User manual

PROCEDURE
1. In Setup mode, select a player in the Players panel for whom you want to hide/show chord
diagrams.
2. Right-click the player and choose one of the following options from the context menu:
● To show chord diagrams, choose Chord Diagrams > [Fretted instrument and tuning].
For example, to show chord diagrams for a guitar in DADGAD tuning, choose Chord
Diagrams > DADGAD guitar tuning.
● To hide chord diagrams, choose Chord Diagrams > No Chord Diagrams.
RESULT
Chord diagrams are shown alongside all chord symbols for the selected player, as appropriate
for the selected fretted instrument and tuning. Dorico Elements shows the simplest shape
available for each chord, that is, shapes with the most open strings, easy barré positions, or
nger positions closest to the nut.
If no chord diagram is available for a chord symbol, an empty chord diagram is shown.
TIP
You can edit empty chord diagrams to save a new chord diagram shape.
EXAMPLE
Chord symbols shown but chord diagrams hidden
Chord diagrams shown (standard guitar tuning)
RELATED LINKS
Inputting chord symbols on page 253
Hiding/Showing chord symbols on page 600
Edit Strings and Tuning dialog on page 116
Changing the open pitches of fretted instrument strings on page 118
Importing fretted instrument tunings on page 118
Hiding/Showing used chord diagrams grids
You can hide/show grids that contain all chord diagrams used in each ow in each layout
independently. By default, used chord diagrams grids display standard guitar tuning chord
diagrams but you can change this to show chord diagrams for any fretted instrument or tuning.
Used chord diagrams grids are commonly used in lead sheets for pop and rock music. They are
typically shown instead of chord diagrams alongside chord symbols in the music to save vertical
space and so they can appear at a larger scale size, making the details of each chord diagram
easier to read.
Chord diagrams
Hiding/Showing used chord diagrams grids
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