08-09-2022, 01:31 AM
Howdy MSers
I am totes new to electronic sheet music. I play jazz guitar mainly to accompany my wife. She has a growing pile of Real Book-type books. The ones I like have chords, melody and sometimes words (words not needed). I prefer that to chords only. My wife often wants to sing in a key different to that in any of the books. So ... I would like to be able to access charts (chords + melody), and be able to transpose the given version into the key of her choice + and then print in good resolution. I don't plan to read off a tablet (don't have tablet, only Samsung 21 phone). I have dipped into the manual and even imported an entire Real Book as one file (with 500+ songs). This didn't seem useful.
I don't understand what MS is refering as "files". There seem to be many types. For instance I can't see how a software is clever enough to "read" a pdf file and change its key. There is much mention of csv files which I understand to be tiny text files and so can't see how they carry the necessary information.
So question is:
Can you kindly point me to a source of jazz standards, that I choose from, download, transpose and print? Or an album of individual files to download (rather than one file with 500 songs) from which I would select on the phone. Happy to pay if necessary. I will not be using MS to play from - I don't have a tablet - only Samsung S21 phone.
What is the best format of file for MS and where do csv files fit in?
I don't have the head-space to invest a lot of time in mastering this programme, but I sense it going to be fine once I figure how to load files in the correct format. Here is her current set list (for her main band).
Apolopies for such a low-level enquiry
Trevor Thompson
Bristol UK
I am totes new to electronic sheet music. I play jazz guitar mainly to accompany my wife. She has a growing pile of Real Book-type books. The ones I like have chords, melody and sometimes words (words not needed). I prefer that to chords only. My wife often wants to sing in a key different to that in any of the books. So ... I would like to be able to access charts (chords + melody), and be able to transpose the given version into the key of her choice + and then print in good resolution. I don't plan to read off a tablet (don't have tablet, only Samsung 21 phone). I have dipped into the manual and even imported an entire Real Book as one file (with 500+ songs). This didn't seem useful.
I don't understand what MS is refering as "files". There seem to be many types. For instance I can't see how a software is clever enough to "read" a pdf file and change its key. There is much mention of csv files which I understand to be tiny text files and so can't see how they carry the necessary information.
So question is:
Can you kindly point me to a source of jazz standards, that I choose from, download, transpose and print? Or an album of individual files to download (rather than one file with 500 songs) from which I would select on the phone. Happy to pay if necessary. I will not be using MS to play from - I don't have a tablet - only Samsung S21 phone.
What is the best format of file for MS and where do csv files fit in?
I don't have the head-space to invest a lot of time in mastering this programme, but I sense it going to be fine once I figure how to load files in the correct format. Here is her current set list (for her main band).
Apolopies for such a low-level enquiry
Trevor Thompson
Bristol UK