chordpro

What problem does it solve?

ChordPro provides a clear, portable format for writing and sharing song sheets, but without a standard guide, metadata and syntax can be inconsistent across projects.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Standard ChordPro syntax for portability across apps and platforms
• {meta: ...} pattern for explicit, uniform metadata plus optional x_ fields
• ABC notation blocks for fiddle tunes via {start_of_abc} and related directives
• Transposition and chord placement controls to transpose songs without editing lyrics
• Useful for documentation, education, and tooling around song sheets

Quick Start

Create a new chord sheet file (e.g., song.pro) and add required metadata like {meta: title} and {meta: artist}, followed by lyrics with chords in brackets. Then you can add an ABC section for fiddle tunes using {start_of_abc}.