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Uh, How to Place Your Chords (Yeah, We Had to Make This a Thing)
Determines where the chord hides among your lyrics. Pickings include:
- Above throws the chord above the lyrics on its own lonely line.
- Inline crams the chord right in there with the lyrics, savin' space but probably mangling your words. Oops.
Chord Style (Pick Your Poison)
Choose how freshly imported songs display their chords. Spoiler: there's more than one way to confuse yourself.
- Alpha shows chords as letters (A–G) with all that sharp/flat nonsense. The boring default.
- Nashville displays chords as numbers (1–7) based on key position. Very Nashville of you.
- Roman shows off with Roman numerals (I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii) based on key. Fancy, amirite?
- Solfege nerds out with numbers in Latin (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti) based on key position. Stays put when you transpose unless you go digging in Solfege Type. We hid it. You're welcome.
Split Chord (Bass Slash Drama)
When you wanna play a chord over a different bass note, use a slash. Like, A chord over D bass = A/D. This setting decides what actually comes out:
- Both spits out the whole "A/D" thing with both parts separated by a slash. Standard stuff.
- Bass Only outputs just the bass part. Minimalist flex.
- Chord Only outputs just the main chord. Ignores the bass like it never happened.
Decoration (Make Your Chords Stand Out, or Whatever)
Wraps the chord in brackets so it doesn't get lost in your lyrics soup. Super handy if you're going inline. Pick: None (yawn), Square Brackets, Parentheses, Angled Brackets, or Curly Braces.
OnSong 2026 Last Refreshed December 16, 2025