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Working with chords
Global chord settings
Global chord settings
In the Score Settings dialog on the Project page (Chord Symbols subpage), there are
several global settings that affect how chords are displayed. These settings affect all
chords in the project.
Ö There are several options in the Preferences dialog (Event Display–Chords) that also
affect how chords are displayed.
Chord Symbols
Chord Symbols Font
• Use the four size value fields to select sizes for the root, the type, the tension, and
the bass of a chord.
You can type in values or use the pop-up menus. Normally, you would want the
“Root” size to be the largest and the “Tension” size to be the smallest.
Options
• If you want the root note to be aligned with the bass note, so that they are both
displayed at the same vertical position, activate “Align Bass Note”.
• If you want the tensions to be displayed at the same vertical position as the root
note (rather than a bit above the root note), activate “Tension Bottom”.
• If you want to scale a staff by using the Size setting on the Options tab of the Staff
page in the Score Settings dialog and want the chords to be scaled accordingly,
activate “Scale Chords”.
• If you want the chord symbols to be affected by the Display Transpose setting on
the Staff page of the Score Settings dialog, activate “Use Display Transpose”.