Simple, clean, and precise. 🕒 Time markers to help you navigate. Making chart starts at 2:47.
My UPDATED chord chart video (double column, bracket format chord chart using Planning Center) https://youtu.be/6cYF0cg58LE
Learn Number System https://youtu.be/q0HAJU_w2CE
▶NOTE 1: BRACKETING CHORDS ◀
If you are using a specialized program to create or display your chord charts, some programs (like Planning Center or OnSong) will actually work better if the chord chart is initially created with a "bracket format" rather than a chord-over-lyrics format. (ex: Your [G]praise will ever be on my [D]lips). The program will then read this bracket format and create a highly precise chord-over-lyric chart. But if you don't have a fancy program, then this video shows you how to straight up make the chord-over-lyrics chart from scratch.
▶NOTE 2: TWO COLUMNS◀
I also chart in 2 column formats as well, depending on the length of the song and phrasing of stanzas. If you are needing to copy and paste your chord chart into a chord chart app then you'll need to consider if that app can support two column formats, as I know that some can only support 1 column.
▶NOTE 3: SPECIFYING BEATS & BARS◀
I will often times specify the amount of beats a chord or progression will be played for. This is especially helpful for Intro and Interlude sections where there are no lyrics. For example, let's say I'm in 4/4 time and I want 1.5 bars of E, then a walk up on beats 3 & 4 of bar 2. And then 2 bars of A2. I would type it like this:
| E / / / | / / F#m E/G# | A2 / / / | / / / / |
▶NOTE 4: WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE◀
Since making this video, Google Docs has definitely taken over my general, everyday word processing. But it works nearly identical to Microsoft Word, so I still do all the same formatting in Docs that I do in Word.
▶TUTORIALS & LESSONS◀
"If I Ain't Got You" https://youtu.be/p4O8_vU_t2M
Learn to turn any song into R&B https://youtu.be/Zrlu6VKpegg
"Exile" Taylor Swift & Bon Iver https://youtu.be/qbaucPG_0V4
"When We Were On Fire" - https://youtu.be/rQd_mLFO3PI
Number System Lesson https://youtu.be/q0HAJU_w2CE
▶PERFORMANCE◀
If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys (acoustic version by J. Withrow) Key of D https://youtu.be/dmjBN4PAq3g
MADE ALIVE - CITIZENS cover by J. Withrow w/ lyrics & chord chart https://youtu.be/dmjBN4PAq3g
From Where You’ve Come (Strong) https://youtu.be/_PwuoHXWccU
J’s Band - Bus Seven https://youtu.be/heEnWIecOwQ
0:00 Hello & Info
1:20 Software
2:08 3 ways to create a chord chart
2:48 Finding a proper chart online
5:24 New Document Settings
7:48 Formating pasted chords
10:04 Song mapping/adding sections
12:29 Condensing lyrics
14:54 Edit the chords
18:32 Testing the placement of chords
20:08 Clarifying how many times to play a section
21:30 Bolding and color
23:40 Making it 1 page only
26:05 Final chart
26:22 Saving & Importing