Chord Symbol No Superscript

Version 01.35.00
Added 12 Jan 2006 (last updated 19 Feb 2019)

For use with Sibelius 3.x, Sibelius 4, Sibelius 4.1, Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6, Sibelius 7.1, Sibelius 7.5, Sibelius 8.x, Sibelius 18.x, Sibelius 19.x, Sibelius 20.x, Sibelius 21.x, Sibelius 22.x, Sibelius 23.x and Sibelius 24.x

Changes the numeric characters, flat, or sharp symbols in chord symbols to a font of your choice in which the characters are not superscripted. The most likely replacement font choices are Opus PlainChords or Inkpen2 Text, but you can type in any font you like. There is no way for the plug-in to validate the existence of the font, so please type carefully!

Only single numbers will be changed, not stacked digits. Do not use the \\\'flat\\\' option if you are using lower case \\\'b\\\' characters that are not flat symbols, as all lower case \\\'b\\\'s will be changed.

By default, all numbers and accidentals will have the font applied. If you need more control over which characters change, use Advanced Options, which allows you to have, for example, only numbers or accidentals not in extensions un-subscripted. So as an example, you could have Abmaj7b5, and in Opus Chords font all the numbers and accidentals are superscripted. By applying various options, the b following the A can be normal, but the b following the 7 can be subscripted; the 7 can be un-subscripted, while the 5 can be subscripted.

The resulting text objects can have multiple fonts; if you add new chords, they changes will not be applied, but the plug-in can be re-run as needed.

Since any font can be typed in, you can choose different fonts with the proper characteristics to add superscripts rather than removing them, and other options as well.

While this does work in Sibelius 5, it should rarely be needed. Its function is taken by the Chords(superscript root accidental) Word menu in the Chord Symbol text style.

Updated 1 Feb 2015 to respell menu name. No code change.

Updated 18 February 2019 changed version number on download page to match file (01.35.00)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Convert Legacy Chord Symbols

Version 01.45.30
Added 23 Jun 2009 (last updated 07 Oct 2024)

For use with Sibelius 6, Sibelius 7.1, Sibelius 7.5, Sibelius 8.x, Sibelius 18.x, Sibelius 19.x, Sibelius 20.x, Sibelius 21.x, Sibelius 22.x, Sibelius 23.x and Sibelius 24.x

__Converts legacy text chord symbols to Sib 6-style chord symbols, or Sib 6 chords to legacy text chord symbols. __Updated 9 August 2011 for Sib 7 dialog control changes __Updated 8 September 2012 adding option to use plain text rather than formatted text when converting to Legacy chord symbols. __Updated 1 February 2016. Added code to retain the horizontal and vertical offsets of the original text or chord symbol objects. Internally, the code was restructured to move most of the processing out of the Run routine into ProcessSelection. This should have no effect on the output. __Updated 27 November 2017. Moved check for chords symbols in selection to after the dialog so the setting for which type to look for could be set by the user. Otherwise one combination would be impossible without selecting entire score. __Updated 2 December 2018. Version 01.40.00. Add support for some new chord symbol fonts. __Updated 4 December 2018. Version 01.40.20. Added option to select all converted symbols at the end of the plugin. __Updated 23 February 2019. Version 01.40.40. Add support for some new chord symbol fonts. __Updated 23 December 2021. Version 01.41.00. Plugin can now be called externally. __Updated 10 July 2022. Version 01.43.00. Added support for some special text in Bernie's chord fonts. __Updated 18 October 2022. Version 01.44.00. Added New macro-plugin support. __Updated 24 July 2023. Version 01.44.10. Changed call to utils.IsPluginFileAvailable which did not exist, to call Rethythm.IsPluginFileAvailable, which exists in an accessible shipping plugin. __Updated 03 March 2024. Version 01.44.20. Updated to support New Plugin button. Needs updated Execute Commands, cmdutils, and New Plugin Lib. __Updated 7 October 2024. Version 01.45.30. Updated the version number reported in this database. The previous reported version number (01.44.20) was incorrect. The version number in the file was, and is, 01.45.30. No changes to the code were made.

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Nashville Chord Numbers

Version 01.25.00
Added 06 Jul 2010 (last updated 28 May 2019)

For use with Sibelius 6, Sibelius 7.1, Sibelius 7.5, Sibelius 8.x, Sibelius 18.x, Sibelius 19.x, Sibelius 20.x, Sibelius 21.x, Sibelius 22.x, Sibelius 23.x and Sibelius 24.x

Converts standard chord symbols to numeric Nashville chord symbols whose root and bass are numbers representing the pitches position in its major scale. It produces legacy chord symbols with numeric roots and bass notes. It will read Sib 6 chords or legacy chords.

It will handle any valid key changes. It uses the current key signature, treated as a major scale, for the numbering, and optionally lets you override the key for a selection.

There is an option in the dialog to convert Nashville chords to standard chords, and another to format Nashville chords with superscripts.

The plugin will only convert chords that can be interpreted by Sib for Sib 6 style chords, so there may be some legacy chords it will not handle.

For Sibelius 7 and later, use the shipping version of this plugin.

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Chord Symbol No Bass

Version 01.02.00
Added 16 Feb 2011 (last updated 07 Mar 2014)

For use with Sibelius 6, Sibelius 7.1, Sibelius 7.5, Sibelius 8.x, Sibelius 18.x, Sibelius 19.x, Sibelius 20.x, Sibelius 21.x, Sibelius 22.x, Sibelius 23.x and Sibelius 24.x

Removes alternate bass notes (/bass) from selected chord names, for either Sib 6 chords or legacy chord symbols. If a chord diagram is present, the fingering will most likely change to reflect the changed chord name.

This could be useful after running the Add Chord Symbols plugin, which has no option to omit the bass notes.

Updated 16Feb 2011 to fix problems with 6/9 and 2/4 chords.

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Bracket Chord Symbols

Version 01.08.00
Added 10 Feb 2012 (last updated 23 Apr 2022)

For use with Sibelius 6, Sibelius 7.1, Sibelius 7.5, Sibelius 8.x, Sibelius 18.x, Sibelius 19.x, Sibelius 20.x, Sibelius 21.x, Sibelius 22.x, Sibelius 23.x and Sibelius 24.x

****Places parentheses around chord symbols, either legacy(text) or chord symbol objects. Doing so will convert "new" chord symbol objects to legacy chords. If the chord symbol displayed a chord diagram, both a chord diagram and a text chord symbols will be displayed.++++ **** The parentheses are not separate symbols, but text which is part of the resulting text object.++++ ****Updated 10 February 2012 to allow you to enter just and open brace or just a closing brace, for use with groups of chords.++++ ****Updates 8 April 2019. Version 01.07.00. Allow more options for bracket characters. ++++ ****Updates 23 April 2022. Version 01.08.00.Option to use unformatted square brackets instead of formatted parens. ++++

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Chord Symbols For Sib 5 Export

Version 01.30.00
Added 08 Sep 2012 (last updated 27 Nov 2017)

For use with Sibelius 6, Sibelius 7.1, Sibelius 7.5, Sibelius 8.x, Sibelius 18.x, Sibelius 19.x, Sibelius 20.x, Sibelius 21.x, Sibelius 22.x, Sibelius 23.x and Sibelius 24.x

Will convert Chord Symbol objects so that if they are text only they will become legacy chord symbols with plain text, and if diagrams, they will become a diagram with no text and a plain-text legacy chord symbol for the text.

The text used in the legacy chord symbols avoids the special characters used for accidentals and other characters in Sib 6 and 7.

This is intended for scores that are to be exported to Sibelius 5 and earlier, which used different text characters in chord symbols.

Updated 27 November 2017 fixed bug with chord diagram only setting

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Respell Chord Symbols

Version 01.13.00
Added 09 May 2013 (last updated 04 Apr 2023)

For use with Sibelius 6, Sibelius 7.1, Sibelius 7.5, Sibelius 8.x, Sibelius 18.x, Sibelius 19.x, Sibelius 20.x, Sibelius 21.x, Sibelius 22.x, Sibelius 23.x and Sibelius 24.x

__This plugin will respell chord symbol names, changing sharps to flats, and so on. Notes and key signatures are not affected. __There are options for how certain chord roots are respelled. Chord root names with accidentals (such as Eb or C#) will change to a natural or single accidental. Natural roots change depending on the option: they can be set to never change, to change to a single accidental (E, F, B, or C), or any natural root can change, possibly producing a double accidental. __Options are retained over Sibelius sessions, and the settings dialog may be hidden after it appears the first time the plugin is run in a Sibelius session. __There are options to respell as sharps and flats, and all flats as sharps. __Updated 3 April 2023. Version 01.13.00. Improved initial selection check to look for chord symbols.

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Add Capo Chord Symbols (Fixed)

Version 02.03.00
Added 08 Dec 2018 (last updated 19 Nov 2019)

For use with Sibelius 6, Sibelius 7.1, Sibelius 7.5, Sibelius 8.x, Sibelius 18.x, Sibelius 19.x, Sibelius 20.x, Sibelius 21.x, Sibelius 22.x, Sibelius 23.x and Sibelius 24.x

This is a replacement (English only) for the shipping plugin Add Capo Chord Symbols(category Chord Symbols). It fixes 2 bugs in the shipping plugin:

1. For English Sibelius 7.5 and later, it fixes a bug where the fret numbers for D/Bm and A/F#m are swapped. In fact, though, the chords will be put in the current transposition when added to the score. This bug is not present in other language versions.

2.Fixed a bug where adding more than one set of capo chords at a time gives incorrect results.

These bugs have been reported and may be fixed in a future Sibelius version, but you can use this plugin if you have a Sibelius version where the fixes are not available. The fixes described are the only changes made to the plugin.

Replaced zip file 18 November 2019. No changes made to code.

Plug-in written by Sibelius Software.

Chord Symbols As Polychords

Version 01.20.30
Added 22 Dec 2018 (last updated 26 Dec 2018)

For use with Sibelius 6, Sibelius 7.1, Sibelius 7.5, Sibelius 8.x, Sibelius 18.x, Sibelius 19.x, Sibelius 20.x, Sibelius 21.x, Sibelius 22.x, Sibelius 23.x and Sibelius 24.x

Takes pairs of selected Chord Symbols or legacy chord symbols and vertically stacks the first of the pair on top of the second, separated by a Text object made of underscore characters in Chord Symbol text style. If the original chord symbols are Chord Symbols objects, the resulting polychord will also be made of Chord Symbol objects. Magnetic Layout is turned off for the resulting polychords.

To use the plugin:

* Select the chord symbols that you want to pair up. Be sure the top chord is either to the left of or on top of the bottom chord.

* Run the plug-in and check that the offsets are what you want. You may need to experiment with the dialog settings if this is a different chord font than the last one you used.

* Check that the chord font family matches or is similar to the Chord Symbol text style. This will make the separator length match the chord symbols.

* If you want to process both slash chords and pairs of chords, you will need to run the plug-in twice. Process the slash chords in the first pass.

Updated 26 December 2018. Version 01.20.30. The plugin now selects any polychords created when the plugin terminates. At least in the case of creating a single polychord this will make it easier to copy the polychord and paste it to another location.

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Chord Symbols As Fractions Single Object

Version 01.46.00
Added 12 Feb 2021 (last updated 13 Feb 2021)

For use with Sibelius 7.1, Sibelius 7.5, Sibelius 8.x, Sibelius 18.x, Sibelius 19.x, Sibelius 20.x, Sibelius 21.x, Sibelius 22.x, Sibelius 23.x and Sibelius 24.x

Derived with permission from the shipping plugin Chord Symbols As Fractions. Original version 01.46.00.

While Chord Symbols As Fractions created 2 or 3 separate Text objects to convert a Slash Chord such as Cm7/G into something with the chord name op top, then a separator of underscores, then the bass name, this plugin will create a single Text object.

John Hinchey proposed this recently, and this plugin is dedicated to him. This mechanism only works in Sib 7+ when you either edit the Chord Symbol Text style to reduce its line spacing from 100% to around 45%, or you run the plugin and reduce the line spacing for any converted symbols to 45% in the Inspector.

The converted symbols will be selected at the end of the plugin to make it easier to use the Inspector, but if you will be doing this a lot, I recommend editing the Chord Symbol Text Style. Since most Chord Symbols are only a single line, doing so is unlikely to have any bad side effects.

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

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