User Guide

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions
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Chord Types to Include
You can decide which types of chords should be included
in the chord solo.
Best Chords
The most commonly played chords by pro guitarists.
Good chords
Popular alternate chords.
Advanced chords
Chords that are difficult to play, advanced voicings.
Unusual chords
Voicings that should be avoided in most cases but have some uses.
Barre chords
Chords that require the index finger to be played in a Barre position.
Include Open Strings
(Never/ Sometimes/ Favor)
If set to Never, no chords that require and open string will be played.
If set to Favor, it will play open strings whenever possible.
Sometimes is a “middle ground” setting.
Include Chords with this # of Notes
You can select the # of notes for chords to be included in the chord solo. In the example above, chords with 2-6
notes will be included.
Embellish Chords
Embellish how often: Allows you to specify the frequency of embellishment.
Embellishment type: Allows setting of the types of embellishments to do.
- Pop Guitarists should be set to use 9ths only. This will change C7 chords to C9 and Cm7 to Cm9.
- The “7ths/9ths” setting should be used for Jazz. This adds the embellishments of C to Cmaj7 and Cm to Cm7.
- The “7/9/11/13” embellishment should be used for “Advanced Jazz” Guitarists add 11ths and 13ths voicings.
If you make changes to the Guitarist settings, you need to manually save them by pressing the [Save As] button and
then finding the \bb home directory and saving the file as DEFAULT.GIT.
Individual Guitarists can be copied, pasted, exported, or imported to/from disk.