Synchronization

Synchronization is a feature that makes your chord sheet interactive with music. You can synchronize your chord sheet with a music file or a YouTube video. After adding music to your chord sheet, you can add chord timings. The result is a karaoke-like experience where Chordbaby highlights active chords, lyrics, and fingerings as the music plays.

How Synchronization Works

Synchronization is achieved through Chord Timings. A Chord Timing consists of a time and a chord. Chord Timings are independent from the chord sheet, so you cannot use your chord sheet directly for synchronization. However, for synchronization to work correctly, the order of chords in the Timings and the chord sheet must be the same. For example, the 3rd chord timing should correspond to the 3rd chord in the chord sheet. When you hover over a chord timing, you can see which chord on the chord sheet it should match.

Adding a Chord Timing

Make sure Chords & Timings edit button is active on the Edit Section. You can add a chord timing in two ways:

Adding a Chord Timing from Distinct Chords

Use the Add timing buttons in the Distinct Chords section to add a chord timing. This will add the chord you clicked at the current time of the song.

Adding an Empty Chord Timing

Click the Add Empty Chord Timing button at the top right of the Chord Timings section to add an empty chord timing. This will add a chord timing at the current time of the song without a specified chord. You can then assign a chord to it from the distinct chords. See the recommended method at the end of this guide for more information.

Editing a Chord Timing

Make sure Chords & Timings edit button is active on the Edit Section. After you add chord timings, you might need to change either the chord or its timing. To do so, first select one or more timings using their checkboxes, then follow the guidelines below:

Changing the Time

Use the key labeled as shift on top of the Chord Timings section to easily add or subtract different time values from the saved time of the timing.

Changing the Chord

You can change the chord of the selected timings in two ways:

Assign from Distinct Chords

Click any Set to selected timings button in the Distinct Chords section to replace the chords of the selected timings.

Assign from Chord Sheet

Use the Assign from Chord Sheet button to replace the chords of the selected timings with the chords from the chord sheet in the same sequence.