Songs
Idea Pad
The Idea Pad is a personal scratch space for capturing song ideas before they're ready to become a full song. Notes are private to you and are never shared with your team.
Opening the Idea Pad
Click Idea Pad in the sidebar to open it. The panel splits into two: a note list on the left and an editor on the right. On mobile, the two panels stack and you navigate between them.
Creating and editing notes
Click the pencil icon in the top-right of the note list to create a new note. The editor is plain text — type freely. Notes are saved when you hit Cmd/Ctrl+S or use the Save button.
A note's title is derived from its first line of content. You can also set an explicit title using the {title: ...} directive — see below.
The title directive
Use a title directive to name a note independently from its content — and to enable Convert to Song.
Verse 1
[G]Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
Place {title: Song Name} anywhere in the note. The title in curly braces becomes the note's display name in the list, and it's what SongChart uses as the song title when you convert the note.
Converting to a song
Once a note has a saved {title: ...} directive, the Convert to Song button becomes active in the action bar. Click it to promote the note into a full song in your library.
Personal workspace
The song is created in your personal library.
Team workspace
If you're in a team workspace when you convert, the song is created in that team's library.
After converting, SongChart takes you directly to the song editor. The note is deleted automatically.
Deleting notes
Click the trash icon in the action bar to delete the selected note. A confirmation step appears inline — confirm to permanently remove it.