Setting Your Own Text on Notes Using a Custom Label

Neck Diagrams provides easy ways to show commonly used info on note markers - note names, intervals and fingerings. What if you want to show something else?!

This tutorial will guide you through the process of labelling notes using custom labels, allowing you to apply e.g. Roman numerals or any text to your selected notes.

Step 1: Select the note(s) you want to edit

1. Identify the note(s) you want to customise.
2. Click on the note(s) to select them. Hold down the SHIFT key (or CMD on Mac / CTRL on Windows) to select multiple notes.

Step 2: Set the note(s) label option to Custom

1. In the Inspector find the Label option in the Style section.
2. Click on drop-down list and select the Custom option to enable custom labelling for the selected notes.
3. As there's no custom label text specified yet, the appearance of the note won't change yet!

Step 3: Set the custom label text

1. Right-click on the selected note
   • Mac users - if you don't have right-click enabled in System Preferences then hold down CTRL and click. Here's how to enable it: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh35853/mac#mchl69253330
2. A context menu will appear.
3. From this menu, select Set Custom Label.

Step 4: Enter Your Custom Label

1. A dialog box will prompt you to enter your desired label.
2. Type in your preferred label, which could be a Roman numeral (e.g., I, II, III) or any text you wish.
3. Press OK to apply the label.

Note: Character Substitutions

Characters b, #, bb and ## by default will get substituted for musical symbols ♭, ♯, 𝄫 and 𝄪.

You can disable this via Preferences (Mac - the standard CMD+, keyboard shortcut to open settings, or under the Neck Diagrams 2 top level menu; Windows - via menu Windows > Preferences):

Also, if the font is too large or small, you can adjust this from the Style section: 📏

You might also find the following article useful: How to Customize Note Labels for Capos and Barres