Accept "N.C." as a chord in ChordPro

[ChrisMikolaj]

Hi Arlo

I have a question regarding ChordPro imports.

Quite a few songs on Ultimate Guitar use [N.C.] ("No Chord") in sections where no chord should be played. When I import those songs into BandHelper, lines containing [N.C.] often don't seem to be recognized as valid ChordPro lines, so the formatting gets messed up.

Is there a recommended way to handle [N.C.] in BandHelper, or could BandHelper treat it as a valid chord during the import process?

Thanks a lot as always,
Chris

[arlo]

Can you show an example of the problem? Anything in square brackets should be positioned above the lyrics the same way, regardless of whether it's a chord name or not.

[ChrisMikolaj]

Yes, sure.

I just tried it with the lyrics of "The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson.

Screenshot 1: After pasting the lyrics from UG
Screenshot 2: Press the convert ChordPro button (remove brackets)
Screenshot 3: Press the convert ChordPro button again

Everything gets written correctly, but not the line with "N.C." as a chord.

Hope this helps.

Thanks a lot!



Here are the lyrics if you want to try it out yourself:

[Verse 1]
E            D/E           E          D/E
  Hey pretty baby with the high heels on
E             D/E             E      D/E
  You give me fever like I've never, ever known
E               D/E        E     D/E
  You're just a product of loveliness
E            D/E            E          D/E
  I like the groove of your walk, your talk, your dress
A             G/A        A      G/A
  I feel your fever from miles around
A               G/A      A             B
  I'll pick you up in my car and we'll paint the town
E              D/E      E       D/E
  Just kiss me baby and tell me twice
E                 D/E     E
  That you're the one for me
 
 
[Chorus]
N.C.                E                 D/E     E
The way you make me feel (the way you make me feel)
           D/E     E              D/E     E
You really turn me on (you really turn me on)
             D/E       E                  D/E       E
You knock me off of my feet (you knock me off of my feet)
          D/E      E               D/E      E      D/E
My lonely days are gone (my lonely days are gone)

[arlo]

The Convert to ChordPro function only works with chord names, so you would need to manually put brackets around the "N.C." and position it within your lyrics.

[ChrisMikolaj]

Thanks a lot, that's what I currently do to work around this.

So my question was, if there is a chance to treat "N.C." as an actual chord as in quite a lot of cases this is coming up and I woudl then need to manually re-work those lines.

I also tried to put brackets to "N.C." before the conversion, but the [C]-Button would only remove those brackets again first and then the result is the same again.