There are two main ways to store chord charts into Planning Center: text or PDF. The way you transpose each type of chart is different. You can also quickly transpose created chord charts from a plan.
Planning Center has a built-in Lyrics & Chords Editor that allows you to create or edit chord charts in text format, which is automatically transposed to any new key (or capo key) you create.
You can access text-based charts in the following ways:
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Type them from scratch yourself.
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Copy and paste them from somewhere else on the internet.
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Buy them from PraiseCharts and import them.
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Import the lyrics from SongSelect, and then add the chords yourself.
After your text chart is entered, it is available as a PDF file for every key you create.
When your team members access PDFs that you create from text files from within a plan or within the Music Stand mobile app, they can use the Quick Transpose feature to instantly change the chord to any key, numbers, or just lyrics.
Click on a song to access the song drawer, hover over the file in the Files tab, and click the musical note.
Click a key to download that chart or download a number or numeral chart.
If you download, purchase, or create PDF files, you can store them in Services with the rest of your song files. Those PDF files cannot be transposed within Planning Center. However, there are two ways that you can get these files in a new key.
When you add a key to an arrangement, you have the option to import SongSelect (and PraiseCharts if subscribed) charts at the same time, and if you specify a capo key, you’ll get charts in the main key and each capo.
Add key details.
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Most songs with a CCLI# have a default key, which will already be set. If your song doesn’t have a CCLI#, or if your song has a key change and ends in a different key, set that here.
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If this is a key a certain worship leader prefers or is the preferred congregational key, enter it here.
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Add an alternate key to get Capo versions of chord charts. Any chord charts made using our Lyrics & Chords Editor will give you charts in the main key and any alternate keys you add to a plan.
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If you've integrated with RehearalMix, PraiseCharts , or SongSelect, you can import available files.
Click Save to be taken to the song on the Song page or plan.
You can also click the plus button on an arrangement to add a file, navigate to the SongSelect or PraiseCharts tab, and import them in your chosen key at any time.
