Lyrics versus documents: what's the difference?
If you want to add lyrics, chords or other info to your songs, you can either use the built-in Lyrics and Chords fields, or attach your own documents (or both). Here are some differences between the two approaches:
Lyrics | Documents | |
---|---|---|
Editing | Enter and edit directly in BandHelper | Edit in another application, then upload files into BandHelper |
Formatting | Use basic formatting tools on the song edit page | Use any formatting and layout tools in your document editing application |
Sizing | Pinch-zoom to resize; lines wrap so you can zoom up to 8x; line wrapping can optionally be turned off | Pinch-zoom to resize; lines don't wrap, so zooming beyond 2x is typically not useful |
Colors | Follows the color scheme of the app | iOS/macOS: follows the color scheme of your document Android: follows the color scheme of the app |
Annotating | No annotation capabilities | Draw or highlight directly onto documents |
Transposing | Transpose chords with up/down buttons | No transposing capabilities |
Best for… | People who want to do all editing in BandHelper; who want to copy and paste lyrics from the web; or who don't want to deal with attaching files | People who prefer to edit in other software; who already have documents set up for songs; or who need advanced formatting and layout capabilities |