I personally think that, while the ideas in here about having Cakewalk automatically detect the chords, etc., are interesting, I think because the complications they bring to implementing them in Cakewalk is the reason we don't have a "chord track" yet, even though it was requested years ago.
I personally would be happy with just a second arranger track that appears below the main arranger track and serves to sub-divide the main sections. As with main arranger sections, I could manually type in sub-section names, and those names could just as well be chord labels. To keep it simple, no sub-section could overlap two or more main sections. This would be a true nesting of one level. When a section of the main arranger track is moved or copied, the corresponding sub-sections of the second track are moved or copied with it. If a main section is made smaller or larger, any sub-sections at the boundaries would be cut or expanded as needed.
And that's it. I personally need no other functionality beyond this - no auto chord detection, etc.
Just having this functionality would be most welcome, even if I have to manually type in chord names, because it would allow me to harmonically orient where I am in the song. I often manually edit virtual midi instrument parts in Cakewalk, (either from scratch or from existing midi notes), and just knowing which chord I'm supposed to be on in a given measure would help immensely in choosing various alternative notes and placement, etc. Currently, I sometimes use the main arranger track to type in chord names, but it would be nice to have chord names and an indication of which part of the song I'm on. It would be nice to have both.
Implementing a second arranger section in this manner would be a "baby step" towards the more complicated functionality of auto-chord detection, global edits of chords, etc. As a "baby step", it would stand a better chance of being implemented in the not-so-distant future.
