In Libre Office I write a placeholder Song - Artist line at the top (because formatting after is annoying otherwise)
then I add a 2 col table and set the border to invisible
finally, I save it as a template so i can use
shift ctrl n to make a new invisible 2 col table document that I paste the lyrics into
If I really want to squeeze in 2 songs maybe Il do 3 col but 2 is my go to to save paper.
print double sided if your printer has that functionality or print it and then flip it over and print on the other side.
Its really important for me to not have a song span more than 1 sheet of paper because otherwise they get lost
my goto site before was ultimate guitar but I refuse to sign in and they no longer seem to let you print without being a member
I used to go into the print setting on ug because they had an option to shrink the font and remove the chord diagrams and default to 2 col
I don't know of any other sites that have the 2 col option so thats why its good to know if you want to save paper and do it yourself.
most other sites that include chords have weird formatting that gets messed up if shrunken down or it just doesnt shrink well at all.
In that case I just go for the lyrics and figure it out by ear or write them in afterwards from some other site
A pet peeve of mine is when they capo it and it doesn't match the recording or they over complicate it with a bunch of sus2 chords.
Lead sheets are supreme I wish there was more available
musescore has a bunch of sheets that are overcomplicated needlessly
(I need to just get better at sight reading and it wouldn't be much of a problem
A lot of times the music is more complicated than it needs to be.
Monday, April 7, 2025
How To Save Paper While Learning Songs
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