04-23-2018, 03:17 AM
@crashkahuna
A song can be in multiple collections.
It can also be in one or more setlists.
Suggest you use collections for segregating the songs into genres (or whatever) and use Setlists when you want to have them in a predefined order (for a gig say).
While it is quite easy to put the songs into new collections, it does require you going through the list, possibly multiple times, deciding what they should be in.
Suggest you decide your criteria for a collection name e.g. Jazz
On the songs tab, long press one of the song titles you want until it has a tick mark. Then scroll through the list selecting any other songs you want in the collection. When several (all?) selected, press the 3 dots at right hand top of menu bar and select "Create Collection from Songs" (or "Add to Collection" if the collection already exists).
Repeat for other genres (it doesn't matter if you miss some as you can add them in later).
You might be able to use the filters to minimize what you are looking at.
When you have most songs in collections, you can see which ones you missed by using the collection filter (3rd line down when a song is selected) and setting it to "exclude" and "select all"
You can also use the companion to move things in/out of collections (and click on the collection column header to sort the display - those not in a collection will appear together at one end of the list)
You could just move them into collections as you want to use them.
Remember with set lists that you need to replace songs (rather than delete from the "Songs" tab). This means that old setlists will still have a reference to the new version of the song
If you delete the songs (instead of replacing), the old setlists will no longer have a reference to the new song when it is added to the database.
I am in 3 organization groups which often have the same version of a song. While a single song can be mentioned in multiple collections, I typically load the song multiple times (with 3 letter acronym appended to the song name to indicate the group). This means that changes by one of the organizations don't affect the others. The downside is that it increases storage space (but the files are sing sheet pdfs anyway).
I guess you just have to find what works best for you!
Geoff
A song can be in multiple collections.
It can also be in one or more setlists.
Suggest you use collections for segregating the songs into genres (or whatever) and use Setlists when you want to have them in a predefined order (for a gig say).
While it is quite easy to put the songs into new collections, it does require you going through the list, possibly multiple times, deciding what they should be in.
Suggest you decide your criteria for a collection name e.g. Jazz
On the songs tab, long press one of the song titles you want until it has a tick mark. Then scroll through the list selecting any other songs you want in the collection. When several (all?) selected, press the 3 dots at right hand top of menu bar and select "Create Collection from Songs" (or "Add to Collection" if the collection already exists).
Repeat for other genres (it doesn't matter if you miss some as you can add them in later).
You might be able to use the filters to minimize what you are looking at.
When you have most songs in collections, you can see which ones you missed by using the collection filter (3rd line down when a song is selected) and setting it to "exclude" and "select all"
You can also use the companion to move things in/out of collections (and click on the collection column header to sort the display - those not in a collection will appear together at one end of the list)
You could just move them into collections as you want to use them.
Remember with set lists that you need to replace songs (rather than delete from the "Songs" tab). This means that old setlists will still have a reference to the new version of the song
If you delete the songs (instead of replacing), the old setlists will no longer have a reference to the new song when it is added to the database.
I am in 3 organization groups which often have the same version of a song. While a single song can be mentioned in multiple collections, I typically load the song multiple times (with 3 letter acronym appended to the song name to indicate the group). This means that changes by one of the organizations don't affect the others. The downside is that it increases storage space (but the files are sing sheet pdfs anyway).
I guess you just have to find what works best for you!
Geoff
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