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Tool Bar

The Tool Bar appears at the top of the ChordWizard workspace.  It can be shown or hidden with View-Tool Bar.

 

It provides shortcut buttons for common commands that apply within the whole workspace.  There are also smaller toolbars which contain buttons specific to each view.

 

For more details on these, see the Library Bar, Design Bar, Relations Bar, Scales Bar or Tutorials Bar.

 

A short descriptions of each tool bar button is listed below together with the menu command that it provides a shortcut for.

 

 

Switch Library

Starts the New Library process, where you can create a new library for any instrument, tuning or playing level.

Menu:  File-Switch Library

 

 

New Library

Opens the Switch Library window, where you can open a library for a different instrument, tuning or playing level.

Menu:  File-New Library

 

 

Save Library

Save any changes to the current library.  If the library has not yet been saved to a file, opens the Save Library As window instead.

Menu:  File-Save Library

 

 

Print Report

Opens the Select Report window and then proceeds to print the report or open Report Preview.

Menu:  File-Print Report

 

 

Preview Report

Opens the Select Report window and then proceeds to  Report Preview.

Menu:  File-Preview Report

 

 

Library Options

Opens the Library Options window, which contains a number of different pages of options relating to, and stored with the current library.

Menu:  Options-Library

 

 

Workspace Options

Opens the Workspace Options window, which contains a number of different pages of options for the whole ChordWizard workspace.

Menu:  Options-Workspace

 

 

Set Filter

Opens the Set Filter window, where you can view or change any of the criteria of the current filter.

Menu:  Filter-Set

 

 

Remove Filter

Clears all of the criteria of the current filter.  This command is disabled if there is currently no filter.

Menu:  Filter-Remove

 

 

Note Overlay Labels

Shows overlay labels for the notes of the chord or scale filter criteria in the current workspace view.

Menu:  Filter-Overlay-Note Labels

 

 

Degree Overlay Labels

Shows overlay labels for the degrees of the chord or scale filter criteria in the current workspace view.

Menu:  Filter-Overlay-Degree Labels

 

 

Color Overlay Labels

Toggles between single color or full color overlay labels for the current workspace view.

Menu:  Filter-Overlay-Color Labels

 

 

Tuner

Opens the Tuner tool, which you can use to tune your actual instrument and make sure the sounds you play are the same as those that ChordWizard plays.

Menu:  Tools-Tuner

 

 

Metronome

Opens the Metronome tool, which gives a both an audible and visual metronome beat to practice playing against.

Menu:  Tools-Metronome

 

 

Relations Tool

Opens the Relations tool, which allows you to see which scales and chords are related to each other by the notes they are made up of. 

Menu:  Tools-Relations

 

 

Notes To Chords

Opens the Notes To Chords tool, which analyzes the set of notes you enter, and displays the chords which contain these notes.

Menu:  Tools-Notes To Chords

 

 

Notes To Scales

Opens the Notes To Scales tools, which identifies the scale(s) that a melody is based on, when you enter the notes found in the melody.

Menu:  Tools-Notes To Scales

 

 

Chords To Scales

Opens the Chords To Scales tools, which identifies the scale(s) that a chord sequence is based on, when you enter these chords.

Menu:  Tools-Chords To Scales