Chord Sheets & Transpose

Each song has a content editor where you write lyrics and chords together. Chords are marked inline using bracket notation, and the app renders them above the lyrics at the correct position.

Chord Format

Use square brackets to mark chords:

[Am]Verse lyrics here [G]more lyrics [C]

This renders with chords positioned above the lyrics at the exact character position. The brackets are stripped in the display — you see clean lyrics with chords aligned above.

For instrumental sections or intros, use chord-only lines:

[Em] [G] [D] [A]

Mark sections with ChordPro directives so they render as section headers — square brackets are reserved for chords, so [Chorus] would render as a chord named “Chorus”, not a heading:

{start_of_verse}
[Am]Sitting on the [G]dock of the [C]bay
{end_of_verse}

{start_of_chorus}
[G]Watching the [Em]tide roll [C]away [D]
{end_of_chorus}

The editor’s section toolbar inserts these {start_of_verse} / {start_of_chorus} / {start_of_bridge} directives for you.

Transpose

Transpose any song up or down using the +/- buttons in the song view.

Note

Your transpose setting is personal — other band members see their own transpose value. This is useful when different instruments play in different keys (e.g., a Bb trumpet player and a concert-pitch pianist).

Transpose is a preview — it changes what you see without modifying the underlying chord data. Personalized display over shared content.

Chart Versions

A song’s chart can hold more than one named version. “Band” is the shared default; any member can add named versions — an alternate arrangement, a stripped-down acoustic chart — and rename or delete them. Pick the version you follow with the version switcher in the song view. That same choice is what you edit in the song editor and what you co-edit live with everyone else following the same version. Deleting a version flips its followers back to Band.

Display Options

Display options are personal — they change what you see without affecting other band members.

Fit to Screen

By default the app sizes the chart to fit your screen without scrolling, solving the font size and column count together for your device, orientation, and enabled content types. Switch a song to plain scrolling from the Content Display sheet in the bottom bar if you’d rather keep a fixed size.

Columns

Columns are a personal Content Display setting — Auto, 1, or 2. Auto adds a second column only when the chart won’t otherwise fit. Authors can force a split at a specific point by inserting a {column_break} in the editor, which applies for everyone. Two columns need a wide enough screen, so the 2 option is unavailable on phones.

Font Size

Adjust the size continuously with the A− / A+ controls or pinch-to-zoom on touch devices; Reset to Auto returns to the fitted size. Your manual adjustment is stored relative to the auto size, so it reads consistently across a phone, tablet, and laptop.

Content Types

Choose which content types you want to see — Chords, Lyrics, Lead Sheet, and MIDI automation — and your default view, in Settings → Appearance. This is a single personal preference, not a per-song one.

AI Chord Sheet Generation

Generate chord sheets from plain text using AI:

1. Open a song
2. Tap Generate Chord Sheet
3. Paste or type lyrics
4. AI analyzes the harmonic structure and adds chord markers in bracket notation

AI can also look up lyrics automatically via LRCLIB (with MusicBrainz fallback), and infer metadata like key, tempo, and time signature from text. See Song Enrichment for the full enrichment flow.

Caution

AI-generated chord sheets are a starting point. Simple pop, rock, and folk progressions get accurate results, but complex jazz harmony and unusual voicings may need manual correction. Always review before taking a chord sheet on stage.