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Editing Songs

You can edit an existing song by selecting it in your song library and then tapping the edit button:

Screenshot of the edit song button

💡 🖱️ You can also edit by selecting a song and pressing F2

Song text layout

Chordle supports editing songs in two formats, Chords above text and ChordPro format. You can switch between these formats at any time using the Edit as dropdown menu in the song editor:

⚠️ Chords above text format is not as flexible as ChordPro, for example, not all comments are supported and there is no way to preserve unknown directives. These will be lost when switching formats.

Song metadata

A screenshot of a song edit screen showing the metadata for “Greensleeves”. It displays specific musical settings: G Major key, 0 capo, 6/8 time signature, and a tempo of 161 BPM. It also features applied tags for “traditional” and “sample”, lists the artist as “Misc. Traditional”, and includes a YouTube web link.

Key and capo

The song’s key corresponds to the chords as they are written in the editor. By default, changing the key will automatically transpose your written chords to match.

If you need to update the key without altering your existing chords, you can turn off the Update chords in song text option in the editor settings:

A screenshot of the key selector in the song editor. A data spinner and dropdown for the key is on the left, followed toggle buttons for major and minor and a capo selector. Underneath these is a toggle button labelled “Update chords in song text”

The capo position is purely informational while you’re editing. It just tells Chordle which default capo position to use when you actually play the song. The written chords are always the shapes you play relative to that capo.

Tempo and Time signature

The tempo of the song controls the metronome flash and is recorded in beats per minute (BPM). You can manually enter the tempo or tap the button in time with the beat of the song to set the tempo.

The time signature controls the number of beats in each bar. This is used when you are using a multi-beat metronome as in the above video, and controls how the beats are grouped.

Duration

Specifying the duration of the song in minutes and seconds (mm:ss) allows you to control the amount of time the song will scroll for when using scrolling layouts.

You can add a web link for a song, e.g. to a YouTube video. This shows up as a link when you are playing a song, so you can quickly open it.

Additional metadata fields

In addition to the song text, you can also add additional metadata for a song by tapping “Add additional field…” and choosing the field to add:

A screenshot of the ‘Add additional field…’ dropdown menu in the Chordle app. The menu displays a list of metadata categories that can be added to a song, including Alternative title, Album, Artist, Web link, Year, CCLI, Composer, Copyright, and Lyricist.

Field Description
Alternative title An alternative title for the song. This is useful if a song is known by more than one name, e.g. “Amazing Grace” and “How sweet the sound”. When searching for a song in your song library, a song will appear listed twice, once by the main and once by the alternative title.
Album The album the song is from.
Artist The artist who performed the song.
Web link A web link for the song, e.g. to a YouTube video. This shows up as a link when you are playing a song, so you can quickly open it.
Year The year the song was released.
CCLI The CCLI number for the song.
Composer The composer of the song.
Copyright Any copyright information for the song.
Lyricist The lyricist of the song.

Saving songs

When you are finished editing a song, tap the “Save” button in the toolbar to save your changes.

A screenshot of the song editor toolbar with the save button highlighted. Next to it is a Cancel button, the “Edit as” button, a button to Hide metadata and Preview the song

💡 🖱️ You can also save by pressing CTRL+S on your keyboard.