# Enter the chord edit mode

> Be sure that you are in the "Songwriting" mode of the app. 

### ▶️ Enter

To enter the chord, edit overlay, **double-tap** on a chord**,** in a bar, or in the wheel. Or tap on the "Modal Interchange" icon.

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{% hint style="info" %}
You can also [**long-press**](https://guide.tonaly.app/songwriting/edit-a-chord/long-press-a-chord) a chord or open the chord edit from the [**chord-length**](https://guide.tonaly.app/songwriting/edit-a-chord/adjust-the-chord-length) editor.
{% endhint %}

### ▶️ Edit

This is the "edit chord" overlay:

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{% hint style="warning" %}
If this overlay **looks differently:**

Make sure your **app is up to date** (at least version 3.0.3)

Make sure you have selected **"Chord"** in the lower tabs. Not "Bass note".
{% endhint %}

### ⬇️  "Chord edit" features

{% content-ref url="change-root-note" %}
[change-root-note](https://guide.tonaly.app/songwriting/edit-a-chord/change-root-note)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="edit" %}
[edit](https://guide.tonaly.app/songwriting/edit-a-chord/edit)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="add-optional-tones" %}
[add-optional-tones](https://guide.tonaly.app/songwriting/edit-a-chord/add-optional-tones)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="get-a-chord-suggestion" %}
[get-a-chord-suggestion](https://guide.tonaly.app/songwriting/edit-a-chord/get-a-chord-suggestion)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="mute-a-chord" %}
[mute-a-chord](https://guide.tonaly.app/songwriting/edit-a-chord/mute-a-chord)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="create-a-slash-chord" %}
[create-a-slash-chord](https://guide.tonaly.app/songwriting/edit-a-chord/create-a-slash-chord)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../step-out-of-the-key/in-the-app-borrow-a-chord" %}
[in-the-app-borrow-a-chord](https://guide.tonaly.app/songwriting/step-out-of-the-key/in-the-app-borrow-a-chord)
{% endcontent-ref %}

### ▶️ Save changes

Tap the ☑️ icon to save changes.

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Tap the ❌ icon to discard changes. This will revert the song to the state it had before you have opened this overlay.