11-10-2019, 04:00 AM
(11-10-2019, 03:06 AM)ianmcairns Wrote: I'd find it very useful to be able too group songs into sets and then put sets into set lists. When I am playing in a ceilidh band we will usually play tunes in sets i.e. jigs A+B+C or X+Y+Z. Obviously I need these tunes to be adjacent in the set list so when I do a page turn the next jig comes up.Hey ianmcairns, this has been my work around for set breaks - maybe it will help you. I scanned in a blank page that has one large word on it "BREAK". After about 15 songs in a set, I place that page break sheet next in the song list, then follow it with the next group of songs for the next set and so on.
I'm aware I could scan the tunes into a single PDF but the trouble is the tunes don't always go in the same set so sometimes it's A+B+C but another time it could be A+B+D and as there's no joining facility I would have to rescan from paper every time the combination changes. The other problem is that as single tunes I can't sort a big set list alphabetically as it changes the order of adjacent tunes.
Another trick is naming the set list sequentially so at the end of a set list the next one in the set window can be picked and so on.
e.g.
Band-Venue-YYYY-Month-Day-set-1
Band-Venue-YYYY-Month-Day-set-2
Band-Venue-YYYY-Month-Day-set-3
hope this helps.
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