ChordPro format | ||||||||||||
and its support through software | Sources (see list with URLs below) | |||||||||||
Command | Short command | Closing tag | Description | Info | chordsfun | webchord | songbook | chordii | pmwiki | songsgen | ||
(common commands are bold) | ||||||||||||
Preamble markup | chordsfun | webchord | songbook | chordii | pmwiki | songsgen | ||||||
{title:..} | {t:..} | Song title | Formatted as <h2> | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | |||
{subtitle:..} | {st:..} | Subtitle | Usually composer or artist, formatted as <h3> | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | |||
{album:..} | {a:..} | Album | Usually composer or artist | ♥ | ||||||||
# | Comment line | These lines will not be displayed, must be in column 1. | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ||||||
Formatting markup | chordsfun | webchord | songbook | chordii | pmwiki | songsgen | ||||||
{comment:..} | {c:..} | Comment | e.g. 'Chorus' | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | |||
{comment_italic:..} | {ci:..} | italic comment |
| ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | |||||
{comment_box:..} | {cb:..} | Comment Box |
| ♥ | ♥ | |||||||
{guitar_comment:..} | {gc:..} | Comment for players | Should be printed only if chords are shown | ♥ | ||||||||
{start_of_chorus} | {soc} | Start of chorus | For compatibility also recognises {start_of_choir) | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ||||
{start_of_choir) | see above | ♥ | ||||||||||
{end_of_chorus} | {eoc} | ♥ | End of a chorus | For compatibility also recognises {end_of_choir) | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | |||
{end_of_choir) | ♥ | ♥ | ||||||||||
{start_of_tab} | {sot} | Start of tab | For preformatted tab etc | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ||||
{end_of_tab} | {eot} | ♥ | End of a tab |
| ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | |||
Output markup | chordsfun | webchord | songbook | chordii | pmwiki | songsgen | ||||||
{define:..} | Defines a special chord | <chord name> <position> <String6>..<String1> e.g.: G 1 3 2 0 0 0 3 graphical representation of chords | ♥ | ~ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | |||||
{rowname} | ||||||||||||
{textfont:..} | ♥ | |||||||||||
{textsize:..} | ♥ | |||||||||||
{chordfont:..} | ♥ | |||||||||||
{chordsize:..} | ♥ | |||||||||||
{new_page} | {np} | Specifies style "clear: both; page-break-after: always;" | May work with print from some browsers | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ||||||
{new_physical_page} | {npp} | Specifies style "clear: both; age-break-after: always;" | May work with print from some browsers | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ||||||
{column_break} | {colb} | Column break | ♥ | ♥ | ||||||||
{columns:3} | {col: 3} | Number of columns | Specify the number of columns in the layout | ♥ | ||||||||
{grid} | {g} | Ignored | ||||||||||
{new_song} | {ns} | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ||||||||
{no_grid} | {ng} | Ignored | ||||||||||
{tuning} | Ignored | |||||||||||
{key:..} | Ignored | Proprietary, songsheet generator | ♥ | |||||||||
['|] | Vertical bar | Use [|] | ♥ | ♥ | ||||||||
[|] | ♥ | |||||||||||
{data_abc: xyz} | {d_abc:} | Data | Proprietary, songsheet generator | ♥ | ||||||||
{footer: xyz} | {f:} | Footer override | Proprietary, songsheet generator | ♥ | ||||||||
{no_grid} | {ng} | No Chords grid | Don't print a chords grid | ♥ | ♥ | |||||||
{grid} | {g} | Chords grid | Print a chords grid at the end/right of the file | ♥ | ||||||||
{titles: left|center} | Title alignment | Accepted values are left; any other values print centered | ♥ | |||||||||
{pagetype: type} | Specify page type | A4 or Letter format | ♥ | |||||||||
{tempo: ...} | Scroll speed | Songbook specific | ♥ | |||||||||
Source URLs | chordsfun | webchord | songbook | chordii | pmwiki | songsgen | ||||||
chordsfun | ||||||||||||
webchord | ||||||||||||
songbook | ||||||||||||
chordii | http://www.vromans.org/johan/projects/Chordii/chordpro/index.html | |||||||||||
pmwiki | ||||||||||||
songsgen | http://tenbyten.com/software/songsgen/help/HtmlHelp/files_reference.htm | |||||||||||
This matrix was created on October 26th, 2011 | ||||||||||||