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CTM Chordmaster™ • Tuner • Metronome
The Planet Waves CTM takes the highly successful Chordmaster and adds to it a
chromatic tuner and metronome. The Chordmaster section provides you with the
most comprehensive library of over 7000 chords–all in the palm of your hand. The
easy navigation allows you to find any chord simply and quickly. The CTM even
has a “lefty mode” for those often ignored left-handed guitarists. Combining this
with a fully-chromatic tuner and metronome makes the CTM your all-in-one
essential practice/reference tool.
Battery Placement
Your CTM ships with two AAA batteries. To install them, turn over the CTM and lift
up the stand. Underneath, you will find the battery door. Press and push the door
downward to release. Install batteries following the polarity guides. Replace battery door with an upward motion to lock in place.
Using the CTM:
• Press mode key once. Unit turns on and you enter Chordmaster mode (hold
VARIANT key and press power to start Chordmaster in left-hand mode). • The
arrow on the bottom of the screen points to which mode the CTM is in, and the
mini menus on the left and right edge of the screens indicate the function for each
button accordingly. • To activate the backlight function, simultaneously press and
hold the up and down arrow keys.
Chordmaster Mode
• Press ROOT key and ROOT indicator flashes on screen. While indicator is flashing, use the UP/DOWN keys to select chord root. Press any other key and root
digit stops flashing. Continuously pressing ROOT key will cycle you through chord
roots as well. • Press CHORD TYPE key. The CHORD TYPE starts flashing on
screen, use UP/DOWN keys to scroll through the four basic chord types you have
to choose from (MAJ, MIN, DOM7, or DIM). Press any other key and the active
chord type icon stops flashing. Continuously pressing chord TYPE key will cycle
you through chord types as well. • Press VARIANT key. The chord variant indicator flashes on screen. While indicator is flashing, use UP/DOWN keys to scroll
through and select the chord variant. Press any other key and Chord Variant Indicator stops flashing. Continuously pressing variant key will cycle you through
chord variants as well. • When no indicator is flashing on screen, use UP/DOWN
keys to see the displayed chord in various positions on the fretboard.
Chord voicings by Stephen Salerno
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CHROMATIC TUNER
Press MODE key a second time (2x from off condition) to enter TUNER mode.
The arrow on the bottom of the screen points to tuner and the mini menus on the
left and right edge of the screens indicate the function for each button accordingly.
The current tuning frequency will also be displayed, e.g. A-440. The tuner has
both a microphone for acoustic instruments and a 1/4" input jack for electric
instruments. • The CTM has an LED array below the LCD screen consisting of a
green LED in the center that indicates the note is in-tune. • Pluck string to be
tuned and tuner will display the recognized pitch on the LCD screen. • If the note
is flat to the recognized pitch, the LEDs to the left of the center green LED will
light. If the note is sharp of the recognized pitch the LEDs to the right of the center
green LED will light. • Tune the instrument so that the LED movement is toward
the center green LED. • When the center green LED is lit by itself the note is in
tune. Frequency Adjust • Pressing the FREQ key while in tuning mode enters you
into the frequency-adjust mode and the frequency indicator will start to flash. •
Press UP/DOWN keys to adjust frequency of the note “A.” The tuner can be calibrated anywhere between A410 and A470. The last frequency setting will be
remembered when powered down and restarted. • Holding down either UP or
DOWN key for more than 3 seconds will advance the digits in that direction at a
high rate.
METRONOME
Press the MODE key again (3x from off condition) to enter Metronome mode. The
arrow on the bottom of the screen points to metronome and the mini menus on
the left and right edge of the screens indicate the function for each button accordingly. The metronome can be set from 20 beats per minute to 250 beats per
minute and have 1 to 9 beats per measure. The first beat in each measure is
accented acoustically for your reference and the LEDs will flash accordingly.
• Press the START-STOP key to start and stop the metronome. • Press the
UP/DOWN keys to set the desired beats-per-minute setting. • Holding down either
UP or DOWN key for more than 3 seconds will advance the digits in that direction
at a high rate. The last tempo setting will be remembered when powered down
and restarted. • Press VARIANT key to adjust the beats per measure from 1-9.
Power-up default is 4. The last beats per measure setting will be remembered
when powered down and restarted. • Press the MUTE key to mute the audio and
use the LEDs alone as the beat reference.
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