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Drawing Connections Between Chords

A chord path starts with a beginning signpost chord, ends at an end signpost chord, and can pass through multiple connection chords on the way. You can extend a path from any chord to any other chord that begins at least one beat later. Multiple direct connections between the same pair of chords, with no intervening chords, are not possible.

To begin a path, locate a beginning signpost chord, which is marked by a triangular start symbol. Click the small rectangle, called the connection box, on the right side of the signpost chord. The connection box is shown in the following figure.

Connection box

Drag the mouse to a chord at least one beat to the right and release the button. A line is drawn between the two chords, and a new connection box is added to the first chord, as shown in the following figure.

Connecting two chords

Extend the path by drawing lines from each connection chord to the next, until you reach an end signpost chord. Typically, you do not place chords to the right of an end signpost, and no connection should extend from an end signpost's connection box. However, you can choose to create Linear Chordmaps with signpost chords at various points.

To make a branch in the path, draw a connection from the lowest connection box on a chord. Each time you make another connection, a new, unused connection box is added.

A new connection remains selected and is shown in red until you click elsewhere. To select a connection later, click its connection box.

To redirect a connection, click its connection box and draw a new connection. The old connection is replaced by the new one.

Edit the properties of the selected connection in the Connection Properties window. You can also delete the selected connection by pressing DELETE or by using the shortcut menu.


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