FrettyCharts Help Manual
home | faq | help manual | screen shots | gallery | license | contact- Getting Started
- Introduction
- Sample Gallery
- Using the Application
- Managing Projects
- Product Registration
- Editing
- Adding a Chord
- Adding a Scale
- Adding a Group
- Editing Chords
- Editing Scales
- Setting the Tuning
- Rendering
- Render Project
- Render Item
- Printing
- Styles
- Managing Styles
- General Settings
- Preview
- Colors
- Text and Fonts
- Sizing
- Spacing
- Fret Layout
- Markers
- Barre Chords
- Display Items
- Project Settings
- HTML Rendering
- MIDI Audio
- Chord Naming Rules
Adding New Scales
To add a new scale to your project, you need to first select a group in the project tree on the left. For example, in the figure below you could click on the group "Minor_Scales" or "Major_Scales". You could also click on the very top group "Simple Project".
 |
Once you have a group selected, go to the "Insert" menu and select "Insert
Scale". You can also do this by right clicking on a group in the project tree,
and using the popup menu that appears. |
Scale Display Name
When you enter a scale name, you may need to enter special symbols, such as flats, sharps, diminished, augmented and a triangle. At any time you can position the cursor where you want the special symbol, and click the button below to add the symbol. In the scale name you will see a code for that symbol. When the scale is rendered, this code will be replaced with the required symbol.
Naming Properties and Tuning
By default, a scale's tuning will come from the group above. This means that you don't have to set a special tuning for each scale in a group. However, you may wish to assign a tuning just to this scale, and so you can do this by clicking the "Add" button. If there already is a special tuning assigned, you can click "Edit" to change the tuning. And finally, if you want to remove the special tuning, and revert back to the tuning applied to the whole group, click "Remove".
You can see which tuning is applied to this scale at any time by clicking "View". This will bring up the tuning editor, but will be disabled unless a special tuning is set for this scale.
Click here for help on using the Tuning Editor.