The Chords Thingy (AKA: "Why Your Chords Look Weird")

The chords palette is basically where you go to make your chords stop looking like alphabet soup & start looking like... well, slightly less confusing soup. It messes with how chords show up, how you transpose 'em, & whether you get those fancy chord diagrams or not.

Style (Pick Your Poison)

Most chord charts just throw letters at ya like A, B, C. But OnSong's all "nah fam, let's make it weird" & can flip those letters into numbers if you're one of those musicians who speaks in digits. The highlighted one? That's what you're currently rockin'. Pick from these absolute gems:

• Alphabet — Letters A through G with sharps & flats because apparently we haven't evolved past the 1700s. If you're into regional chord flavors, might also throw an H in there. This is the boring default.
• Nashville — Fancy decimal numbers that tell you which chord you're playin' based on the key. Plus symbols for different chord flavors because numbers alone weren't confusing enough.
• Roman — Uppercase & lowercase Roman numerals like you're writing a college thesis. Big chords = BIG LETTERS. Tiny sad chords = tiny letters. Minus signs mean "sad chord vibes."
• Solfege — Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do because suddenly you're in a Sound of Music audition. Again with the symbols for extra credit.

Transpose (aka "Make It Higher So You Don't Sound Like a Dying Moose")

Slide this bad boy to yeet your song into literally any key. C hangs out on the left like it's the VIP. Cb's way over on the right, chillin'. Use arrow keys to fine-tune if you're the type who sweats the small stuff.

The power button on the right? Flip it to turn transposition on & off. Kill it & (if you're not using a capo), the song just sits there in its original sad key looking like it did in the Song Editor. Thrilling.

Capo (Your Finger's New Best Friend)

Slide this from 0 to 11 to clamp a capo on. OnSong's real smart & automatically shifts all your chords down so the key stays put even though your capo's being clingy. Wanna change how aggressive this whole operation is? Go dig around in Settings » Display Settings » Song Formatting » Capo » Capo Modulates.

Power button on the right toggles the capo on & off so you can keep it set but decide like "nah, not today" depending on what you're strummin'.

Diagrams (Show Us Those Finger Formations)

This part's for turnin' chord diagrams on & off like a light switch. Slider lets you cram between 4 & 10 diagrams across the page. Power icon on the right? On. Off. On. Off. You get it.

Wanna go full control freak on where these diagrams live? Settings » Display Settings » Song Formatting » Chord Diagrams.

Diagram Position (Location, Location, Location)

Pick where your chord finger-charts actually appear on the page. Options:

• None — Turns diagrams off like they never existed. The default, because apparently diagrams are optional.
• Below — Dumps diagrams under all your lyrics.
• Above — Plops diagrams up top right under the title where everyone can judge your taste in fonts.
• Within — Sneaks diagrams into the actual lyrics. Chaos.

Instrument (What Are Ya Playin', Buddy?)

Pick your axe & the chord diagrams flip to match. Guitar looks different from ukulele, genius. The highlighted one's your current pick.

Transposing Instrument (For Instruments That Are Just Being Difficult)

Some instruments are real drama queens & don't play at concert pitch. If you've got one of those divas, you can shift all the chords to compensate. Options:

• Off — Normal people & pianos & stuff that actually plays in tune.
• B-flat — Trumpet, clarinet, & sax vibes. The classics.
• E-flat — Soprano clarinet & those fancy saxophones feelin' all special.
• F — French horns & English horns because Europeans gotta be European.
• G — Alto flute. Is that even a real instrument? Probably.

Heads up: This palette's just for *looks. Your actual song stays put. This is cosmetic surgery for your chords, not actual brain surgery.*