Guitar Chords

Chords in NotePad do not follow a particular note, so you’ll want to add the chords after you’ve finished entering all notes that might affect the spacing and layout of the page. PrintMusic and Finale have a dedicated Chord Tool that is much more sophisticated and transpose with changes in the key signature.

• Click the Text Tool . The Text Menu appears.

• From the Text Menu, choose Attach to Measures.

• Double-click where you want the marking.

• Select font, size and style from the Text Menu. Skip this step if the default Text Block settings are the ones you want to use.

• Type the guitar chord. For musical characters, such as #, b or n, select the character, then click on the Text Menu and choose Font. Set the font to Maestro 24, and click OK. In the Maestro font, shift-3, b or n represent the sharp, flat and natural characters. See Maestro Font Character Set for more details.

• Click outside the text block when you’re finished typing a chord.

• Double-click to create a new text block for the next guitar chord. See Text blocks for more information.