I'm an experienced worship musician, and I've been thinking of creating some UA-cam content. I'm getting a sense of what's there already. I think your channel is a good resource.
Took some notes! Very very well explained Video, Thank you so much for the teachings and sharing!! LOVE the visual effect of the red chords, but, juste a little friendly reminder that sometimes if the stage lights are the same colour, and shine of the chart, they can become really hard to see D: hahah learned this the hard way. Peace and Love!
Great presentation. In addition to what you've presented, I center the texts for the verses and keep the chorus and bridge sections to the left in order to differentiate the sections just a bit more clearly for the entire team in those occasional cases when changes occur during the service. It's a bit more easy to see exactly where the chorus is, as it stands out to the left.
@@jwithrowmusic Quick question. After 30+ years of leading praise and worship using folder and folder, and folder and folders of sheet music, I'm finally investigating the utilization of a tablet with a Bluetooth foot switch. Did I mention lots of folders of chord sheets, lol? I have no experience with IOS, so I'm looking at getting a Windows tablet because of its increased capabilities over Android. However, I'm having difficulty finding Windows software designed for musicians that do what we do. I know you mentioned Onsong, which is exclusively IOS, but do you have any recommendations for a Windows tablet?
Hi @Yeshua's' Talmid. I understand all the sheet music! Once I switched to everything digital, it was truly amazing. Well worth it! As far as windows programs, I unfortunately don't know. Most of the music production and live sound industry runs off macs and iOS so it's rare if i find myself needing to use a windows machine. Wish I could help you further! If someone reads this and knows a good windows chord chart app, please leave a comment. I'd like to know too :)
Nice tutorial. I use Courier New as it is a mono-spaced font that does not loose positioning when resizing the font for a better fit or improve readability.
It is nice for that--I use it for guitar tabs I create for private students quite often cause of how easy it is to copy and paste from online without having to adjust the spacing. I just wish Courier was easier to see from far away or in dim lighting when you're using it for on stage. Always difficult for my eye.
fantastic tutorial. my only suggestion would be to check out a tutorial on tabs in MS Word instead of hitting the space bar over and over again. This would also give you TOTAL control as to where the chord actually goes. Really need to be able to change keys on the fly. Most of my musicians can do that but it would be nice to actually be able to provide a brand new page of music if the key needs to be different. Thank you!!!
Thanks Pedro! The reason I only use space bar for placing chords is because using tab causes a significant "kick back" whenever you are deleting space between chords. Using tab also often causes weird spacing issues whenever you are converting a chart from a word doc into another file format. Just using space bar doesn't cause those kinds of issues.
If you put this in ChordPro format, which puts square brackets around those inline chords, there are many ChordPro compatible applications that will exactly format the chord placement for you. And once the chart is correctly bracketed, you can insert coded "directives" that will direct it to output to the screen or in PDF the entire chart in transposed form - without messing up the hand formatting.
Thanks, great video. While most of the time the songs I do have simple chords, a few have complex jazz chords. I'd like to include guitar chord graphic diagrams for those. Do you have any suggestions for how to do that?
Hi Eric! I would just type out at the top of the chart the chords in this format (Gmaj7 3x443x Am7 575555 etc...) But as far as using an actual diagram graphic, I don't use those in my everyday charts so I'm not sure the best way to include those.
Agreed! Check out the description for my comment on 2 columns. Also, back when I made this in 2017, a lot of chord chart programs still didn't format for 2 columns, so it made sense to keep the master copy in single column, but now most everything handles 2 columns.
Since making this video back in 2017, ultimate tab has definitely improved. I would say there's much more reliability with chord charts being correct (although it's not perfect, and this still can be an issue). But it's proven to come in handy when I'm needing a foundational tab or chart to make quickly for a student.
You know, I don't have a program that does that, but an alternative could be typing out the chords in fret format. Maybe put them in parentheses. For example: G (3x0003) Em (022000) D (xx0232)
I use an app for iOS called Onsong when I'm using my iPad on stage. I also use the program that comes with Planning Center (organizational software for churches) to help create lyric/chord charts for the various teams I lead.
@@jwithrowmusic I've used onsong before but it doesn't transpose. Just switched, like this week, to Songbook Pro and love how you can edit on the tablet and transpose the chords.
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I'm an experienced worship musician, and I've been thinking of creating some UA-cam content. I'm getting a sense of what's there already. I think your channel is a good resource.
That's awesome! And I appreciate the compliment.
This was literally the most useful video that I have seen on youtube. Well done, sir, you win the internet guitar trophy :)
Haha, I gladly accept! Thank you for the compliment, and I'm glad it was useful.
Took some notes! Very very well explained Video, Thank you so much for the teachings and sharing!!
LOVE the visual effect of the red chords, but, juste a little friendly reminder that sometimes if the stage lights are the same colour, and shine of the chart, they can become really hard to see D: hahah learned this the hard way.
Peace and Love!
Great tip!
what a great tutorial. Thank you so much for sharing!
I really appreciate it! Glad it could be helpful.
Thank you very much, I’ve been looking for this. Thanks for passing this along…
Glad it was helpful!
Very well explained. Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
So helpful! Thank you so much from India! ☺
You're welcome Srishti! Thank you for the comment :)
Excellent vid. Very useful information. Thank you Sir for posting this!
Very welcome!
Very good tutorial bro 👍💜
Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful to you
Great presentation. In addition to what you've presented, I center the texts for the verses and keep the chorus and bridge sections to the left in order to differentiate the sections just a bit more clearly for the entire team in those occasional cases when changes occur during the service. It's a bit more easy to see exactly where the chorus is, as it stands out to the left.
Yes, I think that can be great if you're needing to get some extra clarity for where your chorus is. Good stuff!
@@jwithrowmusic
Quick question.
After 30+ years of leading praise and worship using folder and folder, and folder and folders of sheet music, I'm finally investigating the utilization of a tablet with a Bluetooth foot switch. Did I mention lots of folders of chord sheets, lol?
I have no experience with IOS, so I'm looking at getting a Windows tablet because of its increased capabilities over Android. However, I'm having difficulty finding Windows software designed for musicians that do what we do. I know you mentioned Onsong, which is exclusively IOS, but do you have any recommendations for a Windows tablet?
Hi @Yeshua's' Talmid. I understand all the sheet music! Once I switched to everything digital, it was truly amazing. Well worth it! As far as windows programs, I unfortunately don't know. Most of the music production and live sound industry runs off macs and iOS so it's rare if i find myself needing to use a windows machine. Wish I could help you further! If someone reads this and knows a good windows chord chart app, please leave a comment. I'd like to know too :)
Very great lesson. thank you very much
Thank you, I really appreciate it!
love the litte bit of reverb on your voice :D
One of the few who caught it ;)
Fantastic! thanks
Glad you liked it!
The fact he missed the 'D' on first line of verse 1 and kept clicking all around it and didn't notice it.... 🙈🙈
Right?! 😆
Nice tutorial. I use Courier New as it is a mono-spaced font that does not loose positioning when resizing the font for a better fit or improve readability.
It is nice for that--I use it for guitar tabs I create for private students quite often cause of how easy it is to copy and paste from online without having to adjust the spacing. I just wish Courier was easier to see from far away or in dim lighting when you're using it for on stage. Always difficult for my eye.
fantastic tutorial. my only suggestion would be to check out a tutorial on tabs in MS Word instead of hitting the space bar over and over again. This would also give you TOTAL control as to where the chord actually goes.
Really need to be able to change keys on the fly. Most of my musicians can do that but it would be nice to actually be able to provide a brand new page of music if the key needs to be different.
Thank you!!!
Thanks Pedro! The reason I only use space bar for placing chords is because using tab causes a significant "kick back" whenever you are deleting space between chords. Using tab also often causes weird spacing issues whenever you are converting a chart from a word doc into another file format. Just using space bar doesn't cause those kinds of issues.
If you put this in ChordPro format, which puts square brackets around those inline chords, there are many ChordPro compatible applications that will exactly format the chord placement for you. And once the chart is correctly bracketed, you can insert coded "directives" that will direct it to output to the screen or in PDF the entire chart in transposed form - without messing up the hand formatting.
Yes absolutely! Check out my note about bracketed chords in the description.
Thanks, great video. While most of the time the songs I do have simple chords, a few have complex jazz chords. I'd like to include guitar chord graphic diagrams for those. Do you have any suggestions for how to do that?
Hi Eric! I would just type out at the top of the chart the chords in this format (Gmaj7 3x443x Am7 575555 etc...) But as far as using an actual diagram graphic, I don't use those in my everyday charts so I'm not sure the best way to include those.
Great video. Thanks for the info. Now can you remove the D at the beginning of verse one?
But if I did, I wouldn't get all the great comments from my fellow OCD folks! ;)
THANKYOU FOR THE KNOWLEDEGE AND THANKYOU FOR THE EXTRA MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGE... GODBLESS
You are very welcome! God bless you too
What do you think about writing VERSE 1, CHORUS, BRIDGE etc. in the left margin (maybe like V1, Ch, Br to save space)?
Nowadays I use the format V1 or V2 for all my verses. I still like bolded, all CAPS for section headings as it's easier to see for me.
Don't decrease spacing. Make the page in 2 columns. You got all that white space on the right hand side.
Agreed! Check out the description for my comment on 2 columns. Also, back when I made this in 2017, a lot of chord chart programs still didn't format for 2 columns, so it made sense to keep the master copy in single column, but now most everything handles 2 columns.
Hey whats the app that you use on your ipad to read the chord charts???
It's called Onsong. I still use it to this day!
Did you say you had a tutorial on Onsong?
Not yet, but I plan to make more tutorials on chord charts (including OnSong) in June!
That’s ultimate guitar website the biggest tab website on line 😂
Since making this video back in 2017, ultimate tab has definitely improved. I would say there's much more reliability with chord charts being correct (although it's not perfect, and this still can be an issue). But it's proven to come in handy when I'm needing a foundational tab or chart to make quickly for a student.
I’m looking for a way to put chord diagrams over the lyrics, not just letters.
You know, I don't have a program that does that, but an alternative could be typing out the chords in fret format. Maybe put them in parentheses. For example: G (3x0003) Em (022000) D (xx0232)
What chord chart program are you talking about?
I use an app for iOS called Onsong when I'm using my iPad on stage. I also use the program that comes with Planning Center (organizational software for churches) to help create lyric/chord charts for the various teams I lead.
@@jwithrowmusic I've used onsong before but it doesn't transpose. Just switched, like this week, to Songbook Pro and love how you can edit on the tablet and transpose the chords.
When you copy and paste choose Keep Source Format, This will keep the chords above the song words
Great tip!