Extras Menu

The Extras Menu of the main menu contains the following actions:

Extras Menu

Extras Menu

Notes Mode

Here you can specify the notes mode. Since certain notes can have several different names (e.g. C# corresponds to Db) you can specify which name(s) shall be used in the views of the application.

Activate Instrument IconActivate Instrument...

Opens a selection dialog which lists all defined instruments. A selected instrument will be activated and be used for all calculations in the future.

Activate Instrument

Activate Instrument

Open Instrument IconOpen Instrument...

Opens a selection dialog which lists all defined instruments. If you select a chord from the list it will be opened in the Instrument Editor.

Open Instrument

Open Instrument

Open Chord IconOpen Chord...

Opens a selection dialog which lists all defined chord names including the aka names (also known as). If you select a chord from the list it will be opened in the Chord Editor. Besides, it is possible to turn a selected aka name into the new main name of the corresponding chord. To do so, you just have to check the box below the names list.
Note: The previous main name will now become another aka name of the chord.

Open Chord

Open Chord

Open Scale IconOpen Scale...

Opens a selection dialog which lists all defined scale names including the aka names (also known as). If you select a scale from the list it will be opened in the Scale Editor. Besides, it is possible to turn a selected aka name into the new main name of the corresponding scale. To do so, you just have to check the box below the names list.
Note: The previous main name will now become another aka name of the scale.

Open Scale

Open Scale

Clean Up Chords IconClean Up Chords...

Opens the wizard for the chord clean-up. Here you can merge chords which are defined by the same intervals. You just have to select a main name for the new (merged) chord. All remaining names will become aka names of the new chord. The names of the intervals will be adopted from the corresponding chord of the selected main name.
Note: The first name of each wizard page is pre-selected. Therefore, you can close the wizard and start the clean-up at any time by clicking Finish. However, it is recommended to visit all wizard pages and define the particular main names yourself.

Clean Up Chords

Clean Up Chords

Clean Up Scales IconClean Up Scales...

Opens the wizard for the scale clean-up. Here you can merge scales which are defined by the same intervals. To do so, you just have to select a main name for the new (merged) scale. All remaining names will become aka names of the new scale. The names of the intervals will be adopted from the corresponding scale of the selected main name.
Note: The first name of each wizard page is pre-selected. herefore, you can close the wizard and start the clean-up at any time by clicking Finish. However, it is recommended to visit all wizard pages and define the particular main name yourself.

Clean Up Scales

Clean Up Scales

Play Sound IconPlay Sound

Plays the selected chord or scale block. You can define in the sound preferences how a played chord or scale block should sound.

Related topics

Workbench → Views → Chords
Workbench → Views → Scales
Workbench → Editors → Instrument Editor
Workbench → Editors → Chord Editor
Workbench → Editors → Scale Editor
Workbench → Preferences → Sound

Related tasks

Tasks → Manage your Instruments
Tasks → Manage your Chords and Scales
Tasks → Sound Support