Conflict of Slash Chord with D.C. Text on bottom line

[rhuebscher]

I have a Slash Chord as the last chord of my song. Beneath, there is a text "D.S. al Coda". Now the bass tone of the slash chord overwrites the D.S. al Coda text. I can move the text only upwards, not downwards, probably because I'm on the lowest line.
Any hints how to resolve this?
Thanks, Rene from Switzerland

 

[pdxdjazz]

While there is no way to directly resolve the dilemma of limited space under a measure for both necessary text instructions and slash-chords here are two ways you could try that would convey the required information to both the iRp player and the reader.

1. As you stated, the D.S. text could be raised to just above the chord. The player would still understand the instruction and the bass note would be visible. The raised DS text could be confusing to the reader especially if raised so high that it might be associated with the measure above.

2. Leave the text at the bottom overwriting the bass note. Using the alternate chord feature (small chords displayed above the staff), add just the obscured bass note using the invisible chord and the slash.

I would probably use the 1st option because I can read/understand it more easily, but that would depend on the specific chart.
)BOB

 

[pdxdjazz]

Here’s a specific chart where I could solve the issue by adjusting the length of the measures in the final line. This may not work in charts with more chords as the player may show an “incorrect spacing” error message. It works ok here.
)BOB

 

[rhuebscher]

Hi Bob
This worked very well, thank you!