Hey Knopf,
now I understand what you mean…damn…Dorico ONLY writes Eb2, if you enter the text ‘Ebsus2’. They should change that, cause I think it’s wrong.
yep, I think the same…
There’s two schools of thought when it comes to options like this.
- Dorico should includes features even if it’s considered poor engraving.
- Dorico should not include features that are considered poor engraving.
I know its unpopular, but I fall into the second category. Often, software defaults become what people are used to, and that results with people advocating for whatever the defaults are without considering whether its correct or not. A similar argument comes up when people request “8vb” as an engraving option for octave lines.
In this case, it is incorrect incorrect to write D7(13) or Asus7. By not including these as options, they will (hopefully) fall out of use, along with 8vb.
I understand that this is frustrating for some users, but that is only because they are used to the notation they use and changing your view on something like this can be difficult.
Here is a chord symbol spelling sheet written by Darcy James Argue. It provides a recommended spelling for several chord symbols, along with reasons behind the decisions.
Aside from general disagreement with any version of ‘correct’ I’ve ever seen, I do some part replacement work. These require verbatim copies of whatever was there in the first place. Very presumptuous to disagree with Basie’s arrangers that used b13 to mean augmented. Anyone with experience would think twice before including the fifth in that. Same with 8va and 8vb - they are concise conveyors of information, easy to read, easy to write.
Hi, lets say a edit a Cm7 chord. Is it possible to apply those changes to all minor 7 chords like Am7, Bbm7, C#m7 etc ?
It depends on the nature of the edit. Please refer to this other recent thread: