01-18-2014, 12:56 PM
I don't have any actual sheet music in my library, just text lyrics - but some of the lyrics sheets do have several versions. These lyrics are used by our choir and church band, so multiple versions of a given song might be needed, depending on the occasion when they're played.
A song might have a wedding version, a quinceanera version, and a "rock out" band version (in addition to a regular, unmodified version), where the verses are rearranged or truncated. This is similar to you having one song in multiple keys. What I do in these cases is manipulate the filename/song title, so that there's no chance of any song having an exact duplicate, and nothing is overwritten if I don't want it to be.
For example: I'll name the file "Song Title (Wedding Version) - Song Author" or "Song Title (Band Version) - Song Author". This way, if I change the band version, only that file is updated.
In the same vein, you could try including the key in the filenames, as in "Song Title (A minor)" and "Song Title (G)".
A song might have a wedding version, a quinceanera version, and a "rock out" band version (in addition to a regular, unmodified version), where the verses are rearranged or truncated. This is similar to you having one song in multiple keys. What I do in these cases is manipulate the filename/song title, so that there's no chance of any song having an exact duplicate, and nothing is overwritten if I don't want it to be.
For example: I'll name the file "Song Title (Wedding Version) - Song Author" or "Song Title (Band Version) - Song Author". This way, if I change the band version, only that file is updated.
In the same vein, you could try including the key in the filenames, as in "Song Title (A minor)" and "Song Title (G)".