# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE # Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package. # FIRST AUTHOR , YEAR. # #, fuzzy msgid "" msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2009-08-19 00:13+0300\n" "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n" "Last-Translator: FULL NAME \n" "Language-Team: LANGUAGE \n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" "Content-Transfer-Encoding: ENCODING\n" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "At one point you may want to write and add your own songs to the chordbook. " "Let us explain how to do this in an easy way." msgstr "" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "The first thing to know is that we use latex, a powerfull text processing " "software that produce nice looking output allowing the writter to focus on " "the content rather than the format. This is a programming language based on " "command that act as a markup." msgstr "" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "Command start with a backslash '\\' followed by the command name. Then comes " "arguments of the command, if any, either between braces or square brackets. " "Enough for the theory, let us present the mostly common used command to " "produce well formated songs." msgstr "" #. type: Title ## #, no-wrap msgid "Main elements" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "Every songs start with the following declaration where you have to replace " "the title and the author according to the song you are writting." msgstr "" #. type: Plain text #, no-wrap msgid " \\beginsong{Title}[by=Author]\n" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "Then the song is composed of a succession of verses and chorus. A verse " "start with *\\beginverse* and finish with *\\endverse*. In a same way, a " "chorus start with *\\beginchorus* and finish with *\\endchorus*." msgstr "" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "The lyrics are typed normally between *\\begin* and *\\end*, but to add some " "chords information, you have to use a special command: for instance \\[Mi] " "produce a **Mi** chord above the lyrics where the command is inserted. You " "can use whatever text as chord definition (see examples for flat, sharp or " "other classical notations). The following verse obtained from the song " "*Where is my mind* by the Pixies shows the use of these commands." msgstr "" #. type: Plain text #, no-wrap msgid "" " \\beginverse\n" " With your \\[Mi]feet in the air and your \\[Do#m]head on the ground \\[La&m] \\[La]\n" " \\[Mi] Try this trick\\[Do#m] and s\\[La&m]pin it Ye\\[La]ah,\n" " \\[Mi] Your head will coll\\[Do#m]apse but there's \\[La&m]nothing in it And you'll \\[La]ask yourself\n" " \\endverse\n" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "Some character have to be typed differently using latex command to produce a " "perfect results. The two main examples used in the current songbook are the " "three dots (...) and the oe character. To represent such character you have " "to respectively used the *{\\dots}* command and the *{\\oe}* command. We use " "braces arround the command so the command can be inserted wherever you want. " "Some songs use other notation for the same characters, please report any " "problem you may find in the current source files." msgstr "" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "Every songs end with the following declaration so you sould add it at the " "end of your file." msgstr "" #. type: Plain text #, no-wrap msgid " \\endsong\n" msgstr "" #. type: Title ## #, no-wrap msgid "Chord notation" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "Flat is represented using the *'&'* character: this produce a *'b'* shaped " "character which is the classical notation for the flat. Sharp is coded using " "*'#'*. Other notations are simply added as character to the main chord. For " "instance a *La flat minor* is noted *La&m*." msgstr "" #. type: Title ## #, no-wrap msgid "Optionnal elements" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "Before the *\\beginsong* command, you could specify the number of column you " "want your song to be divided into. You might have between one and three " "column by using the following command with the appropriate number of column." msgstr "" #. type: Plain text #, no-wrap msgid " \\songcolumns{1}\n" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "Another great tool is the guitar tab presenting each chord played in the " "song. This is done using the *\\gtab* command between the *\\beginsong* and " "the first verse (*\\beginverse*) or chorus (*\\beginchorus*) whichever comes " "first. I wil not detailled how the *\\gtab* command works here but I will " "just gives some examples with common chords." msgstr "" #. type: Plain text #, no-wrap msgid "" " \\gtab{Ré}{XX0232}\n" " \\gtab{Mi}{022100}\n" " \\gtab{Fa}{1:022100}\n" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "To produce a repeat sign you should use the *\\rep* command. To repeat four " "times a line, use the following command." msgstr "" #. type: Plain text #, no-wrap msgid " \\rep{4}\n" msgstr "" #. type: Title ## #, no-wrap msgid "Example" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "Here is an example of song file that could be used as a starting point to " "add a new song to the songbook. This is the lyrics and chord information for " "*Where is my mind* by the Pixies." msgstr "" #. type: Plain text #, no-wrap msgid " \\beginsong{Where Is My Mind}[by=Pixies]\n" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text #, no-wrap msgid "" " \\gtab{La&m}{4:133211}\n" " \\gtab{La}{5:133211}\n" " \\gtab{Do#}{4,X13331}\n" " \\gtab{Si}{2,X13331}\n" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text #, no-wrap msgid " \\beginverse\n" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text #, no-wrap msgid "" " \\beginchorus\n" " \\[Mi]Where is my \\[Do#m]mind?\n" " \\[La&m] Where is my mind?\\[La]\n" " \\[Mi]Where is my \\[Do#m]mind? \\[La&m] \\[La]\n" " \\endchorus\n" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text #, no-wrap msgid "" " \\beginverse\n" " \\[Mi]Way \\[Labm]out in the \\[La]water see it \\[Lam]swimmin' \\[Do#] {\\ldots} \\[Si]\n" " \\endverse\n" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text #, no-wrap msgid "" " \\beginverse\n" " I was swimmin' in the Carribean\n" " Animals were hiding behind the rock\n" " Except the little fish\n" " But they told me, he swears\n" " Tryin' to talk to me to me to me\n" " \\endverse\n" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text #, no-wrap msgid " \\endsong\n" msgstr "" #. type: Title ## #, no-wrap msgid "Sending your work for inclusion" msgstr "" #. type: Plain text msgid "" "If you add song to your songbook, why don't you send us your file. We will " "take a look at it and will be pleased to add it into the official songbook. " "As always, contributors are welcomed." msgstr ""