ChordPro Files

Like a few different songbooks OzBcoz uses files in Chordpro (.pro) format to store the songs information (plus a stack of additional info in database files).

OnSong, Songbook Generator and LinkeSoft Songbook are apps that also use .pro files.

Up until now you could get the chordpro information by clicking on the EDIT menu option and then doing a copy and then paste from the EDIT window into your app. This could be a tad slow if you were doing a few songs.

So you can now click on the ChordPro menu item on the Songs index page ( https://ozbcoz.com/Songs/ ) and a new index will appear of all the ChordPro files. Clicking on any of them will download the song into your download directory/library.

If you are using an iPad and are using Safari with the OnSong extension (also works in Chrome and Firefox – but you still need the OnSong extension enabled in Safari) then you  should be asked if you want the song to be imported to your OnSong app.

To enable the Safari extension then follow the instructions here:  https://onsongapp.com/docs/features/add-to/

Let me know if you have issues 🙂

Notes:

For the .pro files I have turned the YouTube hyperlink into a text string as other songbooks don’t support the link feature on OzBcoz.

I have also converted the greyed out (or Blue underlined ) instrumentals to have an “Intrumental: ” wrap as other songbooks don’t support the {sos} tag.

I have left in {soh} – supported by some songbooks but not others (like OnSong)

Whilst the .pro files are mostly the same across all instruments there MAY be some differences for some songs. For example if there are tabs. So make sure you filter for the instrument you want (default is gCEA Uke) when downloading (just like for songs)