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ChordSong Help

This is a copy of the user Help manual from the ChordSong program, reproduced here for your convenience.

HELP CONTENTS

What Is ChordSong?
System Requirements
Obtaining the .NET Framework
Obtaining DirectX
Introduction to Using ChordSong
How to Use ChordSong (Details)
Adding Chords to Your Song
The Chord Grid
The Top Chords Window
Changing the Bass Note
Custom Chord Symbols
Diatonic Chords
Playing Your Song
Creating a Melody
Creating Melody Notes
Playing Notes Before You Add Them
Controlling Note Length
Deleting Notes
Harmonies (Polynotes)
Beat Fractions (Quantizing)
The Lines & Spaces Staff
Adding Instruments
Adding Lyrics
Adding Lines of Text
Changing Key
Adjusting Beat Spacing
Creating Audio Files
Learning to Write Music
Menu Commands Reference
Uninstalling ChordSong
Choose New ChordSong Features

The Top Chords Window

When the Chord Grid has too many chords to choose from, the Top Chords window (or just Tops for short) gives you just a few common chords which are likely to sound good. You can open the Top Chords window via the Chord > Top Chords menu command.

The chord buttons in the Top Chords window work the same way as the buttons in the Chord Grid: right-click just plays the chord, left-click places the chord in your song.

The chords in the Top Chords window change depending on your song's contents:

When your song is empty, the Top Chords window shows you the most common chords to start your song.
Once your song has chords, the Top Chords window guesses what key your song is in and shows you the chords that work well in that key. For example, if the first chord in your song is Dm, then the Top Chords window shows you chords that work well in the key of D minor.

The Top Chords window orders its chords roughly from most common to less common.