Posting Songs

Hello Smileymike216 - Chordie merely re-formats and displays songs hosted on other sites (see FAQs at Chordie Resources) - you can't "post" a song to Chordie.

However, it is possible to share a song (well, at least the lyrics & chords) you have written here in the Songwriting Forum by doing this:

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Here is a song (in ChordPro format):

{t:Tra-La-La}

{st:by, Scooby Doo}

[C]Tra la [Am]la

[F]Dum dee [G]doo

Tra la [C]la

As long as the chords are properly placed and in brackets, they will appear above the words.  The title and subtitle must be in curly brackets with the proper command.  You can 'paste-in' your song off your word processor program.

Now; put a "SONG" at the start, and a "/SONG" at the end (WITH BRACKETS INSTEAD OF QUOTES) and it will look like this:

<div class="song"><link rel="StyleSheet" href="../css/chordie.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="Chordie style"><div id="singlesong"><div id="singlesongc"><div class="header"><h1 class="finaltitle"> Tra-La-La</h1><h2 class="finalartist" style="text-decoration: none">by, Scooby Doo</h2></div><div class="song"><div id="firstcol"><div class="chordline"><span class="bracket">[</span><span class="relc"><span class="absc">C</span></span><span class="bracket">]</span>Tra la <span class="bracket">[</span><span class="relc"><span class="absc">Am</span></span><span class="bracket">]</span>la

</div><div class="chordline"><span class="bracket">[</span><span class="relc"><span class="absc">F</span></span><span class="bracket">]</span>Dum dee <span class="bracket">[</span><span class="relc"><span class="absc">G</span></span><span class="bracket">]</span>doo

</div><div class="chordline">Tra la <span class="bracket">[</span><span class="relc"><span class="absc">C</span></span><span class="bracket">]</span>la

</div></div><div id="secondcol">
</div></div><div class="grids"><img class="chord" alt="Am" src="../ramimages/Amchord_N02210_1.png" /> <img class="chord" alt="C" src="../ramimages/Cchord_N32010_1.png" /> <img class="chord" alt="F" src="../ramimages/Fchord_133211_1.png" /> <img class="chord" alt="G" src="../ramimages/Gchord_320003_1.png" /> </div></div></div><div style="display:none">

{t:Tra-La-La}

{st:by, Scooby Doo}

[C]Tra la [Am]la

[F]Dum dee [G]doo

Tra la [C]la

</div>

This format is called ChordPro . . . it is easy to use once you play with it a bit.  If you go to your Chordie Songbook and open a song with the 'edit' button, there are some easy to follow tips available in the edit pane.

Since there are Chordie Forum upload file size limits, it is not possible (yet) to post mp3's of your songs (I've tried).

Pere (the wizard who invented Chordie as a hobby) is working on a new project aimed at making a site where songwriters can post stuff (with mp3s) that should make collaboration and cross-pollination possible.  I can't wait . . . it will be more great internet!

Hope this helps, Smileymike216 . . .

Ken - here is a link to a site where you can view & print files written in chordpro format.

<a href="http://www.bythechord.com/resource.html" target="_blank">http://www.bythechord.com/resource.html</a>

I'm not at home now, but latere today I'll send a link to a site where you can download a pretty good version that allows you to transpose & view & print.

Good to hear that you are spewing forth great gobs of songs . . . I've got a couple gestating but have no due date yet.

Ken - here is another link where you can download a very nice chordpro software version:

<a href="http://www.tenbyten.com/software/songsgen/" target="_blank">http://www.tenbyten.com/software/songsgen/</a>

It's called Songsheet Generator.  I use it at home and it works just dandy.  The programmer asks for $15 from registered users.  In Scottish currency, I think that's 19.327 pieces of peat?