Making my own sheet music--how to add in chords?

February 14, 2010 1:39 PM

I'm trying to insert graphic chord diagrams (little pictures that show where to put your fingers) into a text document that shows the chord names (like C-minor). Any chord name could match 4 or 5 possible diagrams. I'm trying to figure out a way, in any mac or web software, to give myself a little pop-up menu asking which of the four I'd like to insert--and then, when I choose it, insert it! Can anyone point me in any direction for achieving something like this?
posted by largecorp to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Okay, for which instrument?

If you're looking for guitar, bass, mandolin, or ukulele headstock diagrams, like you'd find in a tab chart, you can get fonts that do what you want.
posted by Sallyfur at 2:04 PM on February 14, 2010

I'd ask the people who run Chordie how they do exactly that.
posted by musofire at 4:11 PM on February 14, 2010

Response by poster: Great suggestions! I should have said, I'm looking for ukulele chords (didn't think it would make a difference). I'll have a look!
posted by largecorp at 4:55 PM on February 14, 2010

For uke, you want Chordette.
posted by bink at 11:15 PM on February 14, 2010

Response by poster: It's a wonderful world we live in when something like Chordette exists for someone like me who could never do that in a million years!
posted by largecorp at 9:00 AM on February 15, 2010