Musicians’ guide
Holding the guitar? You lead the sing-along: you create the campfire, pick the songs and set the pace. Here is how to keep everyone in sync from start to finish.
The musician is the campfire’s conductor. From your account you create the room, line up the songs and start the one to play; every participant’s screen follows automatically. You can transpose, set a capo and move line by line so no one loses the thread. You stay in control from the first chord to the last, and everyone else simply follows your lead.
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Create the campfire
From your account, create a campfire and give it a name. Then share the QR code or the link: singers join without an account. You can reopen the same campfire later — its link stays valid.
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Line up the song queue
Add songs from the songbook to the queue, reorder them and start the one to play. Everyone then switches to the same chord chart and the same lyrics, at the very same moment. You can prepare the whole evening in advance or add songs on the fly as requests come in.
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Transpose and set a capo
Change the key with a single button, up or down, to fit the group’s voices. Set the capo position too: the guitar chords are recalculated and redrawn for everyone.
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Lead the song
Move the current line forward as the singing goes: it highlights on every screen to guide the singers. You set the pace, and the sing-along stays in sync from the first verse to the last.
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Automatic scrolling
Rather than moving by hand, you can let the page scroll down on its own. Auto-scroll goes from 0 to 20 with the − and + buttons; pick a speed close to the singing. The screen stays awake while it scrolls, and a single pause hands control back to you.
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Adjust the text size
Whether you stand your phone on a holder or keep it in hand while playing, make the text bigger or smaller with − and +. The setting is specific to your device and changes nothing on the other participants’ screens.
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Give your opinion on the song
Share your opinion by giving the current song stars based on how much you liked it: the group’s average rating shows live. It’s a handy cue to see what works and build your next sing-alongs. Over time, the ratings help you spot the crowd-pleasers worth keeping in rotation.
In short: you create, you choose and you lead; the singers just follow. Between transposing, the capo, auto-scroll and ratings, you have everything for a smooth sing-along, on any device around the fire.