The Fretboard gives you a graphic demonstration of how to play the chordshape selected in the Library List.
The green blocks show where your fingers need to be placed to make the chordshape. Mute strings (which are not played) are indicated by a dotted line as shown.
The nut (the gray block on the left) indicates which end of the fretboard is the head of the instrument. You can also tell this from the spacing between frets, which gets smaller towards the instrument body (away from head).
The example above shows the fretboard horizontally, with the head to the left and the bass string towards the bottom. You can change to any orientation you like with the Orientation options.
Also at the left are note labels, showing which notes are played by each fretted string of the chordshape. At the other end (not shown here) are degree labels, showing show each note contributes to the chord made by the chordshape.
For added realism, you can hear the sound of chordshape by hovering the mouse pointer over the fretboard and pressing the right mouse button. The pointer changes to a plectrum, which you can use for strumming.
The finger blocks are colored green to indicate that they deal with chordshapes. Many screen elements in the ChordWizard workspace are color-coded in this way. You can change any workspace colors with the Display options.
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