Edit the chords

No recogniser is right about every chord. Jambox lets you correct any of them — by hand, one at a time, through the same menu the app uses for everything — and every view of the song follows the correction.

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How it works

Double-click the chord

The chord menu opens on the mark itself, whether you are in the track, the grid or the sheet.

Choose what it is

Change the root, the quality (major, minor, sus, diminished) or the extension — a seventh, a ninth, a slash bass.

Everything follows

The chart, the lead sheet, the degree names and the exported PDF are all drawn from the same corrected value.

What you get

  • Root, quality and extension on every chord
  • Degree names that agree with the chord
  • Corrections that reach the PDF

Where it stops

Editing changes the chart, not the audio: the recording is untouched. A chord is one label at one moment, so a voicing or a specific inversion is beyond what a chord name can carry.

Questions

Can I add a chord where there was none?

You can change what the analysis found; a missing chord is added by the analysis rather than by hand.

Do my edits survive?

Yes — they are saved with the song, and re-opening the chart shows your version.

Which spelling will it use?

The one the key you are playing in calls for, so a ♭ and a ♯ are chosen by the key rather than by the raw note.

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