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TIP

If you do not want to show chord symbol signposts, choose View > Signposts > Chord Symbols.

Chord symbol signposts are shown when a tick appears beside Chord Symbols in the menu, and

hidden when no tick appears.

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Signposts on page 122

Hiding/Showing the root and quality of chord symbols

You can hide the root and quality of chord symbols if they follow another chord symbol with the

same root and quality, but have a different altered bass note.

PROCEDURE

1. Select the chord symbols whose root and quality you want to hide.

2. In the Properties panel, activate Hide root and quality in the Chord Symbols group.

3. Activate/Deactivate the corresponding checkbox.

RESULT

The root and quality of the selected chord symbols are hidden when the checkbox is activated,

and shown when the checkbox is deactivated.

Positions of chord symbols

By default, chord symbols are centered horizontally on the middle of the front notehead in the

rst voice column, at the rhythmic position to which they are attached.

NOTE

The front notehead is the notehead on the correct side of the stem at that rhythmic position.

Their vertical positions in full scores is determined by the staves above which they are set to

appear. This also affects in which part layouts chord symbols appear.

Alignment of chord symbols relative to notes and chords

You can change whether chord symbol text is left-aligned above the notehead, center-aligned

above the notehead, or right-aligned above the notehead, although right-aligned typically

produces unclear results.

You can change the horizontal alignment of individual chord symbols by activating Alignment in

the Chord Symbols group of the Properties panel and selecting an option from the menu.

Alignment of chord symbols across the system

Chord symbols are aligned at the same vertical position across the width of the system by

default.