⭐⭐⭐ Rootless chord voicings ⭐⭐⭐
▫ Consider the new option to allow rootless chord voicings if…
- you play instruments with fewer strings like a Cigar Box Guitar or a Ukulele
- you’re playing in a band and the bass player will play the root note
- you like this ‘jazzy’ sound
▫ Rootless chord voicings…
- ❗❗ are active by default for instruments with three or four strings
- are shown in the features ‘Chord’ and ‘Choose chord’ if the option is activated
- can be allowed by option in ‘Chord name’
- can be added to the fingering favorites
- are valid in the ‘Fretboard trainer’ if the option is activated
- are used in the ‘Songbook’ if the option is activated
⭐ Chord name
▫ Option to allow rootless chords
▫ Possibility to add rootless chord voicings to fingering favorites
▫ Replaced context menu with buttons in the toolbar
❗ New sort order of the chord name list
⭐ There is a new manual describing the handling of chords in smartChord
⭐ Drum machine:
▫ 311 drum patterns: You shared your drum patterns with us. We have collected them and made them available for download
✅ Songbook: New section in documentation ‘how to get the best fingerings‘
✅ Other changes and fixes
❀ Special thanks to Rolf Puchtinger, Ron Beaver and Sébastien Streit for their contribution to this version