The Scale Types page appears in the Library Options property window. It also appears in various areas of Default Options, and optionally in the New Library process.
In addition to the controls shown below, there are extra buttons which are common to all property windows.
It allows you to manage the list of scale types which are used for scale positions, filtering, relations and all other ChordWizard operations.
ChordWizard includes an extensive list of standard scale types, but you have a great deal of scope to modify this list as you see fit.
Beginners may wish to deactivate all but the basic scale types. This is done automatically for you with all libraries of Beginner playing level.
Advanced players may wish to add their own custom scale types. ChordWizard allows you to add an unlimited number of new custom scale types, and integrates them seamlessly into all operations.
Controls
Scale Types
The Scale Types list is the main feature in the Scale Types page. It has one row for each scale type that is currently defined within ChordWizard.
The list has two columns, for the Name of the scale types, and for the Degrees of the scale types.
For a full discussion of the degrees of a scale type, see Degree Names or The Major Scale Revisited in Tutorials View.
Activate
Deactivate
ChordWizard uses only the active scale types in the Scale Types list. Active scale types appear in black text, while inactive scale types appear in gray text.
You may activate or deactivate any of the scale types with the Activate and Deactivate buttons. These will change the activation of the scale type which is currently selected in the Scale Types list.
The top right of the Scale Types list displays a label indicating how many scale types are active out of the total number. For example: (10/22 active).
Move Up
Move Down
You can alter the order of scale types within the Scale Types list. This is affect the order of the scale types as they are used throughout ChordWizard.
For example, it will affect the order of scale types within every scale matrix and of groups within all reports.
The Move Up and Move Down buttons will shift the order of the currently selected scale type in the Scale Types list by one step. Press them repeatedly to keep a scale type moving through the list.
New
You can add any number of new custom scale types to the Scale Types list.
Pressing the New button opens the New Scale Type window, where you specify the details of your new scale type, including its name and degrees.
Custom scale types are marked in the Scale Types list with a small spot to the left of the scale type name.
| New chord types can be added only with ChordWizard Gold Edition. The Silver Edition operates only at Beginner level with the most common chord types. |
Edit
You may make changes to the definitions of both custom scale types and standard scale types, although there are some restrictions on what changes can be made to the latter.
Pressing the Edit button opens the Edit Scale Type window for the scale type currently selected in the Scale Types list.
There you can modify the details of the scale type, including its name and degrees.
Delete
You can remove a scale type from the Scale Types list by selecting it and pressing the Delete button.
Note that you can only delete custom scale types. If you want to get rid of a standard scale type, you should deactivate it instead.
Play Scale Type
Plays the sound of the currently selected scale type in the Scale Types list.
Reset
Within the Library Options, the Reset button resets the whole Scale Types list back to the scale types that are defined in Default Options. You will first need to select the playing level to reset to, since there is a separate list of scale types for each playing level within Default Options.
Within the Default Options itself, the Reset button opens the Reset Scale Types window, which allows you to reset any of the aspects of the scale types list back to the system defaults.
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