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Working with symbols
You can edit the symbol at any time by double-clicking it,
changing the settings in the dialog and clicking Apply.
Note that you can also access the symbols you have de-
fined in the guitar library by right-clicking a guitar symbol –
see below.
Ö If you select “Make Chord Symbol” from the context
menu, the corresponding chord symbol will be displayed
above the guitar symbol. This function is very useful when
writing lead sheets, for example.
Using the guitar library
The above method is fine if you only want to add a few
chord symbols to your score. If you need a lot of chord
symbols, or if you are using chord symbols in a lot of dif-
ferent scores, you can gather all your chord symbols in a
“guitar library” instead. This way you don’t need to recre-
ate the same chord symbol over and over again.
Defining chord symbols
1. Double-click on one of the symbols in the Guitar Sym-
bols tab in the Inspector to open the guitar library.
Alternatively, you can open the Score Settings–Project page and select
the “Guitar Library” subpage.
2. To add a guitar chord symbol to the library, click the
New button.
A chord symbol appears in the list to the left.
3. To edit the chord symbol, double-click it in the list.
This opens the Guitar Symbol dialog, as when editing a chord symbol in
the score.
• The symbol you create will also be “interpreted” and its
name will be displayed to the right of the fretboard symbol.
This can also be edited by double-clicking if you like.
• To sort the available symbols in the library according to
their root notes, click the Sort button.
• To remove a symbol from the library, select it in the list
and click Remove.
• To save the current library as a separate file, select
“Save…” from the Functions pop-up menu.
A file dialog appears, allowing you to specify a name and location for the
file.
• To load a guitar library file, select “Load current Pane…”
from the Functions pop-up menu.
In the file dialog that appears, locate and open the desired guitar library
file.
There are also two additional checkboxes in the Guitar
Library dialog:
Inserting symbols from the library
Apart from the “Use for ’Make Chords’” option above,
there are two ways to insert symbols from the guitar library
into the score:
• Use the Functions pop-up menu in the Guitar Library
subpage of the Score settings–Project page when creat-
ing or editing guitar symbols.
• Right-click on a guitar symbol in the score and select a
chord symbol from the Presets submenu on the context
menu.
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Loading a guitar library file replaces the current
library!
Option Description
Use for ’Make
Chords’
When this is activated, and you use the “Make Chord
Symbol” function (see “Using Make Chord Symbol” on
page 582), the program will insert guitar symbols as well
as regular chords (if any fitting guitar symbols can be
found). If there are several guitar symbols for a certain
chord in the Guitar Library, the first one will be used.
Small Display If this is activated, the chord symbols in the list will be
displayed in the size they will have in the score. If it is de-
activated, the symbols will be displayed in a larger size,
for easier editing.