Chord names and diagrams
Scores now show the chords written in them, by name and with their diagrams. Pro members can name a chord over any beat in the editor, type its diagram or read it from the notes.
Chords in the score
When a Guitar Pro or MusicXML file names its chords, the player now shows them over the staff, each over its beat. A chord with a diagram is drawn with it: the strings, the dots where they're fretted, ○ over an open string and × over one that isn't played. A diagram higher up the neck says which fret it starts at.
Naming chords (Pro)
Put the cursor on a beat and press Shift+C, or open Chord in the editor's toolbar.
- Type the chord's name: Am, G/B, E5, F#m7b5.
- Type its diagram the way guitarists write it, lowest string first, with x for a string that isn't played: x02210. Put spaces between frets past 9: x 10 12 12 11 10.
- Or press From the notes: the diagram is read from the frets on the beat, and the chord is named for you.
- Chords you've already used in the track are in a list, ready to use again.
- Tick change it on every beat with this chord to fix a chord everywhere it's used.
- Remove takes the chord off the beat.
On a piano track a chord is just a name.
Chords are saved with the score and open in Guitar Pro. A MusicXML download has them as chord symbols with their diagrams.