Igorot Songs With Lyrics And Chords

[Kody Chavva]

SongBookruns on all devices with Android 4.4 or later. It is optimized for the current Android versions and for tablets. See demo video on Youtube. Please download SongBook from the Google Play Store. Buying via the Play Store will ensure you get all updates automatically. Alternatively, if the Play Store is not available for you, you can also purchase and install/update directly from our web site. SongBook is also available on the Amazon Appstore. SongBook requires the following Android permissions: Internet (for Dropbox/Google Drive sync), Read and Write external storage (for reading/writing song files), Wake Lock (for keeping the screen on while showing a song), Access WiFi State (for Chromecast support), Check License and Get Accounts (for license checking and cloud sync). Your songs are stored in directory /Android/data/com.linkesoft.songbook/files on the (built-in) external storage which you can access via USB connection. Note: The song directory will be deleted with all songs and playlists when you uninstall the SongBook app. Please back up your songs via USB or cloud sync. Note for updates: Android has changed the rules where apps are allowed to store files. When you update from a previous version of SongBook, your files will automatically be moved to the new default location. See the bottom of this page for the full version history. Where To Find Songs For SongBookSongBook uses the chordpro format, a plain text file format where chords are written in square brackets within the lyrics. It can also work with tab files. Unfortunately, we cannot provide songs on this site due to copyright restrictions. However, the Internet has huge archives of songs in chordpro format: simply type the song name and file extension pro or chordpro into your favorite search engine, e.g. "song title" chordpro. Or use the built-in Internet search. You can also easily create your own chordpro songs. Just write the lyrics as usual and insert the chord names in square brackets at the appropriate positions as in the following example:

A detailed explanation of the chordpro format as supported by SongBook is available here. Note: Our desktop applications SongBook Windows and SongBook Mac make it easier to edit or convert chordpro and tab songs on a bigger screen. How To Get Songs Into SongBookSongBook stores all songs in a directory called /SongBook on your device built-in externally available storage. This is a directory that can be shared via USB (select Media Transfer Protocol MTP). A sample song Greensleeves.pro is automatically put into that directory when you first start SongBook. You can change the SongBook directory in Settings. You can also store songs on an SD card (if available) in directory /Android/data/com.linkesoft.songbook/files.

SongBook can also open files with supported extensions from e.g. mail attachments or other sharing apps and copy them into the SongBook directory. Select menu Add Song - File to add files stored locally on your device.

You can synchronize your song collection with Dropbox, Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive (consumer only), or Nextcloud. Simply link with with your cloud account in Settings, and copy your song files to the /SongBook folder (uppercase S and B) and its subdirectories in the main Dropbox/My Drive/OneDrive/Nextcloud folder. Use the Synchronize menu entry of the song list to start the synchronization. Press the Back button to stop the sync at any time.

Synchronization is two-way and (except for the first sync) includes deletions and modifications on both sides. For technical reasons, subdirectories of the SongBook directory (categories) can only be renamed/removed on the device. To overwrite all songs on the device, unlink SongBook from Dropbox/Google Drive/OneDrive/Nextcloud in Settings, then delete all songs/categories, then link the app again.

To synchronize SongBook Windows or SongBook Mac with SongBook Android, just select the Dropbox/Google Drive/OneDrive/Nextcloud SongBook folder on the PC/Mac as your song folder (with the "..." button next to the category dropdown). Then link and sync SongBook Android as described above. See this video for details.

Songs are structured in categories. Categories are somewhat similar to folders on your computer. You can group songs in categories to help you organize them e.g. by genre or difficulty. Just like folders on your computer, deleting a category will delete all songs in it. In addition, songs can also be organized in playlists and filtered by tags.

Use Edit Categories on the Categories dropdown at the top to add, rename or remove categories. Removing a category will also remove all songs in that category. Songs that are not assigned to a specific category will appear in category - Unfiled -. To put a single song in a different category, tap-and-hold (long tap) the song in the song list and select Change Category from the popup menu.

You can also change the font sizes for the current song with the familiar "pinch" gesture. Use the Save Zoom menu button to save the current zoom level with the song (as a zoom-android: directive) so that this particular song will always display in the selected size.

Unlike zooming of pictures, zooming of songs in SongBook will trigger a re-layout of the song, so you will never have to scroll horizontally. Use menu Auto-Zoom to set the current zoom factor so the song will fit on the screen without scrolling. SongBook will automatically switch to multi-column mode if the song is narrow enough and would fit without scrolling on the screen.

If you have a Google Chromecast device in your network and select it from the Chromecast button , SongBook will display the current song in landscape auto-zoom mode on the connected Chromecast TV/projector. Note: this feature does not work on devices that don't have the Google play services installed.

Swipe left/right or double-tap in the middle part of the screen left/right to move to the next/previous song in the currently selected category/playlist. Double tap in the lower or upper third to scroll one page down or up.

You can use AirTurn or similar bluetooth or USB pedals to scroll page-wise up/down and switch to the next/previous song in the current category or playlist. The latter can be switched off in Settings. There you can also configure to start auto-scrolling with a pedal down. The page percentage to scroll can also be configured.

Concert ModeYou can select a special concert mode for simplified usage in live situations in the menu. When this mode is active, the song will be displayed full-screen, with a few bigger buttons at the bottom to go back to song list, start/stop auto-scroll, start/stop music, start/stop the metronome and exit concert mode. In concert mode, you cannot tap on a chord, instead, you can single tap in the upper/lower part of the screen to scroll up/down, and swipe left/right for the next/previous song.

You can transpose the song into a different key by tapping on the Transpose menu button. Tap on the buttons to change the tuning in half-tone steps. Use the "All b" and "All #" buttons to convert all # chords to their b equivalent or vice versa. Tap on the Save button to permanently save the changed chords in the song.

You can use Set Capo to define a fret for a capo. This works just like a transpose down the same number of steps, but will show a Capo: ... indicator at the beginning of the song. The other transpose functions are not available while a capo is set.

The transpose menu at the right-hand side lets you convert song chords into the Nashville Numbering System which will convert all chord names into numbers 1,2,3... This only works if a key is set in the song (with Set Key from the menu). If a song is already in Nashville Number format, you can convert it back into regular chords (again based on the defined key). Chord lookup will also work for Nashville numbers.

The play button on the Auto-Scroll menu will start auto-scrolling the song. You can adjust the total playing time mm:ss of the song (including the last page) with the slider or the +/- buttons. Tap Save to save the playing time in the song (as a time: directive). To temporarily pause the current scrolling, double-tap anywhere on the screen.

You can insert optionally insert pause: x directives somewhere in a song, where x denotes a pause in seconds (e.g. pause: 20 to pause 20 seconds). When the line with this pause statement reaches the top of the screen, auto-scrolling will pause for this amount of time. You can also put that directive at the top of the song to delay the auto-scroll start. The total playing time set above includes all pauses.

If you want to play along with a song stored in your Android Music library, you can link a SongBook song to music via the menu Link With Music. Once the song is linked, select the Notes icon in the action bar, or the Play Linked Music menu item to play the music. You can start/pause the song, and rewind/fast forward in 10sec intervals.

Another way to link music with a song is to copy an MP3 file into the SongBook folder, then insert a musicpath: file.mp3 statement in the song. This works across devices and platforms. Note: for PDFs, there is an automatic link to a music file with the same name in the same folder, e.g. Song.pdf -> Song.mp3

You can link multiple Android devices running SongBook (Android 10 or higher) together, so they will always show the same song and scroll to the same line. Enable Bluetooth or WiFi on all devices (no Internet connection required), then select Play together from the song list menu to start the search for other devices. When you first activate this option, you will be asked to grant some location-related permission. These are only used by the underlying technology to find nearby devices. SongBook does not track or record your location. To avoid circular or double connections, you must specify a unique name on each device

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