patacrep/examples/songs/example-en.tsg

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% Example file to write an sg file.

% Every line starting with a % is a comment that 
% will not appear in the final pdf

% Neither use special characters nor spaces for file names
% Use the song title to name the .sg file (words separated by an _)
% Use the album name for the file .jpg of the cover (words separated by an -)
% Place ".sg" and ".jpg" files in a subdirectory named from artist name in ./songs

% Refer to the Songs LaTeX Package documentation for advanced configuration
% http://songs.sourceforge.net/songsdoc/songs.html

% You may find complementary information in the Patacrep documentation file 
% http://www.patacrep.com/data/documents/doc_en.pdf
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\selectlanguage{english} %defines the song main language
\songcolumns{2} %defines the number of columns

% Sad robot: the song's title
% Pornophonique : the artist's name
% traditionnel : the file "8-bit-lagerfeuer.jpg" that corresponds to the album art
% 8 bit lagerfeuer : the album whose song is extracted from 
\beginsong{Sad robot}
  [by={Pornophonique},cover={traditionnel},album={8 bit lagerfeuer}]

  % inserts the album art (8-bit-lagerfeuer.jpg)
  \cover
  % \gtab{<chord>}{<fret>:<strings>} inserts a guitar chord diagram
  % <chord> : the chord name to be placed above the diagram.
  % <fret>  : represents the top fret of the diagram (any number from 1 to 9).
  % <strings> : series of six symbols, one for each string of the guitar from lowest pitch to highest. 
  % Each symbol should be one of: X if that string is not to be played, 0 (zero or the letter O) if that 
  % string is to be played open, or one of 1 through 9 if that string is to be played on the given numbered fret.
  \gtab{D}{XX0231}
  \gtab{F}{1:022100}
  \gtab{C}{X32010}

  % insert a chord right before the corresponding syllabe (no space)
  % put a verse between \begin{verse} and \end{verse}
  % put a chorus between \begin{chorus} and \end{chorus}
  % \begin{verse*} defines a not numbered verse
  % use the \rep{n} macro for a sentence repeated n times
  % use the \echo{text} macro for background singing lyrics

  %\lilypond{Sad_robot} % inserts the music sheet corresponding to the Sad_robot.ly file in the same directory as this .sg file.

  % verse environments are automatically numbered
  \begin{verse}
    His \[Dm]steely skin is covered
    By \[F]centuries of dust
    \[C]Once he was a great one
    \[Dm]Now he's dull and rust
  \end{verse}

  % repeatedchords environments allow to show (for sufficiency)
  % or hide (for readability) duplicated chords
  \begin{repeatedchords}
    \begin{verse*}
      An \[Dm]oily tear he's crying
      \[F]Can you feel the pain
      Of the \[C]sad, sad robot
      And it's \[Dm]driving him insane
    \end{verse*}

    \begin{verse*}
      He can't \[Dm]turn back time nor history
      So his \[F]life became a misery
      He \[C]has to face the destiny
      Nobody \[Dm]cares anymore
    \end{verse*}
  \end{repeatedchords}

  \begin{chorus}
    Sad, sad robot \rep{3}
    All alone
  \end{chorus}
  
\endsong