Event Display - Chords & Pitches

Pitch Notation
  • Note Name

    Allows you to select how chord symbols are displayed. You can choose English, German, or Solfège.

  • Naming Format

    Allows you to determine how MIDI note names are displayed in editors, etc.

  • Display ‘Bb’ as ‘B’

    Displays ‘B’ as a pitch name. This is only available if you selected English in the Note Name pop-up menu.

  • Display ‘B’ as ‘H’

    Displays ‘H’ as a pitch name. This is only available if you selected English in the Note Name pop-up menu.

  • Enharmonics from Chord Track

    Uses the chord events on the chord track to determine if enharmonically equivalent notes in the Key Editor and in the List Editor are displayed as sharp or flat.

Chord Font

Allows you to specify a font for all chord symbols.

Chord Symbols

Allows you to select your preferred display method for major 7th chords, minor chords, half-diminished chords, diminished chords, and augmented chords.

Custom Chord Symbols

Allows you to modify the default chord symbols that are used on the chord track, for the chord pads, and in the Score Editor.

  • New Custom Chord allows you to add a new custom chord symbol.

  • The options to the left allow you to specify the chord for which you want to change the chord symbol.

  • Click the Type and Tension column and enter your custom symbol.

    Note

    You must define custom symbols for each set of tensions.

  • The Result column shows how the chord will be displayed.

  • The Remove Custom Chord button allows you to remove the custom chord symbol that is selected in the list.

Example

To change the appearance of all minor chords from Xmin to X-, click New Custom Chord, activate 5 and min3/#9 to define the chord type, and change the symbol in the Type column from min to -.