Temporarily Hiding or Permanently Removing Chord Names

You can temporarily hide chord names so that they are not displayed. Composer shows or hides chord names indepedently in each score part. For example, you can show chord names in a keyboard or piano part and hide them in a vocal part.

You can also permanently remove chord names from the song.

To hide chord names in the current score part:

1.      With the mouse, navigate to the Chord Palette.

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 Type SHIFT+C. If the Clef Palette is displayed, type SHIFT+C a second time for the Chord Palette.

2.      In the Chord Name Menu, turn off the checkmark by the Show Chord Names menu item.

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Click to toggle off the Show Chord Names button in the Chord Name Palette.

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Type "qscn" for Quick Show (or Hide) Chord Name.

To show chord names that have been hidden:

     Repeat the above procedure to toggle on the Show Chord Names checkmark in the Chord menu, or click to toggle on the Show Chord Names button.

To permanently remove all chord names from the song.

     Choose the Remove Chord Names command in the Chord menu.

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