VisiChord Chord Visualizer
Glossary
Adrian Mettler, Gabriel Neer, Erika Rice, Jeff Scherpelz
- audio selection:
- Selection the includes playing the chord.
- beginning slot:
- A slot that never contains a chord. It is selected when
the user wants to add a chord to the beginning of the chord set.
- blank chord:
- See empty chord.
- chord:
- A chord is a slot that can be edited, cleared, deleted, etc. It
may contain zero or more notes and may or may not contain a chord title.
- chord input box:
- A standard text box which is used for entering chords
with the tty keyboard.
- chord name:
- See chord title.
- chord set:
- All chords currently input.
- chord title:
- The user specified text above a chord.
- clear:
- When in reference to a chord, the action of removing all notes in
the current slot and the chord title without removing the slot. When in
reference to the display, removing all chords.
- current chord:
- See current slot.
- current slot:
- The slot on which actions specific to a chord will be
performed.
- cursor:
- The highlighted box that indicates the current slot.
- delete:
- The action of removing all notes in the current chord, the chord
title, and the slot the chord was in.
- end slot:
- A slot that never contains a chord. It is selected when the
user wants to add a chord to the end of the chord set.
- empty chord:
- A chord that has no notes in it.
- empty slot:
- A slot that does not contain a chord. This includes the
beginning and end slots.
- insert:
- The act of adding a new chord at any point in the chord set.
- keyboard:
- See MIDI keyboard.
- ledger limit:
- The highest note that can go on the treble clef or the
lowest note that can go on the base clef.
- MIDI keyboard:
- The MIDI input device.
- mid-ledger limit:
- The lowest note that can go on the treble clef or the
highest note that can go on the base clef.
- paste:
- The action of using the most recently cleared or deleted chord
to replace the currently selected chord.
- piano:
- See piano display.
- piano display:
- The on screen representation of a piano keyboard.
- scroll:
- The process of changing the selected chord by clicking on a
button which moves the cursor one slot to the left or right.
- scroll arrow:
- The arrows on the screen, not within the scroll area,
which are use for scrolling.
- selection:
- The process of causing a chord to become the current chord.
Will usually include playing the chord. See also visual selection and audio
selection.
- selected chord:
- See current chord.
- selected slot:
- See current slot.
- slot:
- An area that has the ability to contain chords. Also, the
beginning and end slots.
- standard designation:
- The designation of musical notes in which middle
C is C4.
- title:
- The user specified text above the staff that refers to the whole
chord set.
- transpose arrows:
- The arrows within a selected chord which, when
clicked, transpose the chord up or down one half step.
- tty:
- See tty keyboard.
- tty keyboard:
- The computer keyboard.
- visual selection:
- Causing the chord to become the current chord. Does
not include playing the chord.
VisiChord Chord Visualizer
Glossary
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