Preferences: Fretboard View

You can set the following preferences for the Fretboard View:

Fretboard View Preferences

Fretboard View Preferences

Info

Here you can specify which additional information or hints shall be presented at the top of the view.

Background

Here you can specify the background of the shown fretboard. You can choose between several colors and wood patterns as well as no background.

Show Empty String Sections Twice

Here you can specify whether the notes of empty strings shall be displayed at the beginning as well as the end of the fretboard. In case you deactivate this option notes of empty strings are only be shown at the beginning of the fretboard.

Draw Barre

Here you can specify whether or not a barre chord shall be drawn as a thick line.

Draw Barre

Show Unused Notes

Here you can specify whether or not unused notes shall be shown on the fretboard. Unused notes are notes which are not necessary for a shown chord or scale.

Show Unused Chord Notes

If you have hidden the unused notes, here you can modify this setting especially for chords. You can specify whether or not unused notes, which can be found in a chord, shall be shown. A C major chord, for example, consists of the notes C-E-G, so all notes C-E-G will be shown on the fretboard.

Show Unused (Chord) Notes

Use Gray Font Color for Unused Notes

Here you can specify whether unused notes shall be displayed with a gray or black font and border color.

Show Intarsia

Here you can specify whether to hide or show the intarsia above the fretboard.

Show Fret Numbers

Here you can specify whether to hide or show the fret numbers below the fretboard.

Fret Numbers Mode

Here you can specify whether the fret numbers below the fretboard shall be displayed in Arabic (1, 2, 3, 4, ...) or Roman numerals (I, II, III, IV, ...).

Related topics

Workbench → Views → Fretboard