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

http://www.tmg.it/software/chordsfun

     
 

webchord

http://webchord.sourceforge.net/tech.html

     
 

songbook

http://linkesoft.com/songbook/manual.html#chordproformat

     
 

chordii

http://www.vromans.org/johan/projects/Chordii/chordpro/index.html

     
 

pmwiki

http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/ChordPro-Markup

     
 

songsgen

http://tenbyten.com/software/songsgen/help/HtmlHelp/files_reference.htm

     
             
 

This matrix was created on October 26th, 2011