How To Create A Professional Chord-Over-Lyrics Chart From Scratch

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▶NOTE 1: BRACKETING CHORDS ◀
If you are using a specialized program to create or display your chord charts, some programs (like Planning Center or OnSong) will actually work better if the chord chart is initially created with a "bracket format" rather than a chord-over-lyrics format. (ex: Your [G]praise will ever be on my [D]lips). The program will then read this bracket format and create a highly precise chord-over-lyric chart. But if you don't have a fancy program, then this video shows you how to straight up make the chord-over-lyrics chart from scratch.
▶NOTE 2: TWO COLUMNS◀
I also chart in 2 column formats as well, depending on the length of the song and phrasing of stanzas. If you are needing to copy and paste your chord chart into a chord chart app then you'll need to consider if that app can support two column formats, as I know that some can only support 1 column.
▶NOTE 3: SPECIFYING BEATS & BARS◀
I will often times specify the amount of beats a chord or progression will be played for. This is especially helpful for Intro and Interlude sections where there are no lyrics. For example, let's say I'm in 4/4 time and I want 1.5 bars of E, then a walk up on beats 3 & 4 of bar 2. And then 2 bars of A2. I would type it like this:
| E / / / | / / F#m E/G# | A2 / / / | / / / / |
▶NOTE 4: WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE◀
Since making this video, Google Docs has definitely taken over my general, everyday word processing. But it works nearly identical to Microsoft Word, so I still do all the same formatting in Docs that I do in Word.
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0:00 Hello & Info
1:20 Software
2:08 3 ways to create a chord chart
2:48 Finding a proper chart online
5:24 New Document Settings
7:48 Formating pasted chords
10:04 Song mapping/adding sections
12:29 Condensing lyrics
14:54 Edit the chords
18:32 Testing the placement of chords
20:08 Clarifying how many times to play a section
21:30 Bolding and color
23:40 Making it 1 page only
26:05 Final chart
26:22 Saving & Importing

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@steveb8200 Год назад

This was literally the most useful video that I have seen on youtube. Well done, sir, you win the internet guitar trophy :)

@jwithrowmusic Год назад

Haha, I gladly accept! Thank you for the compliment, and I'm glad it was useful.

@Davysprocket213 5 месяцев назад

I'm an experienced worship musician, and I've been thinking of creating some RU-vid content. I'm getting a sense of what's there already. I think your channel is a good resource.

@jwithrowmusic 5 месяцев назад

That's awesome! And I appreciate the compliment.

@seagullan Месяц назад

Took some notes! Very very well explained Video, Thank you so much for the teachings and sharing!! LOVE the visual effect of the red chords, but, juste a little friendly reminder that sometimes if the stage lights are the same colour, and shine of the chart, they can become really hard to see D: hahah learned this the hard way. Peace and Love!

@jwithrowmusic Месяц назад

Great tip!

@samuelmaylor6634 4 месяца назад

Thank you very much, I’ve been looking for this. Thanks for passing this along…

@jwithrowmusic 4 месяца назад

Glad it was helpful!

@sherlydelrosario6446 6 месяцев назад

what a great tutorial. Thank you so much for sharing!

@jwithrowmusic 6 месяцев назад

I really appreciate it! Glad it could be helpful.

@SanjayKapoorDelhi Год назад

Very well explained. Thank you!!

@jwithrowmusic Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@ukulelesojourner5976 2 месяца назад

Excellent vid. Very useful information. Thank you Sir for posting this!

@jwithrowmusic 2 месяца назад

Very welcome!

@srishticlament3023 2 года назад

So helpful! Thank you so much from India! ☺

@jwithrowmusic 2 года назад

You're welcome Srishti! Thank you for the comment :)

@user-ejsfidcknk 3 месяца назад

Very great lesson. thank you very much

@jwithrowmusic 3 месяца назад

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

@MozzieSquad Год назад

The fact he missed the 'D' on first line of verse 1 and kept clicking all around it and didn't notice it.... 🙈🙈

@jwithrowmusic Год назад

Right?! 😆

@Chapesca 2 года назад

Very good tutorial bro 👍💜

@jwithrowmusic 2 года назад

Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful to you

@Troy1g 2 месяца назад

Fantastic! thanks

@jwithrowmusic Месяц назад

Glad you liked it!

@user-gl1nf6rv3m Год назад

love the litte bit of reverb on your voice :D

@jwithrowmusic 11 месяцев назад

One of the few who caught it ;)

@Musicalpa 2 года назад

Great presentation. In addition to what you've presented, I center the texts for the verses and keep the chorus and bridge sections to the left in order to differentiate the sections just a bit more clearly for the entire team in those occasional cases when changes occur during the service. It's a bit more easy to see exactly where the chorus is, as it stands out to the left.

@jwithrowmusic 2 года назад

Yes, I think that can be great if you're needing to get some extra clarity for where your chorus is. Good stuff!

@Musicalpa 2 года назад

@@jwithrowmusic Quick question. After 30+ years of leading praise and worship using folder and folder, and folder and folders of sheet music, I'm finally investigating the utilization of a tablet with a Bluetooth foot switch. Did I mention lots of folders of chord sheets, lol? I have no experience with IOS, so I'm looking at getting a Windows tablet because of its increased capabilities over Android. However, I'm having difficulty finding Windows software designed for musicians that do what we do. I know you mentioned Onsong, which is exclusively IOS, but do you have any recommendations for a Windows tablet?

@jwithrowmusic 2 года назад

Hi @Yeshua's' Talmid. I understand all the sheet music! Once I switched to everything digital, it was truly amazing. Well worth it! As far as windows programs, I unfortunately don't know. Most of the music production and live sound industry runs off macs and iOS so it's rare if i find myself needing to use a windows machine. Wish I could help you further! If someone reads this and knows a good windows chord chart app, please leave a comment. I'd like to know too :)

@Guitar4C Год назад

Nice tutorial. I use Courier New as it is a mono-spaced font that does not loose positioning when resizing the font for a better fit or improve readability.

@jwithrowmusic Год назад

It is nice for that--I use it for guitar tabs I create for private students quite often cause of how easy it is to copy and paste from online without having to adjust the spacing. I just wish Courier was easier to see from far away or in dim lighting when you're using it for on stage. Always difficult for my eye.

@pedrorosales4473 2 года назад

fantastic tutorial. my only suggestion would be to check out a tutorial on tabs in MS Word instead of hitting the space bar over and over again. This would also give you TOTAL control as to where the chord actually goes. Really need to be able to change keys on the fly. Most of my musicians can do that but it would be nice to actually be able to provide a brand new page of music if the key needs to be different. Thank you!!!

@jwithrowmusic 2 года назад

Thanks Pedro! The reason I only use space bar for placing chords is because using tab causes a significant "kick back" whenever you are deleting space between chords. Using tab also often causes weird spacing issues whenever you are converting a chart from a word doc into another file format. Just using space bar doesn't cause those kinds of issues.

@hardweeomila3008 11 месяцев назад

THANKYOU FOR THE KNOWLEDEGE AND THANKYOU FOR THE EXTRA MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGE... GODBLESS

@jwithrowmusic 11 месяцев назад

You are very welcome! God bless you too

@ericthompson2018 Год назад

Thanks, great video. While most of the time the songs I do have simple chords, a few have complex jazz chords. I'd like to include guitar chord graphic diagrams for those. Do you have any suggestions for how to do that?

@jwithrowmusic Год назад

Hi Eric! I would just type out at the top of the chart the chords in this format (Gmaj7 3x443x Am7 575555 etc...) But as far as using an actual diagram graphic, I don't use those in my everyday charts so I'm not sure the best way to include those.

@musikone1780 Год назад

Great video. Thanks for the info. Now can you remove the D at the beginning of verse one?

@jwithrowmusic Год назад

But if I did, I wouldn't get all the great comments from my fellow OCD folks! ;)

@chazfaz3595 8 месяцев назад

If you put this in ChordPro format, which puts square brackets around those inline chords, there are many ChordPro compatible applications that will exactly format the chord placement for you. And once the chart is correctly bracketed, you can insert coded "directives" that will direct it to output to the screen or in PDF the entire chart in transposed form - without messing up the hand formatting.

@jwithrowmusic 8 месяцев назад

Yes absolutely! Check out my note about bracketed chords in the description.

@maypaop1724 Месяц назад

What do you think about writing VERSE 1, CHORUS, BRIDGE etc. in the left margin (maybe like V1, Ch, Br to save space)?

@jwithrowmusic Месяц назад

Nowadays I use the format V1 or V2 for all my verses. I still like bolded, all CAPS for section headings as it's easier to see for me.

@TheTimeProphet 11 месяцев назад

Don't decrease spacing. Make the page in 2 columns. You got all that white space on the right hand side.

@jwithrowmusic 11 месяцев назад

Agreed! Check out the description for my comment on 2 columns. Also, back when I made this in 2017, a lot of chord chart programs still didn't format for 2 columns, so it made sense to keep the master copy in single column, but now most everything handles 2 columns.

@h4v0c_3 25 дней назад

Hey whats the app that you use on your ipad to read the chord charts???

@jwithrowmusic 24 дня назад

It's called Onsong. I still use it to this day!

@Troy1g 2 месяца назад

Did you say you had a tutorial on Onsong?

@jwithrowmusic Месяц назад

Not yet, but I plan to make more tutorials on chord charts (including OnSong) in June!

@janadobson9647 2 года назад

What chord chart program are you talking about?

@jwithrowmusic 2 года назад

I use an app for iOS called Onsong when I'm using my iPad on stage. I also use the program that comes with Planning Center (organizational software for churches) to help create lyric/chord charts for the various teams I lead.

@janadobson9647 2 года назад

@@jwithrowmusic I've used onsong before but it doesn't transpose. Just switched, like this week, to Songbook Pro and love how you can edit on the tablet and transpose the chords.

@mariaa3457 Год назад

I’m looking for a way to put chord diagrams over the lyrics, not just letters.

@jwithrowmusic Год назад

You know, I don't have a program that does that, but an alternative could be typing out the chords in fret format. Maybe put them in parentheses. For example: G (3x0003) Em (022000) D (xx0232)

@dieselman7453 Год назад

That’s ultimate guitar website the biggest tab website on line 😂

@jwithrowmusic Год назад

Since making this video back in 2017, ultimate tab has definitely improved. I would say there's much more reliability with chord charts being correct (although it's not perfect, and this still can be an issue). But it's proven to come in handy when I'm needing a foundational tab or chart to make quickly for a student.