Songbook frequently asked questions. [[!toc ]] ## What is the songbook? It is a pdf file gathering several songs into a pleasant view so that you can easily read and play them with your own guitar. The songbook is generated from a set of simple text files containing lyrics and tabs thanks to LaTeX. ## Why use LaTeX? Previous and non-released versions were made from common text process softwares. The fact is that LaTeX is the only way to keep a coherent pdf file, regardless of the number of songs you decide to include. As LaTeX differenciate content and layout, you can easily build a songbook of your convenience with the songs you decide or with different layouts without any modification of the original text file corresponding to the song. ## Different layouts? There are 3 major releases of the songbook. * a version with guitar tabs: the chordbook * a more compact version restricted to lyrics only: the lyricbook * a version with a few sheets (solos for example) providing melodic lines: the lilypondbook (Lilypond is the software producing the sheets) ## Can I propose my own song? Yes please do. Emails and/or forum posts are welcomed! ## Can I suggest a song? Yes the bug tracker is the right place to do so. ## Where did you find the latex style used to produce the books? We use a slighlty modified version of the [Songs](http://songs.sourceforge.net/) project. ## What is the licence of this software? All pieces of software including Makefile, index scripts and latex style are distribued under the GPL2 licence. ## What is the licence of the songs files? Song files transcribe copyrighted material. The transcription is the result of our own work. We believe that the non-commercial use of this work is fair. Copyright holders wanting us to remove songs from beeing distributed have simply to formulate their demand by email at or .