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Working with symbols
• To add a capodaster number, click to the left of the
symbol.
Consecutive clicks allow you to step through the possibilities.
• You can also add a capodaster symbol (a line over the
strings), by setting the “Capo String” parameter to a value
higher than 0.
By adjusting the Capo End and Start values, you can create capodaster
symbols that span fewer strings.
• Use the “Size” value field to adjust the size of the chord
symbol.
• If you want the symbol to be horizontal, activate the
“Horizontal” checkbox.
• To display more or fewer frets than the default six,
change the “Frets” value.
4. Click Apply.
The guitar symbol appears in the score.
• Clicking the Insert Notes button will insert the actual
notes in the chord into the score.
You can also right-click on a guitar symbol and select “Insert Notes” from
the context menu.
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 do not have 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.
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Loading a guitar library file replaces the current
library!