Did you know that you can enter chords on your MIDI keyboard to create Chord Symbols over the staff?
If you would like Finale to recognize MIDI entry to generate chord symbols, choose Allow MIDI Input from the Chord Menu. For many of Finale’s existing chord libraries, this is all you need to do; with the Chord Tool selected, you’ll be able to play in (typically root position) chord voicings on your MIDI keyboard to produce chord symbols at the bar and beat locations you specify.
Depending on the chord library you choose, you might find that an existing chord library or a particular chord symbol within the library doesn’t recognize your chord entry.
Only chords that have been defined for MIDI entry will produce Chord Symbol text.
Fortunately, it is straightforward to enter new MIDI chord definitions which can be used to generate a specific chord symbols:
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