Changing the alignment of chord symbols relative to notes

You can change the horizontal alignment of individual chord symbols relative to notes, independently of your project-wide setting. For example, you might center-align wide chord symbols to avoid collisions with barlines. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing Graphic Editing button is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

  • You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

  1. Select the chord symbols whose alignment you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Alignment in the Chord Symbols group.
  3. Select one of the following alignment options from the menu:

    • Left

    • Center

    • Right

Result

The alignment of the selected chord symbols is changed. Note spacing is automatically adjusted to avoid collisions with adjacent chord symbols.

If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

Tip

You can change the default horizontal alignment of all chord symbols project-wide in Engraving Options > Chord Symbols > Position.

Example

Figure 1. Left-aligned G#dim7 chord symbol on beat 3
Figure 2. Center-aligned G#dim7 chord symbol on beat 3
Figure 3. Right-aligned G#dim7 chord symbol on beat 3