Rule Editor
ChordMate has a powerful Rule Editor that lets you specify exactly what kind of chord voicings you need.
You can add, change, or remove rules at any time. ChordMate will update the main window on the fly. Click "Save" to save your changes or "Revert" to discard the changes and go back to the previuosly saved set of rules. Any rule may appear more than once and with different parameters.
Any time you change the rules, the new rules become the starting point for the next search. You can always go back to the default rules by pressing the "Default Rules" button.
Here are the rules from which you can choose:
- Inversion. Rule Editor will only show the inversions that are available for the type of chord you chose (in the Search Box). The default is root position.
Note: ChordMate will set the inversion to root position whenever you search for a new chord. The only exception is when you search for slash chords, such as Dm/C, because slash chords explicitly specify the bass note.
- Silent Strings. This rule may be useful for choosing chords that are suitable for a particular right hand technique.
- Complete Chord. This rule selects chords that have all the notes that are part of the chord shape, even the ones that are optional. For some chord types, there may be no chords on a guitar that satisfy this rule, but it may be especially useful for chord types constructed from four notes.
- Number of Notes. Like the rule about silent strings, this rule may be useful for choosing chords that are suitable for a particular right hand technique.
- Top Note Degree. This rule helps you emphasize a particular chord note. It may also be very useful for chord-melody style.
- Top Note Pitch. This rule allows you to put the top chord note in a certain range. It may be very useful for good voice leading. It may also be used to specify exactly what pitch you want to be on the top.
- Bass Note Pitch. This rule is very much like the previous one, but is about the bass note.
- Start Fret. This rule helps you define where the chord may start on the fretboard. It may be very useful for finding chords on a specific part of the fretboard
- End Fret. This rule is very much like the previous one, but is about end fret.
