Fretlist
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For gigging musicians.
Performing live with Play Mode: setlists, foot pedals, and hands-free song changes
How to play a whole gig from Fretlist: open a setlist in Play Mode, step through songs with a Bluetooth foot pedal, auto-advance between songs, and keep the screen awake and offline on stage.
Play Mode: play along with your chord sheets, at home or on stage
Play Mode is Fretlist's full-screen, distraction-free way to play along with a song: auto-scroll paced to the song, a metronome, chord diagrams, screen kept awake, and it all works offline.
How SongbookPro Sync Works (and How to Fix It When It Doesn't)
SongbookPro syncs through your own OneDrive, Dropbox, or WebDAV account. Here's how it works, why it stops, and a four-step fix when it does.
ChordPro explained: format, syntax, and converters
ChordPro is the open, plain-text format for chord sheets: what it is, how to convert from Ultimate Guitar tabs, transposition, and the mistakes to avoid.
Moving from SongbookPro: how Alan brought two bands' worth of songs to Fretlist
Alan plays in two bands, had years of songs and setlists in SongbookPro, and no support when things broke. Here's how the switch went - bugs, fixes, and all.
Introducing Frets: Fretlist's new chord diagram feature
Per-song voicings, ChordPro support, capo and transpose handling, and a section-aware Frets Panel for Play Mode.
Offline Chord Sheet App: what a rehearsal mixing desk taught me
Fretlist is an offline chord sheet app that works even when stage WiFi has no internet behind it. A real rehearsal bug, what it took to fix it, and what offline has to mean.
OnSong for Android: why it doesn't exist (and what to use instead)
OnSong has never shipped for Android, and it likely never will. Here's why — and the Android-friendly chord sheet app Android musicians are switching to.
From notebook to screen: why I finally went digital with my chord sheets
After years of handwritten chord sheets and setlists, I made the switch to digital. Here's what I gained, what I lost, and why I'd never go back.
How to organize your chord charts and setlists for gigs
A practical system for gigging musicians who want their chord charts, lyrics, and setlists organized and accessible on stage.
Why I built a chord sheet app after 15 years of gigging
After 15 years of gigging and organizing chord charts across too many apps, I decided to build something better.