Here are high level instructions for creating and importing songs into MySongbook. For more details and video examples look at the other help pages.
*A plain text editor like Notepad is better, but I keep getting emails of people using Microsoft Word. If you must use word, you need to be very careful to use it as a text only editor. See Video here.
Step1: Create Plain Text Song
Over the Rainbow
Israel Kamakawiwo
Chorus
[C]Somewhere [Em]over the rainbow
[F]Way up [C]high
[F]And the [C]dreams that you dream of
[G]Once in a [Am]lullaby [F]…
Verse
[C]Someday I’ll wish upon a star
[G]Wake up where the clouds are far be[Am]hind [F]me
Where [C]trouble melts like lemon drops
[G]High above the chimney tops
———- Format ———-
Title
Artist
(blank line)
Section Title (must be included)
Lyrics with embedded [chords]
Lyrics with embedded [chords]
Lyrics with embedded [chords]
(blank line)
Section Title (must be included)
Lyrics with embedded [chords]
Lyrics with embedded [chords]
Lyrics with embedded [chords]
Format is fairly strict. Chords are optional. If you have chords on separate lines, that is okay, but 1) you need to specific a fixed width font in settings, 2) MySongbook will not be able to transpose.
Step2: eMail to yourself
Summary of steps:
- In browser, find lyrics and copy.
- Open new document in Microsoft Word* and right click then select “Paste Special” and “Unformatted Text”.
- Save as a Plain Text document!
- Edit format.
- Email document to yourself.
- Open attachment in mail on iPad/iPhone. Long press then select “open with” MySongbook to import.
*A plain text editor like Notepad is better, but I keep getting emails of people using MS Word.