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OpenChords

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Create and edit chords and lyrics of a song or set of songs, modify tags, take notes, transpose song keys and export the data to PDF format. #Chord Manager  #Song Manager  #Chord Editor  #Chord  #Lyrics  #Guitar  

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OpenChords is a lightweight audio application whose purpose is to help musicians display chords and lyrics of a set of songs on the computer screen, take notes, transpose the song key, and export the lyrics to PDF file format.

You can copy the tool on portable media devices like USB flash drives, carry it with you, and run it on the target system by simply opening the executable file (there’s no installation setup included in the process).

The utility adopts a clean and intuitive design that provides quick access to a list with songs. With just one click on the target audio file from the list, you can check out the lyrics and chords in the main window.

Plus, you can track all notes embedded in the current song, perform searches for identifying songs, open the folder where the songs are saved, and copy lyrics data to the clipboard.

OpenChords gives you the possibility to alter the lyrics data directly into the main window, insert additional notes, as well as modify the general information revealed for each audio file, such as title, author, copyright, tempo (e.g. fast, moderate, slow), signature (e.g. 2/4, ¾, 4/4), reference, and key.

What’s more, you are allowed to fix the formatting of the lyrics and notes for the selected song, export the songs to PDF file format, and save a set of songs to OpenSong.

OpenChords lets you display the lyrics and chord data in full screen mode, change the size of the text, show or hide chords, lyrics and notes, switch to the previous or next song, and jump to the next or previous page.

There are a lot of display settings that you can tweak, as you may change the screen width and height, paragraph spacing, content line spacing, note width, top and bottom page margin, as well as the font, size, color and style of the title, headings, lyrics, notes, and next page text. The same settings can also be applied to printing options.

All things considered, OpenChords comes with handy features for helping you create, edit and reveal songs in full screen. On the downside, while testing the utility on Windows 8.1 Pro, we have noticed several bugs. The app does not close properly and you may end up with an error message upon trying to refresh the lyrics in full screen.

What's new in OpenChords 2.4.5.0:

  • Fixed: Upgraded project dependencies to latest versions
  • Fixed: Upgraded build dependencies such as cake, inno.tools and visual studio to latest version
  • Improvement: Replace depreciated package EPPlus with NPOI for exporting song list to xlsx format
  • Fixed: Minor build improvements
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  portable version
Portable OpenChords
  runs on:
Windows 10 32/64 bit
Windows 8 32/64 bit
Windows 7 32/64 bit
Windows Vista
  file size:
5.2 MB
  9 screenshots:
OpenChords - Users can select a song and edit its chords, lyrics or tag, such as title, author and copyrightOpenChords - Users can access the preferences window from the File menu in order to change the program's settingsOpenChords - The Song menu allows users to modify the song key and cappo, as well as create a new songOpenChords - Users can save, revert or delete a set, as well as create a new one from the Sets menuOpenChords - Current song or all songs can be exported to print, tablet, or OpenSong and users can also export set listsOpenChords - screenshot #6OpenChords - screenshot #7OpenChords - screenshot #8OpenChords - screenshot #9
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