Choose how chord names are written (G7M or Gmaj7)

The same chord has different names in different places: a Brazilian cifra writes G7M and G7(9), while most other charts write Gmaj7 and G9. Each project has one notation, and FlowChord writes every chord name in it: on the video, on the timeline, in the chord card, in the search and in the change history. Switching it rewrites every name at once, and never changes the chords themselves.

Before you start

• Open the project in the editor. The notation belongs to the whole project, so it is the same in every cut.

Steps

1. In the settings card beside the video, open the Chords tab.
2. In the Notation row, pick G7M for the Brazilian cifra or Gmaj7 for the international names.
3. In the Diminished row, pick B° for the degree sign or Bdim for the letters.
4. Play the video: every chord name already follows your choice.

Options

The two notations

Brazilian cifra	International
G7M	Gmaj7
G7M(9)	Gmaj9
G7(9)	G9
G7(13)	G13
Am7(9)	Am9
Dm7(b5)	Dm7b5
C7sus4(9)	C9sus4

The cifra puts every added note in one parenthesis, with its sharp or flat in front of it. The international names build on the seventh and write the highest note in the name.

The diminished sign

A diminished chord can be written with the degree sign (B°, C°7) or with letters (Bdim, Cdim7), whatever notation you use. Both mean the same chord, and the diagram doesn’t change.

Tips

• A new project starts with the notation you picked last. If you have never picked one, it follows your language: Portuguese starts with the cifra, every other language with the international names.
• Type a chord either way when you search or rename it: G7M and gmaj7 find the same chord, and the search list shows the other spelling beside each name.
• To type a chord’s shape (like x 3 2 0 1 0) instead of its name, see the chord notation guide.
• To change a chord itself, not just how its name is written, see fix a chord.

Common problems

Some names didn’t change. Chords like aug, add9 or power chords are written the same in both notations, so they look the way they were named. A chord with a sixth and a ninth is always written 6(9), as in C6(9) or Am6(9), however it was named (C69 or C6/9 too).

I see G#m but I wanted Abm. The notation never changes the letters of a chord: sharps and flats stay as the chord was named. Rename the chord to spell it the other way.

The names are other chords than I play. If you play with a capo or a different tuning, set it in the same tab: names then show the shapes your hand makes. See capo and tuning.