ā¹ļø About One-Pager Chords
ā Usage
š Overview
āļø How to transpose the chords
āļø How to read a one-pager
āæ» Sections, the main structure of a one-pager
Overview
A section is first definedā¦
ā¦so that it can be re-used
In which order to play the sections?
What chords to play for a given section?
Overview
What if the chords of a section are different from its original section?
What if there are no chords attached to a section?
A section can be repeated several times
[Intro], a very special section
š¶ How to read the chords a.k.a. notes
Overview
Duration of a chord
What if there are chord changes within the same measure?
A pair of chords (i.e. two measures) is associated with one line of lyrics
Chords are assembled by groups
Groups of chords can be repeated several times
š How to read the lyrics
Overview
Several lines of lyrics might be combined on one line
To the contrary, one line of lyrics might span over multiple lines
What is an empty line?
ā±ļø When to change chords in relation to the lyrics?
Overview
What if a line is missing either one or the other underline?
What if the same chord is repeated over several measures?
How about chord changes within the same bar?
š Unlocking the power of substitutions and repetitions
Overview
āļø Modify a one-pager
š· Create your own one-pager
š Overview
šØ The art of formatting a one-pager
ā Everything you need to get started
āļø The One-Pager Chords Writer styles
š Font sizing and vertical spacing guidelines
š” One-pager formatting tips
š Start with a simple text file
š Move on to the One-Pager Chords ODT template
Overview
How to optimize the content
The iterative optimization process
Overview
Tidy up the text
Move name tags and chords in empty spaces
Make some space on the right to increase the font size
Let's increase the font size!
Talking about boxingā¦
The final touches
šµ Underlining the lyrics to mark the chord changes
Overview
When the chord change is aligned with a syllable
When the chord change is between two syllables
When the chord change happens during last syllable of the line
Let's underline those chord changes!
š«¶ Contribute
ā ļø Trade-offs and limitations
āļø Install
š Overview
š ļø Build toolchain dependencies
Overview
LibreOffice
Python
Exiftool
QPDF
āļø Build toolchain
Overview
Transpose chords
Convert chords to HTML
Convert chords to ODT
Convert ODT to PDF
šŖ One-pager edition tools
The One-Pager Chords automagic ODT reformat LibreOffice macro
Overview
How to install the macro
How to run the macro
A better way to run the macro
Other super convenient macros to prepare a one-pager
Overview
Increase/decrease font size
Increase/decrease vertical spacing
How to export a one-pager to the One-Pager Chords XML format
</> One-Pager Chords XML file format
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