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Working with symbols
3. Click in the score, at the position where you want the
symbol to appear.
The Guitar Symbol dialog appears.
• To put a black dot on any fret and string, click on it.
To remove it, click again.
• To add a symbol just above the string, outside the fret-
board, click there.
Consecutive clicks allow you to select between a ring (open string), a
cross (do not play this string) and no symbol.
• 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 inserts 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 that you de
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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 is 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
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ferent scores, you can gather all your chord symbols in a
“guitar library” instead. This way you do not have to recre
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ate the same chord symbol over and over again.
Defining chord symbols
1. In the Symbols Inspector, double-click on one of the
symbols on the Guitar Symbols tab to open the guitar li
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brary.
Alternatively, you can open the Score Settings dialog on the 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.