Add Music Notation & Chords in Markdown
Create and print beautiful sheet music, guitar chord/lyrics with quick and easy to use music notation shorthand in JotterPad.
Sheet music can be added using ABC Notation syntax in JotterPad's Markdown code block. To declare ABC Notation in the code block to be rendered globally, use codeBlockRenderAs: abc in the Markdown file's YAML.
To declare ABC Notation to render on individual code block,
Type 3 backticks (```) at the start of the code followed by space or return key.
Press the </> button at the top right corner.
Choose abc.
Add renderAs=abc in metadata.
Please refer to the ABC Notation official documentation here:
ABC Notation Syntax
Here are some examples of JotterPad Markdown templates using ABC Notation:
Sheet music for beginners
For a more detailed guide on sheet music, please refer to the ABC Notation official page here.
Guitar Chord/Lyrics can be added using ChordPro syntax in JotterPad's Markdown code block. To declare ChordPro in the code block to be rendered globally, use codeBlockRenderAs: chordpro in the Markdown file's YAML.
To declare ChordPro to render on individual code block,
Type 3 backticks (```) at the start of the code followed by space or return key.
Press the </> button at the top right corner.
Choose chordpro.
Add renderAs=chordpro in metadata.
Please refer to the ChordPro official documentation here:
ChordPro Syntax
Here are some examples of JotterPad Markdown templates using ChordPro:
Guitar Chord/Lyrics Sheet
For a more detailed guide on sheet music, please refer to the ChordPro official page here.
Add Musical Notation using ABC Notation
How To Use
Sheet music can be added using ABC Notation syntax in JotterPad's Markdown code block. To declare ABC Notation in the code block to be rendered globally, use codeBlockRenderAs: abc in the Markdown file's YAML.
To declare ABC Notation to render on individual code block,
Type 3 backticks (```) at the start of the code followed by space or return key.
Press the </> button at the top right corner.
Choose abc.
Add renderAs=abc in metadata.
ABC Notation Syntax
Please refer to the ABC Notation official documentation here:
ABC Notation Syntax
Examples
Here are some examples of JotterPad Markdown templates using ABC Notation:
Sheet music for beginners
For a more detailed guide on sheet music, please refer to the ABC Notation official page here.
Add Guitar Chord/Lyrics using ChordPro
How To Use
Guitar Chord/Lyrics can be added using ChordPro syntax in JotterPad's Markdown code block. To declare ChordPro in the code block to be rendered globally, use codeBlockRenderAs: chordpro in the Markdown file's YAML.
To declare ChordPro to render on individual code block,
Type 3 backticks (```) at the start of the code followed by space or return key.
Press the </> button at the top right corner.
Choose chordpro.
Add renderAs=chordpro in metadata.
ChordPro Syntax
Please refer to the ChordPro official documentation here:
ChordPro Syntax
Examples
Here are some examples of JotterPad Markdown templates using ChordPro:
Guitar Chord/Lyrics Sheet
For a more detailed guide on sheet music, please refer to the ChordPro official page here.
Updated on: 19/09/2022
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