Glossary
From A to Z
A
Alignment of chords in bar
There are two options, left or center alignment.
Altered Chords
E.g. Bb7alt
Annotations
E.g. E7 "some annotation"
Augmented Chords
E.g. C+
B
b5 BARS
Bars per row
You set the number of bars per row in the user settings.
BLANK
You set the number of bars per row in the user settings.
Blank Chords
E.g. * */G
E.g. * */G
Blank lines
E.g. -
E.g. -
BPM (Beats per Minute)
Add an optional BPM value.
C
Canvas color
Set a custom canvas color
Cheatsheet
Everything on a single page
CHORDS
Compilation
How to generate a compilation of charts
D
Diamond
E.g. E7 diamond or E7 <>
DIMINISHED
Diminished Chords
E.g. Abdim7 Bbdim
E.g. Abdim7 Bbdim
Double Bar Line
Divide musical parts with a section title.
Eg = Chorus.
E
EXAMPLEF
Fermata
E.g. E7 fermata
First and second endings
E.g. (A B 1. C D 2. E F)
FLAT
Floating Section Title
E.g. <- 5, : floating label at the far left
FONT
Font color
Set a custom font color
Set a custom font color
Font size
Set the number of rows per page
Set the number of rows per page
Fonts for headline and text
Chose another font that support other than the Latin alphabet.
G
Grille Style
Customize the chart rendering.
H
H
Musical notes B, Bb and H - variation by geographical region
Half diminished Chords
E.g. Bm7b5
I
Indent Bars
E.g. X
K
L
LINE LINES
Lydian Chords
E.g. G(#11)
LYRICS
Lyrics
Add an extra page with the lyrics.
Add an extra page with the lyrics.
Lyrics alongside
Not supported.
Not supported.
M
MAJOR
Major Chords
E.g. C
E.g. C
Major Flat Five Chords
E.g. B(b5) Bbj7b5
E.g. B(b5) Bbj7b5
Meta Characters
Overview of all meta characters used.
MINOR
Minor Chords
E.g. Dm
E.g. Dm
Minor Flat Six Chords
E.g. a(b6) Amb6
E.g. a(b6) Amb6
N
Nashville Number System
How to use the NNS.
No Chord (N.C.)
E.g. N.C.
O
P
PAGE
Page Break
E.g. + or + Second Page Section Title to start a new page.
E.g. + or + Second Page Section Title to start a new page.
Page Layout
Use portrait or landscape orientation
Use portrait or landscape orientation
Paper Size
You can use A4 (ISO), Letter (US), or Legal (US) to accommodate different paper sizes.
Chord in parentheses
Parentheses around chords.
E.g. A B C D_E7?
Power Chords
E.g. A5
Example Progressions
Common blues and jazz progressions.
Public URL
How to make your sheets accessible to others
Push Chords
E.g. < D7 or << D7
Q
R
Repeat sections
E.g. (A B) x 3
Reprint bars & simile marks
Shortcuts for the lazy ones
E.g. reprint %1 %2 simile % %%
E.g. reprint %1 %2 simile % %%
Rests
E.g. r1 r2 r4
ROW
ROWS PER PAGE
S
SECTION
Section Titles
E.g. - just a text line, : text in a box.
Or = text in a box but also a delimiter between parts.
SIZE
E.g. - just a text line, : text in a box.
Or = text in a box but also a delimiter between parts.
Slash Chords
E.g. D/F#
Example Songs
Some example song charts
Split Bars
E.g. Dm7_G7
Add multiple chords to a single bar.
Add multiple chords to a single bar.
Stroke Symbols
E.g. A,,, A,B, A,,B
STYLE
Suspended Chords
E.g. Dsus2 Dsus4
T
TAB
TAB lines Style
Customize the chart rendering.
Customize the chart rendering.
TAB single row
Add a single row with TAB lines.
TEXT
Add a single row with TAB lines.
Time Signature
Add the songs time signature (optional).
Track Line Style
Customize the chart rendering.
Transpose
Transpose a chart on the fly ...
U
URL
User Settings
Preferences to customize the chart rendering.
V
Vertical Line spacing
Adjust the vertical line spacing to get a good compromise
between maximizing the number of lines per page and readability
between maximizing the number of lines per page and readability
Video URL
In the advanced edit form you can add a Video URL.
You can even add multiple URLs by separating them with a semicolon ";".
Currently only YouTube URLs are supported.
You can even add multiple URLs by separating them with a semicolon ";".
Currently only YouTube URLs are supported.