Formatting Chord Names

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Formatting Chord Names

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You can change font style, size, and bold and italic attributes of chord names. You can also specify how certain types of chord names should be displayed, such as Cdim versus C-.

Chord Name Styles that are used when working on a song get saved with a song file, and can be different from the saved Default settings.

For example, if you open a .not file that you then use for a new song, the chord name styles that were initially saved with that song are used when working on the new song, no matter if they are the same as the default or not. However, you can simply use Text/Chords/Chord name styles, and then "Apply Default" to apply the default chord name style settings at any time to a particular song file, at which point the chord name styles will display as the saved default styles. Any subsequent work on the file should also use the applied chord name styles.

 

To change the font type, size of the text, or to change it to bold or italics:

In the General Procedures for Editing Text, see the procedure for Selecting Font Type, Size, and Properties.

To specify how diminished, augmented, and other types of chord names are displayed (Chord Name Styles):

1.With the mouse, navigate to the Chord Name Palette.

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Type SHIFT+C. If the Clef Palette is displayed, type SHIFT+C a second time for the Chord Name Palette.

2.In the Chord Name Menu, choose the Chord Name Display Styles command.

    Musician will display the Chord Name Styles dialog box, as illustrated below:

    ChordName-Styles

3.For each of the types of chords, choose the way you want the chord to be displayed.
4.Click the Save As Default button if you wish the styles to be applied to all songs that you later create or import as MIDI files.
5.Click OK to apply the changes to the currently viewed score.

Chord Name Verification

When saving a file, Musician can verify that chord names are valid for MIDI export.  If it is not, then the chord name will be displayed with brackets around like this "[Abm7912]".  You can either use the Chord Builder to fix such chord names, or you can turn off the feature by selecting "Disabled" as illustrated in the above screen shot if you do not need this verification for your work.