extensions. A text cursor will appear in the extension line, and you can edit the

extension like regular text.

The appearance of chord symbols can be edited in the Text Style window (see “Text

Styles” on page 575), where you can choose different Text Styles for the root—Chord

Root—and the extensions—Chord Extensions-.

Handling Chord Symbols

Fast Input of Several Chord Symbols in One Process

If you insert several chord symbols into the same staff, there is a shortcut similar to the

fast lyric input mode. After writing the first chord, don’t press Enter, but Tab. The text

cursor automatically moves to the position of the next displayed note or rest. Enter the

next chord and repeat the process, or press Tab several times again, to move to the

position where you want to place the next chord symbol.

Hint: if you want to insert exactly one chord per bar into a very busy part, it is much

faster to create an empty MIDI Region, and enter the desired chords there (the cursor

always moves to the next bar when you press Tab in empty Regions). Afterwards, you

can either merge that MIDI Region with the original MIDI Region in the Arrange

window, or copy and paste all chords at once.

Enharmonic Change of Chord Symbols

The roots of chord symbols can be enharmonically changed with the same commands

as notes (Attributes > Accidentals or key commands). An example: “Gb7” becomes “F#7”

by selecting Attributes > Accidentals > Enharmonic Shift: #. Only additional bass notes

need to be edited directly in the Chord Edit window.

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