Playing songs

When you play a song or a set list in Chordle, you enter the song viewer. This is designed for playing songs during performances.

Screenshot of the song player screen. The main part of the screen is taken up with the song itself, full screen and ink annotation buttons are in the top right and the player controls are on the bottom of the screen

Player controls

The player controls at the bottom have different options depending on whether you’re playing a single song or a set list.

Once a song is playing, these controls are visible at the bottom of the screen wherever you are in the app. You can quickly get back to the song or set list you’re playing by tapping on the song title.

Playing a single song

When playing a single song the controls are simple:

The simplified player controls showing the key selector button and the Manage menu with a vertical ellipsis icon

You can use the Key selector button to quickly change the key and capo of the song while you’re playing it. The Manage menu (three vertical dots) gives you quick access to actions like showing the chords for the song or opening it in an external app:

Playing set lists

When playing a set list, the player controls also include a button to hide and show the set list:

Set list collapsed player controls with an additional button for expanding the set list

Tapping on the set list expands it, showing the songs in the set list editor. You can tap any song to quickly jump to it:

Expanded set list player controls

Switching between playlist songs

When playing a set list, swiping left and right on the song will move between songs in the set list.

When in paginated mode, swiping left and right moves between pages of the song. Once all pages are exhausted, swiping continues to the next song in the set list. You can also use the next and previous buttons in the player controls to move between songs regardless of the pagination state.

Set list paginated mode song controls

Other player features

In the top right of the screen, there are additional feature buttons:

Additional feature buttons, from top to bottom: Full screen, Present to external display, Ink annotations

From top to bottom, these buttons are:

Full screen - hides all controls and toolbars to show more of the song on the screen. You can still swipe between songs in a set list while in full screen mode, and tapping anywhere on the bottom of the screen will show the player controls again.
Present to external display - shows the song on an external display, useful for larger audiences or stage setups.
Ink annotations - lets you draw directly on the song.