General
ChordWizard has the following general specifications and features.
| ChordWizard Gold and ChordWizard Silver are functionally identical. The Gold Edition can operate at Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels, with an unlimited capacity for chord types and scale types. The Silver Edition is designed for Beginner level only, with the most common chord types and scale types. |
Instruments
| Types | All fretted string instruments with 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 strings or string pairs. |
| String Pairs | Dual-string instruments, such as the mandolin and 12-string guitar are fully supported. |
| Short String | The special case of the short string on the 5-string banjo is fully supported. |
| Standard Instruments | There are 116 standard tunings defined for 19 different standard instruments. Each of these instrument may also have a custom tuning defined. Other custom instrument types are also available. |
Fretboard
| Length | Up to 19 frets. Standard libraries use 14 fret length for optimum display. |
| Capo | Use of a simulated capo is fully supported. |
| Orientation | Every one of the 8 possible orientations is supported. |
| Fret Markers | Single, double or none for any or all up to the 19th fret. |
Libraries
| Filenames | Use file extension .cwl (for ChordWizard Library). |
| Maximum Size | Up to 1 million chordshapes per library. |
| Standard Libraries | 18 standard libraries are supplied for guitar, bass guitar, 5-string banjo, 4-string banjo, mandolin and ukulele. New libraries can be quickly created and populated for any instrument or tuning. |
Music Theory Engine
| Chord Types | Unlimited number for the Gold Edition, maximum 7 active at once for the Silver Edition. 57 standard chord types are supplied, which may be activated, deactivated, changed or added to. |
| Scale Types | Unlimited number for the Gold Edition, maximum 7 active at once for the Silver Edition. 31 standard scale types are supplied, which may be activated, deactivated, changed or added to. |
| Matching Chords | Up to 7 matching chords can be calculated for each chordshape. The exactness and number of matching chords may be controlled independently. |
