More flexible Chord Search option: search by chord names, but rotate over all notes

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Right now, Chord Search has two modes: search by chord names (Am C F G) or by chord numbers (vi I IV V). Searching by chord numbers usually works OK for me. However, it doesn’t work so well when I’m interested in a progression that might appear in a few different modes, because it would be numbered differently in each mode. For example, vi I IV V in major is i III VI VII in minor, and it’s awkward to have to manually rewrite the numbers and search over potentially many different modes.

I would love to have an extra checkbox when searching by chord names that would automatically transpose the string and search for all matches. For example, Am C F G would search for Bbm Db Gb Ab, Bm D G A, etc. Even better would be an option to transpose search results to match the searched string, although maybe that’s too much to ask for :slight_smile:

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This would also be handy for finding a sequence of chords that matches the search sequence crosses a key change within the section. Such a sequence would normally be very difficult to find when searching by chord numbers.

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I would like an option for Nashville numbering. That way your number always stays consistent whatever the mode.

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Alternatively there could be a checkbox like “include relative scales” or “rotate diatonically”, so when you enter i - III - VI - VII in Minor, it would automatically search for vi - I - IV - V in Major, ii - IV - VII - I in Mixolydian, etc as well.

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