To prevent all chord symbols from playing back, from the Chord menu, uncheck Enable Chord Playback. However, you can also prevent chord playback individually, and for specified staves...

When you create a chord symbol, the Play checkboxes in its Chord Definition window are initially selected—in other words, the chord will play back unless you specify otherwise. Unchecking the Play checkboxes for each chord symbol would be one way to prevent the chords from playing, but it’s a technique best used on a case-by-case basis. To prevent all chord symbols in a staff from playing back, use the following technique.

To prevent chord symbols from playing back

1. Choose Window > Score Manager. The Score Manager appears.
2. Under the Name column, click on the arrow next to the name of the staff that has chords attached. The list expands to display the components of the staff, including Chords.
3. Click the square next to Chords in the M column. The chord symbols are now muted for this staff.

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