SongChart Live
Live settings & display options
Live mode is highly configurable. Every display setting is saved to your account and applies across all your Live sessions — no need to reconfigure each time.
Opening settings
Tap the settings icon in the Live header to open the settings panel. Changes apply instantly and are saved automatically.
Display settings
Color theme
Dark (default) — dark background, light text. Best for dim stages.
Light — light background, dark text. Better in bright rooms.
High Contrast — pure black and white for maximum readability.
Text size
Small, Medium (default), Large, or XL. The chart auto-scales to fit your screen — this setting shifts the baseline size up or down.
Line spacing
Tight, Normal (default), or Relaxed.
Chord & lyric weight
Set the font weight for chords and lyrics independently — Regular, Semibold, or Black. Useful for making chords stand out when glancing quickly.
Chord & lyric color
Set a highlight color for chords and lyrics independently. Choose from Default, Red, Orange, Amber, Green, Cyan, Blue, Violet, or Pink.
Chord display
Chord display mode
Letter names (default) — shows standard chord names like G, Am, Cmaj7.
Nashville Numbers — shows scale degrees (1, 4, 5) instead. Useful for players who transpose on the fly.
NNS style (when NNS is on)
Native NNS — degrees relative to the song's mode. Minor key diatonic chords are bare numbers (no flats).
Session NNS — degrees always relative to the major scale, with b for minor-key chords (e.g., b3, b6, b7). This is the style used by Nashville session musicians.
Capo & transposition
Tap the key badge in the song info strip to open the transposition popover. From here you can:
Select a capo fret — chords are re-rendered in the shapes you'd play with the capo on that fret. SongChart suggests capo positions based on the song's key.
Change the display key for this song, independent of the setlist's key override.
Enable Remember capo in settings to automatically restore your capo position each time you open a song — useful if you always play certain songs with the same capo setup.