X-53mph Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 (edited) Does anyone know of a guitar chord writing software where you can paint in the dots? I've got Scaler 2, but it limits you to the 'known' chords in it's database. I'm interested in writing down 'uncommon' chords which may not be in most databases. I've also tried some of the free software that comes up on Google, but none of them seem to do what I want (or perhaps I'm just not aware that they can). At the moment, I write my chores on paper (so archaic), but I'd quite like to be able to organise them into sheet music with lyrics. Any help is greatly appreciated. Cheers Edited May 15 by X-53mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-53mph Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 Don't worry. I've found one. ChordPic.com Or Chord Library (android app) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSteven Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 (edited) In the past I used this https://www.neckdiagrams.com/ Not free but it's a full featured app designed for this kind of thing. Comes with templates, scale generator, etc. Edited June 3 by TheSteven grammar tweaks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 On 5/15/2024 at 9:19 AM, X-53mph said: Does anyone know of a guitar chord writing software where you can paint in the dots? I've got Scaler 2, but it limits you to the 'known' chords in it's database. I'm interested in writing down 'uncommon' chords which may not be in most databases. I've also tried some of the free software that comes up on Google, but none of them seem to do what I want (or perhaps I'm just not aware that they can). At the moment, I write my chores on paper (so archaic), but I'd quite like to be able to organise them into sheet music with lyrics. Any help is greatly appreciated. Cheers I'm not sure what you mean by "paint in the dots", but all Cakewalk programs I have ever used have tools to write chords. You can use the Staff View with the internal Fret View to click in notes on the fretboard. Those notes will appear in the Staff. You can click notes in the Staff and they will appear on the fretboard when played. Usually. Sometimes a note is missed which I've always written off as my slow computers/graphics issues. You can open the Chord dialog which has a database of over 1,000 chords you can click in above the Staff. It defaults to 'C' but clicking on that will open up the complete chord writing app in Cakewalk. You can open a New Grid, click in whatever notes you want, name it, save it and use that diagram whenever you want. Note that entering a chord diagram above the Staff will not enter the notes on the Staff, you still have to do that manually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-53mph Posted June 11 Author Share Posted June 11 @57Gregy Thanks for pointing that out to me. I've never used that function in CbB before. I have to say though, playing around with it this morning, it's not exactly user friendly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 I have never had anything else, so it works fine for me. Fortunately, I rarely use it, but I know it's there if I need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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