Do you write out and keep chord charts to songs?

Manalishi · Apr 28, 2013

I have a ring binder folder with 250 songs in that
I play 'sometimes'.Then,I know about another 100
from memory.On top of that, I have a head full of
songs I learned on guitar,and if I feel like it,I can
just play those by using the chords (a C chord is
a C chord on any stringed instrument...)!

mm stan · Apr 28, 2013

Yes some online links do abruptly close and you lose some songs...I save the ones I like the best....it's a way know you will always have them...

Cooper Black · Apr 28, 2013

I have printed sheets for most every song I've every learned (assuming I learned it from a chart of some sort originally). The stack is almost two inches high and most of it is "memorized" LOL. Meaning, if I can remember I know the song in the first place, I can probably strum and sing through it PDG.

coolkayaker1 · Apr 28, 2013

www.chordie.com

register free, find song, click dropdown on right to ukulele, add to songbook, repeat

gitarzan · Apr 28, 2013

I tab the songs I play in MSWord and save them as a .doc and print them to a .pdf file for portability.

I edit the songs in a fixed font such as Courier New or Consolas. I use no tab key only spaces.

Lyrics are in black and chords are in blue

Somewhere on the page I place a chord chart, if I am in a hurry I just take screenshot of a chord chart and paste the needed chords into an image and insert them somewhere on the document. If I have time I just do them in ASCII.

All gets uploaded onto my Google drive for easy access.

Shastastan · Apr 28, 2013

Kanaka916 said:
http://kani-ka-pila.com/wordpress/archives/1858

Muchos Gracias, Amigo! I'm sending out that url to our uke club. I've tried Chordette, but this will work great with fakebooks!

ChaosToo · Apr 28, 2013

I find chords and print them out. Lots of decent sites out there for that .......

Nickie · Apr 28, 2013

I have a pretty large song book that I constructed. It was lost on a trip, stolen, to be exact, and moslty replaced by a friend (Jay Nunes) as a gift. I have been rebuilding...
being short of memory and technologically challenged, i only know 3 songs with lyrics...I've tried and tried to "learn" more, but it just doens't happen. My songbook is priceless...if I leave it at home, I'm handicapped...

UkeKiddinMe · Apr 29, 2013

Nickie said:
... My songbook is priceless...if I leave it at home, I'm handicapped...

That has described me with my previous music experiences. No charts, not a whole lot of music stored in the brain.

Sporin · Apr 29, 2013

I have to have chords and lyrics on paper (or on screen). I've tried to memorize songs and I'll often have the words down well but the words-lyrics connection ... ugh... my brain just can't keep it straight. No one seems to mind, even at open mic's, and I see lots of other folks who aren't off book so I don't beat myself up about it too much.

I have a couple of big binders full of songs, and a thin binder I'll move the songs I'm currently working on to.

Do you write out and keep chord charts to songs?

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