smartChord V10.7.1

✔ Metronome: Shows the total duration of an exercise with Speed-trainer

✔ Songbook: Internet song search improved for devices older than Android 8

? Songbook: Some songs could not be opened

✔ Other minor improvements

❀ Special thanks to Andrés Lopéz, Jean-Pierre Martin, Justin Billington, Rolando Chicas and Stefan Heinze for their contribution to this version

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smartChord V10.7

Songbook:
◾ Editor colors blocks and instructions to make the song text clearer
◾ Editor appearance according to background, block and text colour settings
◾ Scroll bars are shown when scrolling so that the position of the visible text in the song is clear
◾ ChordPro annotations [] (e.g. [Coda]; see https://smartchord.de/docs/songbook/song-text-format/#articleTOC_4)

Piano: Option to show scales and chords on the keys

✔ We have dedicated a separate chapter to the CAGED system: https://smartchord.de/docs/chords/caged-system/

? Songbook: Corrections for auto scroll

? Octavation corrected in some tunings

? Settings: Long setting titles were not fully visible

? Fretboard trainer: The names of the white piano keys were unrecognizable on large screens

✔ Other improvements and fixes

❀ Special thanks to Alberto Torres Gutiérrez, Aleksey Parasotskiy, Andrés López, Chris Drexler, Dr. Willi Streitz, Henk Oostrom, Mario Ravlić, Mark D Baker, Michael Fischer, Nick Gassman, Sergio Jover and Simone Sapienza for their contribution to this version

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smartChord V10.6.1

? Songbook: Scrolling no longer works for songs without a duration specified

? Circle of fifths: Legend colors were wrong when the appearance setting ‘Color scheme binding’ was activated

✔ Other improvement

❀ Special thanks to Andy Lopéz, Jesse Cabell and Ricardo Castro for their contribution to this version

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smartChord V10.6

✔ Songbook scroll control behavior

  • Possibility to control the scrolling by defining a time from start when automatic scrolling reaches the line
  • Scroll time markers can be set by the context menu directly in the songbook or the menu of the song editor
  • Scroll time markers directive {x_sccrd_stm:01:20} which determines the time in minutes and seconds
  • Scroll time markers are visible and highlighted. A tap on the scroll time marker lets you change the time
  • Read our documentation to learn how to scroll

✔ Table of contents: Selects the last used item

❗❗ Behavior change: When you exit a feature in which you have changed the store item (like a song), you must decide whether to save or discard

? Songbook: When using ‘Replace chord’ and the song was already transposed, the new chord was not transposed

? Songbook: Internet song search had sometimes problems with artist pages e.g. on guitartabs

✔ Other improvements and fixes

❀ Special thanks to Andreas Arbeit, Carsten Bruns, Gerrit Horeis, Guy Togbenou, Hans Sta, Javier Barraza and Nick Levyn for their contribution to this version


▶ Watch our video to learn how to scroll:

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smartChord V10.5.1

? Circle of fifths: Switching the key by dragging works again

✔ Other improvements and fixes

❀ Special thanks to Gerhard Karl and Márcio Rezende for their contribution to this version

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smartChord V10.5

⭐ Song Writer ⭐
Drag’n’drop support to easily replace chords
Drum Machine integrated for parallel playback to the player
Metronome integrated for parallel playback to the player
◾ The diatonic chords in the selection view are colored according to the color scheme
History button to go back to the last used scales
◾ Player can also be used in edit mode
◾ Text editor allows adding the signs for rest and bar line from the menu
◾ Menu item to open the playground with the notes of the scale highlighted


✔ Chords screen: The chords in Scale mode are colored according to the color scheme


✔ Chord colors updated after scale or key change


✔ Scale-circle: History button to go back to the last used scales


❗❗ The hash sign (#) is now allowed in names


? Song Writer: Size of Circle of Fifths is limited
? Piano: Color scheme ignored the color scheme binding


✔ Other improvements and fixes


❀ Special thanks to Andy Arbeit, David King, Dr. Willi Streitz, Ernest Young and Phil Spector for their contribution to this version

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smartChord V10.4

⭐⭐⭐ Song Writer is released ⭐⭐⭐

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Overview


? Shop:
◾ The Song Writer is now available as an in-app purchase
◾ The Lyrics Pad is now available as an in-app purchase
◾ The Key Identifier is now available as an in-app purchase
◾ Menu item to compare the products of the shop
◾ Menu item to get your purchased products
◾ Menu item to get your enabled features
◾ Menu item to get the order history
◾ Improved product comparison


✔ Scale: Option to show a resizable piano which also shows the name of the notes of the scale


? Internet song search: Workaround for the changed response from Ultimate Guitar
? Internet song search: Warning when browser blocks access
? Song Writer: Scale wasn’t stored
? Table of contents and Backup: Long names weren’t completely readable
✔ Other improvements and fixes


❀ Special thanks to Andy Arbeit, James Jam, Heiko Sommer, Joshua C. Mcgough and Matt Buiskool for their contribution to this version

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smartChord V10.3

⭐⭐⭐ Song Writer ⭐⭐⭐

✔ Possibility to get the key of every line or block or the whole song and the option to change the scale to it

✔ Possibility to loop a single song block in the player

✔ Menu item to open the piano. It shows the name of the notes in the scale

✔ Chord colors updated after scale or key change

✔ The documentation is ready. It shows you how to …

smartChord received a 5 stars review at the Educational App Store

? Song Writer: Fixes e.g. replacing chords

? Songbook: Crashed on older devices (Android 4.x)

? There was a short delay after a count-in

✔ Other improvements and fixes

❀ Special thanks to Carsten Bleisch, Glenn Homes, Jonathan Olson and Leandro de Oliveira for their contribution to this version

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review at Educational App Store

smartChord received a 5 stars review at the Educational App Store.

Overall rating of the app:

“smartChord puts all the tools a musician needs in one place and replaces the need for multiple apps. I would highly recommend this app to all musicians or music students who are looking for a one-stop place to store and customise all their favourite song charts and practice tools. This will support practice sessions, allowing easy access to everything the player needs for a successful rehearsal.

smartChord is a great way to support and inspire musical development through customisable play along chord charts and a vast library of music tools that will support any players performance or composition aspirations.”

Continue Reading⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review at Educational App Store

smartChord V10.2.2

▶ New video gives an overview of the Song Writer, which makes writing songs a breeze for everyone

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✔ New online documentation


✔ Internet song search
◾ New ‘Close’ button in preview screen will show the originally loaded web page
◾ Improved error handling


? Song Writer: Fixes move and delete chords
? Set list: Crashed on older devices (Android 4.x)
✔ Other improvements and fixes


❀ Special thanks to Francisco José Vela Roncero, Jonathan Olson, Joshua C Mcgough and Leandro de Oliveira for their contribution to this version

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smartChord V10.2.1

✔ Notepad: Rename audio recordings
? Songbook: YouTube search didn’t work since last update
? Songbook: Transpose preserves the spacing between chords
? Drum Machine: Workaround for an Android bug on older devices (out of memory error)
✔ Other improvements and fixes
❀ Special thanks to Alain Texier, Carsten Bleisch, Scott Noroozi, Thomas Karstens and Thorsten S. for their contribution to this version

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smartChord V10.2

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Song Writer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

◾ Player to automatically play song chords
▫ Set the beats per minute (BPM) for a song. It will influence the duration of the played chord
▫ Set the time signature for a song. It will also influence the duration of the played chord

◾ Possibility to set the duration of chords and rests within a bar. It allows using variations of rhythm patterns like syncopes

◾ Add or replace a chord by entering the name of the new chord

◾ Possibility to change the instrument and tuning for the song (the tuning is used to build the chords and thus the sound)

✔ Circle of Fifths and Scale-Circle: Piano is playable

✔ Set list: PDF and image screens got wake lock to keep the device awake and prevent it from falling asleep

✔ Scale: Unusable scale patterns removed

? Internet song search: Problem to detect the songs on older devices
? Scale Name and Key Identifier: Notes are scrollable now and visible by a tooltip
? Fingering favorites for custom chords couldn’t be deleted

✔ Other improvements and fixes

❀ Special thanks to Carsten Bleisch, Diego Bazan, GodZoo, Howard Rosario, John Mc Innes, Jonathan Olson, Markus Weber-Frede and Stefan Heinze for their contribution to this version

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smartChord V10.1

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Song Writer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


◾ Option to display and use the diatonic chords of the selected scale as a complement to the circle of fifths
◾ Option to show the chord charts in the gallery
◾ Option to show the scale on the fretboard
◾ Long click on a chord chart in the gallery opens a menu to e.g. show the chord details or replace the fingering
◾ Menu item to open the Scale screen
◾ Menu item to show the fingerings for the chords of the song on a dedicated screen
◾ Split chord to create multiple chords in a bar
❗❗ It’s not fully featured at the moment, but worth checking out
❗❗ The same applies to the documentation.
❗❗ The pre-release version is limited to subscribers and UNLIMITED customers for the time being

✔ Piano view: Multiple options to determine which note names are displayed: None, All, Active, Scale

✔ Song search: Prevents redirection from ultimate-guitar to the Google Play Store

✔ Fretboard trainer:
◾ New option to hide fret numbers
◾ Larger fingerboard for ease of input on small screens

? Set list: Reordering of set lists with duplicate entries
✔ Other improvements and fixes

❀ Special thanks to Andy Witmyer, Gerrit Horeis, Jonathan Olson, Pavel Studecký and Rob Schoonhoven for their contribution to this version

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