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Working with chords
Global chord settings
On the Score Settings–Project page (Chord Symbols and
Notation Fonts subpages), there are several global set-
tings that affect how chords are displayed. These settings
affect all chords in the project.
Chord Symbols
Use the four sections of radio buttons to specify how the
four most common chord types should be displayed:
• If you want the root (key) note to be aligned with the
bass note, so that they are both displayed at the same ver-
tical position, activate “Align Root Note”.
• If you want the tensions to be displayed at the same ver-
tical position as the root note (rather than a bit above the
root note), activate “Tension Bottom”.
• Activate “Scale Chords” to scale a staff (using the Size
setting on the Options tab on the Score Settings–Staff
page), and want the chords to be scaled accordingly.
• Activate “Use Display Transpose” if you want the chord
symbols to be affected by the Display Transpose setting
on the Score Settings–Staff page.
• To apply the settings to your score, click “Apply to
Chords”.
Notation Fonts
• Use the Score Font pop-up to select a font for the dis-
play of note heads, clefs etc.
Available are Legacy, Classical and Jazz.
• Use the Chord Symbols Font pop-up to select a font for
the chords.
Cubase comes with its own font for this (Steinberg Chord Symbols), but
you can also pick any other available font from the pop-up menu.
• Use the four size value fields to select sizes for the four
different chord “elements”.
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 the smallest.
• Use the radio buttons at the bottom to select a chord
display mode.
This affects how the key and bass notes are displayed:
Option Description
English Regular notation.
DoReMi “Do-Re-Mi-…” are used instead of “C-D-E-…”
German As English notation, but “B” is displayed as “H”, and “Bb”
or “A#” are displayed as “B”.