No slight on the RCM but the American way is a lot easier for the layman to learn and remember. Especially chords although it is also easier to remember 1/4 and 1/16ths than the crotchet / minim type terminology although, of course, a complete musician does need those.
Anything that makes music more accessible. Bit like you donāt have to learn Latin to talk to god any more.
Finding ways to do things rather than moan at someone else for not doing them for you is a lot easier in my book. And in the Score dialog you can still highlight a chord or all chords and hit āMake Chordsā and playback to your reinforcement players with the Score in view.
Thatās American? You think the rest us are still using the figured bass, or what?
That methodās been taught in British schools for ā¦ well, I donāt know exactly how many decades, but plenty of them.
BTW:
A footnote says this system was used in Voglerās āHandbuch zur Harmonielehre (1802)ā. Vogler, a German, was born in June 1749 (aged 27 on 4 July 1776).
Thanks but itās surprising how many long time players donāt use these tools in the UK so unless youāve been to music school you may not have seen or be aware of these simple tools. I call them āAmericanā because itās Brit musos who mainly discover these things when in America. English music teaching is very good in the music colleges but just a little sad in mainstream schools.
I post a lot because I have to explain things in detail for people who are obviously much cleverer than me.
At least the OP knows these things now you pedantic old boogers.