Reference Guide

1090 Notation and lyrics

Chords and marks

The Staff view lets you add and edit chord symbols, dynamic markings, hairpin symbols, and pedal

events. Like notes, these symbols are placed in the score with the Draw Freehand tool. They can be

selected, cut, copied, pasted, deleted, and dragged and dropped. With the exception of pedal

marks, though, these symbols have no audible effect; they serve only to enhance and clarify the

printed score.

See:

“Adding chord symbols” on page 1090

“Adding expression marks” on page 1093

“Adding hairpin symbols” on page 1094

“Adding pedal marks” on page 1095

Adding chord symbols

The Staff view lets you enter chord symbols above the staff. You can enter both ordinary chord

names and guitar chord symbols, which display both the chord name and fingering. SONAR has a

large number of predefined chords from which you can choose. You can also define and save your

own chords.

If a track is split into treble/bass staves, chords are allowed only above the upper (treble) staff.

SONAR stores its library of chords in the file Chords.liw. The chords in the library are sorted into

groups. You can add and remove chords from the library, create new groups (i.e., for alternative

guitar tunings), and add chords from a different library file.

You edit chords in the Chord Properties dialog box. Chord properties are shown in the following

table.

The Chord Properties dialog box also lets you draw guitar chord grids and manage the chord

library.

You can suppress the display of all guitar chord diagrams by deselecting the Show Chord Grids

option in the Staff view's Layout dialog box. With this option disabled, only chord text appears.

Property Meaning

Time The time of the chord, in measure, beat, and tick (MBT) format

Name The name of the chord

Group The chord group

Table 191.