Manual Meta Characters

Some chars have a special meaning.

# Comment

Comment lines start with a #.

+ Page break

A plus char at the beginnig of a line adds a page break.

- Text line

Line is interpreted as text annotation e.g. verse.

: Section Title

Text line rendered with a border. E.g. A and B sections.

= Section Title and Delimiter

Same as : and also delimiter of sections.
The previous bar gets a closing double line.
The next bar gets an opening double line.

_ Glue

Half-bar changes or split bars. If you want to have more than one chord in a single bar you have to „glue“ them together.

* Empty Bar (Chord)

Can be used as placeholder if you haven't figured out some chords yet.
Or to create exercises where students add a variation or modulation themselves.

( ) Repeat a section |: :|

See examples

x3 Times

Repeat a section N times

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1. 2. Endings, volta brackets

First and second endings or first-time bars and second-time bars

1.-3.+5.+8. 4.+6.+7.

You can use + and - to describe more complex variations.

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% Simile mark - one bar

Print a simile mark

%% Simile mark - two bars

Print a simile mark

%1 %2 Repeat

%N = repeat N preceding bars.

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A_B? parentheses

To add parentheses around an optional chord use a question mark
See examples

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A,,, A,B, A,,B strokes

To add stroke symbols use commas
See examples

Meta Characters

Example Source

- All Meta Characters
# A comment 
= A 
(A B C D)x2
A %1 C_D E
= B
(A B 1. C D 2. E F)
- simile mark one bar
A B C %
- simile mark two bars
A B %%
+ A second Page
(A B %2
C_D E_F %2 )x3
- 4 bars repeat
( E F G A
%4)
- empty bars
A * * D

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