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Learning songs, running gigs, and keeping your band's songbook in order.
Series · 10 parts
How to use SongChute
- 1.Get started with SongChute: your songbook in ten minutes
- 2.Paste a chord chart from anywhere (and get a clean chart every time)
- 3.Transpose, capo and the view that fits any tablet
- 4.Learn a new set list without the panic: study sets
- 5.Build your first gig in SongChute
- 6.Set Lists: save the sets you play every week
- 7.Share with your band and play in sync with live follow
- 8.Sheet music for violin, fiddle and horns (in the same gig as the chords)
- 9.Print a stage set list you can read from the floor
- 10.Use case: a cover band's Saturday night, from Monday to last call
Part 1 · October 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Get started with SongChute: your songbook in ten minutes
Create your account, drop in your first song, and see how SongChute turns a pasted chord chart into a clean, readable chart that fits your screen.
Read more →Part 2 · October 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Paste a chord chart from anywhere (and get a clean chart every time)
How SongChute reads the charts you paste in, the formats it understands, and simple tips for perfect sections, chords and tab.
Read more →Part 3 · October 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Transpose, capo and the view that fits any tablet
Change key in one tap, play with a capo without doing the maths, and read the whole song on one screen in one, two or three columns.
Read more →Part 4 · October 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Learn a new set list without the panic: study sets
Group the songs you need to learn, step through them one at a time, track your progress, and keep tutorials and backing tracks right beside each chart.
Read more →Part 5 · October 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Build your first gig in SongChute
Sets, breaks and an encore, songs added in seconds, duplicates caught before the show, and a past set list or gig PDF turned into a gig automatically.
Read more →Part 6 · October 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Set Lists: save the sets you play every week
Keep your go-to sets ready to drop into any gig: your opener, your country set, your slow dances, your encore. Build them once, attach them anywhere.
Read more →Part 7 · October 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Share with your band and play in sync with live follow
Invite your bandmates, share a gig in one click, then tap Lead at the show so every tablet turns the page when you do.
Read more →Part 8 · October 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Sheet music for violin, fiddle and horns (in the same gig as the chords)
Upload your PDF parts, attach them to songs, match them to a bandmate's gig by file name, and follow along with your own music, exactly as written.
Read more →Part 9 · October 17, 2026 · 1 min read
Print a stage set list you can read from the floor
Big, bold song names, one set per page, with numbers, artists or keys only if you want them. For the monitor wedge, the drum riser and the sound tech.
Read more →Part 10 · October 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Use case: a cover band's Saturday night, from Monday to last call
Follow a five-piece cover band through one week with SongChute: building the gig, learning new songs, rehearsing, and playing the show in sync.
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