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#51
Repertoire Help / Re: A Problem with ChordPro an...
Last post by arlo - November 21, 2025, 10:30:05 AMAfter removing the square brackets from the headings, please select all the text and then click the Clear Formatting button (Tx icon). Then click the ChordPro Tools button again to put brackets around the chords. Does that fix it?
It's possible that removing the formatting might change the chord alignments and then the automatic bracketing won't work correctly. In that case you would need to manually place the chords. Alternatively, you could look for a source to copy and paste from that uses spaces instead of custom formatting for the manual chord positioning, or that uses ChordPro formatting so the conversion to ChordPro isn't necessary.
It's possible that removing the formatting might change the chord alignments and then the automatic bracketing won't work correctly. In that case you would need to manually place the chords. Alternatively, you could look for a source to copy and paste from that uses spaces instead of custom formatting for the manual chord positioning, or that uses ChordPro formatting so the conversion to ChordPro isn't necessary.
#52
Repertoire Help / Re: ChordPro Format
Last post by arlo - November 21, 2025, 10:26:33 AMI'll put support for a mixture of bracketed and unbracketed chords on my wish list.
Meanwhile, I think using the Chords field for just the Intro chords in your example would work well, because those intro chords are at the top of the lyrics field anyway. The chords field would sit in the same place on top of the lyrics.
Meanwhile, I think using the Chords field for just the Intro chords in your example would work well, because those intro chords are at the top of the lyrics field anyway. The chords field would sit in the same place on top of the lyrics.
#53
Repertoire Help / Re: ChordPro Format
Last post by ElleMrLA - November 21, 2025, 09:08:31 AMHi Arlo,
I would really welcome exactly that in the ChordPro tools. So using bar lines (pipes) and colons (for repeats) as symbols that are interpreted by ChordPro.
Maybe you'll find the time to program that in as well.
In any case, your suggestion to implement the chords in the chord window is unfortunately not suitable for my project. (I am a keyboardist and singer and have to focus on both the lyrics and the different chords – which can sometimes change completely from verse to chorus.)
Quote from: arlo on November 20, 2025, 10:51:12 PMI've never considered mixing ChordPro formatting with a section of bar lines like you're doing. I would recommend leaving the square brackets out of that first section and doing the chord coloring and transposing manually if you need to do that.
I would really welcome exactly that in the ChordPro tools. So using bar lines (pipes) and colons (for repeats) as symbols that are interpreted by ChordPro.
Maybe you'll find the time to program that in as well.
In any case, your suggestion to implement the chords in the chord window is unfortunately not suitable for my project. (I am a keyboardist and singer and have to focus on both the lyrics and the different chords – which can sometimes change completely from verse to chorus.)
#54
Repertoire Help / Re: A Problem with ChordPro an...
Last post by ElleMrLA - November 21, 2025, 08:24:13 AMHi Arlo,
I will put some pictures to show the intermediate results.
One picture shows the Lyrics page after I clicked the [C] to remove the Brackets. The other pichture shows a bit of the source code.
I will put some pictures to show the intermediate results.
One picture shows the Lyrics page after I clicked the [C] to remove the Brackets. The other pichture shows a bit of the source code.
#55
Repertoire Help / Re: A Problem with ChordPro an...
Last post by arlo - November 20, 2025, 10:52:58 PMWhat does that song look like after you click the button to remove the brackets around the headings but before you click the button again to add the brackets around the chords?
#56
Repertoire Help / Re: ChordPro Format
Last post by arlo - November 20, 2025, 10:51:12 PMSince you have some chords embedded into the lyrics with square brackets, then yes, you do need to put every chord in square brackets.
I've never considered mixing ChordPro formatting with a section of bar lines like you're doing. I would recommend leaving the square brackets out of that first section and doing the chord coloring and transposing manually if you need to do that.
Alternatively, you can put sections of just chords in the Chords field as shown in step 8 on this page:
https://www.bandhelper.com/tutorials/adding_lyrics.html
I've never considered mixing ChordPro formatting with a section of bar lines like you're doing. I would recommend leaving the square brackets out of that first section and doing the chord coloring and transposing manually if you need to do that.
Alternatively, you can put sections of just chords in the Chords field as shown in step 8 on this page:
https://www.bandhelper.com/tutorials/adding_lyrics.html
#57
Repertoire Help / ChordPro Format
Last post by ElleMrLA - November 20, 2025, 10:18:59 PMHi there,
Is it really necessary to put square brackets around every chord?
To save myself some work, I always set chords like this:
Intro:
[|Gm |Cm |Gm |A |]
[|Gm |Cm |Gm |A |]
[|Gm |Gm |]
This also displays properly. But if I want to transpose, these chords don't get transposed.
However, I do need the bar lines. Do I have to put every bar line in square brackets as well? If I do that, the alignment no longer works correctly.
Do you have any recommendations?
Is it really necessary to put square brackets around every chord?
To save myself some work, I always set chords like this:
Intro:
[|Gm |Cm |Gm |A |]
[|Gm |Cm |Gm |A |]
[|Gm |Gm |]
This also displays properly. But if I want to transpose, these chords don't get transposed.
However, I do need the bar lines. Do I have to put every bar line in square brackets as well? If I do that, the alignment no longer works correctly.
Do you have any recommendations?
#58
Repertoire Help / A Problem with ChordPro and Fi...
Last post by ElleMrLA - November 20, 2025, 10:11:16 PMHi there,
I copy lyrics and chords from Ultimate Guitar and paste them into the lyrics window. Then I press [C] once to remove the square brackets for [Intro], [Verse], etc.
When I press [C] again, the chords are converted into ChordPro format. But this only works for half of the song, while the other half ends up completely misaligned.
The photos show my version of Firefox, then the result in Firefox, and the same result in Edge.
Could you, dear Arlo, take a look at this?
Many thanks,
Elle
I copy lyrics and chords from Ultimate Guitar and paste them into the lyrics window. Then I press [C] once to remove the square brackets for [Intro], [Verse], etc.
When I press [C] again, the chords are converted into ChordPro format. But this only works for half of the song, while the other half ends up completely misaligned.
The photos show my version of Firefox, then the result in Firefox, and the same result in Edge.
Could you, dear Arlo, take a look at this?
Many thanks,
Elle
#59
Repertoire Help / Re: How to connect the IRIG p...
Last post by arlo - November 19, 2025, 09:51:44 PMYou also have a help ticket for the same topic and I have been replying there.
#60
Repertoire Help / Re: Soundbrenner Metronome / A...
Last post by arlo - November 19, 2025, 09:51:17 PMHere's an update for 2025. I just tried this again with my original Soundbrenner Pulse and the current Soundbrenner and BandHelper apps.
I was not able to control the Soundbrenner with MIDI. The Soundbrenner app has MIDI input settings and shows the input port from BandHelper, but it always says "disconnected."
With Ableton link, the Soundbrenner now starts and stops from the tempo function in BandHelper, as well as playing at the tempo programmed into BandHelper. It still does not play in sync with BandHelper's tempo. So you can use this as a convenient way to control the Soundbrenner, but you will not be able to watch the tempo flash or play a sound from BandHelper at the same time.
I was not able to control the Soundbrenner with MIDI. The Soundbrenner app has MIDI input settings and shows the input port from BandHelper, but it always says "disconnected."
With Ableton link, the Soundbrenner now starts and stops from the tempo function in BandHelper, as well as playing at the tempo programmed into BandHelper. It still does not play in sync with BandHelper's tempo. So you can use this as a convenient way to control the Soundbrenner, but you will not be able to watch the tempo flash or play a sound from BandHelper at the same time.