Fret Editor allows visualising, modifying and creating new fretboards to realise an archive that can be used by Music Editor to insert chords configuration inside the symbolic version of music score. The aspect of the GUI is shown in the following figure:
Functionalities are:
Spin-edit # Strings
This control is often active and allows fixing the number of strings in the fretboard. This number can vary from 2 to 9.
List-box Tonic Note
All available tonics are listed with the current number of strings. It’s possible to select the fundamental note. Fundamental notes are expressed in b-moll to uniform the archive.
List-box Nomenclature
All available nomenclatures are listed with fundamental note and the number of strings selected.
Spin-edit Variant
Nomenclature can have more variants (finger position on the fretboard) and they are identified increasing the content of this control.
Panel Preview-Edit
This window visualises the fretboard selected with previous controls and allows editing with the following modality:
In this box a comment related to a particular freatborad is visualized and this can be modified.
Button New
A new freatbord with empty strings is ready and the comment is "Insert by USER". This button is enabled when an archive is loaded.
Button Insert
Add the current freatboard to the current archive. The button is enabled after that freatborad has been modified or the "New" commad has been pressed while it is disabled in consultation. The name of new freatboard is controlled in order to respect the request of the archive.
Button File
A Load dialog is opened to load an archive. Default extension of the archive file is *.dat.
Button Exit
Exit and close the application.