This horse has been flogged so much it has scars. Peter Gannon has explained it, and we've had work arounds, however with music as math, and a computer based formulae, it makes sense.

All kinds of people who are new to the software get full of agnst over it. I play in a Brass Band and the notation we are given, often done at the turn of the century before the last, ie around 1890 to 1910 has some weird stuff in it. We get photocopies of the piece so I use markers, white out and pencils. It is what it is.

I'll get the cane and go to the computer downstairs (this one is linux and does not have the box band on it, and pen an answer of sorts and see if I can find an old thread on chords.

John Conley
Musica est vita