Manual How to edit chord sheets


... or create a new one

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Create a new chord sheet

There is a simple form to start a new chord sheet.
At first you just have to enter the song title and the artist.

Once you created the new chord sheet you can start editing the chords in the simple edit form.

screenshot of the create new form

Simple edit form

In the simple edit form, you only have a single large field to enter the chords and other parts of the chart. E.g. section labels, titles and special chars.

Below the form is a large save button. But all other buttons also save the changes you made.

Next to the input field there is a preview image of the resulting diagram, which is updated every time you save.

You can switch to the advanced edit form. There will be the full form with all the available fields.

screenshot of the simple edit form

Advanced edit form

In the advanced edit form you have access to all the fields.

Chords
Enter the chords, section labels and special chars.
Title
Enter the title of the song.
Artist
Enter the artist or composer(s) of the song. Or use a generic label like traditional or various.
Small Caption
Annotation
A short annotation that will be printed in parentheses after the title. E.g. (capo 3rd fret)
Transpose
Default transpose for this song. You can also transpose any song on the fly in the PDF preview.
Key
Only required if you want to convert the song to nashville number system. And as a meta data to describe the song of course.
BPM
An optional value for beats per minute (BPM).
BPM Note Value
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Time Signature
A drop down to set an optional time signature.
Video URL
Here you can add a YouTube URL. You can even add multiple URLs by separating them with a semicolon ";".
External URL
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Progress
A label to describe the progress of your work. You can filter your songs by these labes. Eg. draft or complete.
Tags
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Compilation
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Remarks
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Below the form is a large save button. But any of the other buttons will also save the changes you made.

You can switch back to the simple edit form.

screenshot of the advanced edit form
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