Writing chord sheets from lyrics and chord diagrams using Tcl.
The package tcrd allow you to write chord sheets from lyrics with embedded chords and create svg graphics from short text descriptions like 0003 for an Ukulele C chord diagram or xx0231 for a Guitar Dm chord.
package require tcrd
package require tsvg
tcrd transpose A 1 ;# - Bb
tcrd svgchord C 0003 -outfile uke-c.svg ;# Uke Chord
puts [tcrd chordsheet {[Dm]Are you going to [C]Scarborough [Dm]Fair?}]
package require tcrd
tcrd svgchords C x32010 -outfile guitar-c.svg -width 150
tcrd svgchords Dm xx0231 -outfile guitar-dm.svg -width 150
tcrd svgchords Em 022000 -outfile guitar-em.svg -width 150
tcrd svgchords F x03211 -outfile guitar-f.svg -width 150
tcrd svgchords G 320003 -outfile guitar-g.svg -width 150
tcrd svgchords Am x02210 -outfile guitar-am.svg -width 150
And here how we can create a chord sheet:
puts [tcrd chordsheet {
[Dm]Are you going to [C]Scarborough [Dm]Fair?
[F]Parsley, [Dm]sage, rose [F]mary [G]and [Dm]thyme
Remember [F]me to one who [C]lives there
[Dm]He once [C]was a true love of [Dm]mine
}]
Output:
Dm C Dm
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
F Dm F G Dm
Parsley, sage, rose mary and thyme
F C
Remember me to one who lives there
Dm C Dm
He once was a true love of mine
- 2026-01-01 - v0.0.1 - initial release as Tcl package
- tsvg - writing svg files with Tcl
- mndoc - converting Markdown output of tmdoc to HTML
- tmdoc - literate programming with Tcl using the tcrd package to display music chord sheets and chord diagrams
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