Any Musical Purpose
Although initially intended for guitarists, it can be used for all kinds of musical purposes.
Popular Standard
ChordPro became a popular way to write lead sheets and many tools adopted its format.
Simple Text Format
ChordPro is a simple text file format. Any text editor can be used to create and maintain them.
Markup
It is possible to use markup in lyrics and other texts to change the way how these will be displayed.
ChordPro In Action
About ChordPro
In 1992 Martin Leclerc and Mario Dorion developed a simple text file format to write lead sheets, songs with lyrics and chords, and a tool to create neatly printed lead sheets out of these text files. The tool was called chord, and the text files were called chord files. It soon became a popular way to write lead sheets and many users and tools adopted this format for similar purposes. For still unknown reasons people started calling the files chordpro files.
More about the ChordPro History...
About ChordPro.ORG
In 2015 a small team of enthousiast ChordPro users took over the maintenance of the ChordPro standard from Martin and Mario, and developed a new reference implementation with many new features.
Features
The ChordPro program renders ChordPro marked-up input.
It is a reference implementation and augments the file specification in cases that are insufficiently clear.
Native PDF Generation
While PostScript was a good choice in 1992, nowadays PDF is much better. View it directly on your tablet and mobile.
Unicode Support
ChordPro takes all input in UTF-8 encoded UNICODE but falls back to good old Latin-1 if needed.
Custom Tunings and Notes
Not just C F G on 6-string EADGBE tuned guitar. C D E or Do Re Mi? Nashville or Roman? ChordPro supports alternative tunings and note naming systems.
String and Keyboard Diagrams
For keyboard players, ChordPro can show keyboard diagrams instead of string diagrams.
Support Us
The ChordPro standard and reference implementation are free products. Free as in speech.
The development and maintenance is done by an international group of motivated volunteers.
If you like our work, please support us. Web sites, storage and bandwidth cost real money. Your donation is much appreciated.
Contact Us
Get in touch
You can get in contact with us via email or report bugs in GitHub.
The forum is a good place to join the user community.
Email:
info@chordpro.org