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In the Chord Editor you can define new chords and edit existing ones.

Chord Editor

Chord Editor

Options

When you define a chord, you have the following options:

Name

Here you can define the name of your chord.

aka

Here you can define additional aka names of the chord. (Aka stands for "also known as".) This option takes into account that most of the chords have several different synonyms and different notations respectively. With the help of the aka names you do not have to define a separate chord for each of the synonyms. These additionally defined names can also help if you want to find a chord. The global action Extras → Open Chord... considers all defined names (including the aka names) of your chords.

Intervals

Here you can specify the intervals which define the chord. Each row represents an interval. In the rows itself all possible names of an individual interval are listed. The most common names are highlighted with a grey background color. In order to add an interval to the chord you just have to check the name of the interval you want.

Comment

In the comment section you can add any kind of information to your chord. The comments have no influence on any calculations.

Related topics

Workbench → Views → Chords
Workbench → Menu → Extras → Open Chord...

Related tasks

Tasks → Manage your Chords and Scales