User Manual

13.10
To help guide live musicians, a mainstay of jazz and popular sheet music is an on-going display of primary chord
changes. This is strictly for musicians reading your score: Notion does not include this information for playback.
Examples of chord names for musicians reading your score.
The text you use to name chords becomes an integral part of your le: if you transpose the score to another key, the chord
names update automatically. You have the option of showing chord names (detailed on this page) or chord diagrams.
Add Chord Name by Typing
1. Ensure you are in Edit mode.
2. To start the chord name feature, press Shift + C once, or:
»The word CHORD displays in your Music Cursor.
3. Place the Music Cursor over a note or Tab mark at the beat you want
the chord to start.
4. Click the mouse or press Enter.
» A temporary text box appears.
5. Type the name of the chord. Spaces will be ignored. Valid entries include:
Root Quality Added Tone Bass Note
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
plus #, b
Maj, min, m, Maj7, m7, min7, sus, sus2, aug, dim,
+, o (letter)
2, 6, 7, 9, aug9, dim9, 11, aug11, dim11, 13,
aug13, dim13
/A, /B, /C, /D, /E, /F, /G, plus #, b
6. For diminished Enter 0 (zero), half diminished %, diamond $, triangle ^. (These shortcuts may not work with all
fonts.)
7. Click anywhere in the score area.
» The chord name becomes part of your score.
Add Chord Name by Clicking in the Chord Library
Alternately, you can create a chord name by clicking options on the chord library. The main advantage with this
method is you don’t have to memorize the available options: you see them all and simply “click to build.”
Chord Library (default C).
Chord Names