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Inserting Chords in the Chord Path Window

A chord can be placed at any position in the Chord Path window, and you can insert any number of chords in the window. Chords you place in the window can be signpost chords or connection chords.

A chord can be entered in any of the following ways:

After entering a chord, you can convert it from a connection chord to a signpost chord, or the other way around, by using Toggle Beginning Signpost or Toggle End Signpost commands on the shortcut menu.

When you insert a new, default chord in the Chord Path window, it is displayed as follows.

New connection chord

A newly inserted chord is red, indicating that it is selected. The default new chord is 2CM. If you change the tonic chord in the palette or choose a different key for the chordmap, the default chord is different.

After you insert a chord, you can reposition it within the Chord Path window by dragging it. Open the Chord Properties window to set its name and behavior.

After you place a chord in the Chord Path window, you can edit its properties without affecting any other chords. However, in the case of signpost chords, you must keep the name and properties of the pairs of beginning and end signpost chords equal, as well as the corresponding chord in the Signpost list. For more information, see Maintaining Chord Consistency.

Signpost chords must occur in a segment on measure boundaries. Therefore, you must position signpost chords in the Chord Path window so they occur on the first beat of a measure. The exception to this is when you create a chordmap with variable chord durations. See Fixed and Variable Connection Lengths.


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