🔥 Campfire Songbook

← Create and edit a song

The editor icons

Hover an icon in the editor to see what it does; here is the full list. Most of them act either at the cursor position or on the text you have selected.

The editor toolbar and its Structure, Chords, Rhythm, Tools and History groups.
Tools are arranged in groups; hover an icon to see its name and what it does.

Song structure

  • VerseWrap the selected passage as a verse, to give the song a clear structure.
  • ChorusWrap the selected passage as a chorus: it stands out on screen and can be recalled later.
  • Repeat the chorusInsert a "Chorus" marker at the cursor to repeat the chorus without rewriting it.
  • CommentAdd a note (e.g. "softly", "x2", "intro") shown set apart, and not sung.
  • ColorPuts the selection in an emphasis tint (1, 2 or 3): to tell her part from his, spoken text… Whole lines become a tinted block, framed like a chorus; a few words get a tint within the line. Chords keep their color.
  • TabWrap the selected passage as a tab, shown in a fixed-width font (intro, riff...). Only the first line may contain ChordPro chords such as [G]. These chords stay in the original key when the song is transposed.

Chords

  • Add a chordPlace the cursor in the lyrics then click: a small dialog lets you type the chord (e.g. Am, G7), inserted right above the syllable.
  • Chords in this songOpens the list of every chord played in the song, with its fingering. Fix a fingering on the fretboard: that is what people will see when they tap the chord.
  • Text to chordSelect text you already typed and turn it into a chord, without retyping it.
  • Nudge leftMove the selected chord one character to the left to line it up exactly on the right syllable.
  • Nudge rightMove the selected chord one character to the right.

Rhythm

  • StrummingOpen the strumming pattern builder (down, up, muted, rest, accent) and insert the pattern at the cursor.
  • Scroll speedAdds {x_scroll_speed: 80} at the start of the line: from here on, auto-scroll runs at 80% of the chosen speed (10 to 300%). Invisible when reading, it shows in the preview.

Tools

  • Convert the whole textPasted a song with the chords written above the lyrics? Convert the whole body at once to the editor format, with chords attached to the right syllables.
  • Convert the selectionSame conversion, but only on the passage you selected — handy to redo just one verse.
  • Copy the chord gridCopy the chord sequence of a line to reuse it elsewhere.
  • Paste the chord gridPaste the copied chord grid onto the selected line(s) — perfect when the same progression comes back.

History

  • UndoStep back one action if you made a mistake.