ChordMate Changelog

What's new in ChordMate 3.1.4

Jan 16, 2017
  • ignore accidental micro drags when editing chord diagrams.

New in ChordMate 3.1.3 (Jun 27, 2016)

  • Bug fixes.

New in ChordMate 3.1.2 (Oct 27, 2015)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements

New in ChordMate 3.1.1 (Jun 26, 2015)

  • new app icon
  • bug fixes and performance improvements

New in ChordMate 3.1 (May 4, 2015)

  • chord progression playback (to play part of a chord progression, select it as you would select regular text)
  • minor UI improvements

New in ChordMate 2.4.4 (Nov 7, 2014)

  • compatibility with OS X Yosemite
  • bug fixes

New in ChordMate 2.4.2 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • Drag and drop or copy / paste into Songs, our new song sheet editor.

New in ChordMate 2.4.1 (Apr 23, 2013)

  • UI improvements and bug fixes

New in ChordMate 2.4 (Apr 4, 2013)

  • Added a way to copy the whole chord progression into the clipboard (right click on any diagram in the chord progression and select "Copy All As…")
  • Added localization for German, French, and Spanish
  • UI improvements and bug fixes

New in ChordMate 2.3.2 (Feb 1, 2013)

  • Added a rule for movable chord shapes
  • Fixed support for nested rules (press Option before clicking on + to add a compound rule)

New in ChordMate 2.3.1 (Dec 14, 2012)

  • added support for printing chord progressions
  • improved chord playback
  • added support for retina display
  • sandboxing
  • bug fix in chord playback in 10.7.

New in ChordMate 2.3 (Nov 27, 2012)

  • added support for printing chord progressions
  • improved chord playback
  • added support for retina display
  • sandboxing

New in ChordMate 2.2.1 (Apr 17, 2012)

  • added support for user-defined alternate tunings
  • bug fixes and performance improvements

New in ChordMate 2.2 (Oct 21, 2011)

  • Chord Search:
  • added auto-suggested fingerings and chord spellings
  • added support for open chords that have notes on higher frets
  • added support for chords that use up to 6 frets above capo (the default is 4)
  • added support for guitars with 19 and 24 frets (the default is 12)
  • improved the order of chords in all 3 modes (by quality, by ease of play, and by fret)
  • Diagrams:
  • added support for diagrams that use up to 6 frets
  • added auto-suggested fingerings for custom diagrams
  • added auto-suggested chord spellings in custom diagrams
  • (based on the chord name, auto-suggested or not)
  • added support for fret numbers as roman numerals (the default is regular numbers)
  • added support to include your own fingering and chord spelling in custom diagrams
  • right click to save any diagram as an image or a pdf file
  • right click to save a chord progression as a sequence of image or pdf files.
  • added support for more sizes of exported diagrams
  • significantly improved the print quality of diagrams that are exported as PDFs
  • Command-Shift-click to play a single note on any diagram
  • General:
  • performance improvements
  • reduced memory usage

New in ChordMate 2.1 (Apr 15, 2011)

  • Autocomplete for chord search:
  • Suggests chords
  • Shows chord symbols, notes, and formulas
  • Custom diagrams:
  • Convenient mouse-based interface
  • Also supports text input for fret numbers
  • Suggests names for user-created diagrams
  • Play individual notes on the custom diagrams
  • Drag-and-drop custom diagrams into chord progressions
  • Drag-and-drop custom diagrams into other programs
  • Modify existing chords by dragging them into custom diagram window
  • Custom filters:
  • Added filter for top note and bass note
  • Save custom filters
  • Chord symbol lookup:
  • Dictionary for chord names, notes, formulas, and symbols
  • Search for chords with specific notes or scale degrees
  • Include/exclude enharmonic notes

New in ChordMate 2.0.2 (Feb 18, 2011)

  • Fixed support for slash chords
  • added "All Chords" filter
  • fixed an issue with single chord playback

New in ChordMate 1.5.0 (Jun 26, 2009)

  • Added support for many chord types and chord names.

New in ChordMate 1.4.4 (Jan 26, 2009)

  • Fixed a licensing issue.

New in ChordMate 1.4.3 (Jan 23, 2009)

  • Added support for Major7 #11 chords.
  • Adjusted colors.

New in ChordMate 1.4.1 (Oct 14, 2008)

  • Added support for tiny diagrams.
  • Added support for labels in custom diagrams.

New in ChordMate 1.4 (Aug 29, 2008)

  • Added basic support for guitar instruments with less than 6 strings. (You can now set a rule to ignore a particular string.)
  • Added support for custom sound. You can play chords using instruments other than the guitar (Guitar -> Custom Sound).
  • Improved the guitar sound.

New in ChordMate 1.3.1 (Jul 16, 2008)

  • Added basic support for guitar instruments with less than 6 strings. (You can now set a rule to ignore a particular string.)
  • Added support for custom sound. You can play chords using instruments other than the guitar (Guitar -> Custom Sound).
  • Improved the guitar sound.

New in ChordMate 1.3 (Jul 3, 2008)

  • You can now build chord progressions inside ChordMate. There is a chord progression window, and you can just drag and drop chords into it. You can also play the entire chord progression.
  • Drag and drop chord diagrams into any application. If that application supports images, you will get an image, if not it will be the text representation of the chord.
  • Keyboard navigation. You can use cursor keys to move from one chord to the next and space bar to play the selected chord.

New in ChordMate 1.2.1 (Mar 24, 2008)

  • New Look. Many customers requested vertical chord diagrams and diagrams for left-handed
  • guitars. ChordMate now supports both.
  • Copy/Paste Chord Diagrams. You can create chord charts, mail interesting chord voicings to your friends, and
  • annotate your favorite songs.
  • Capo. You can tell ChordMate to place a capo on any fret.
  • Alternate Tunings. Players who do not use the standard EADGBE tuning can tune ChordMate to match their guitar.
  • Support for Leopard