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Engine for LaTeX songbooks
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Songbook frequently asked questions.
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[[!toc ]]
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## What is the songbook?
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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.
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The songbook is generated from a set of simple text files containing lyrics and tabs thanks to LaTeX.
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## Why use LaTeX?
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Previous and non-released versions were made from common text process softwares. The fact is that LaTeX is the only
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way to keep a coherent pdf file, regardless of the number of songs you decide to include.
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As LaTeX differenciate content and layout, you can easily build a songbook of your convenience with the songs you decide
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or with different layouts without any modification of the original text file corresponding to the song.
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## Different layouts?
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There are 3 major releases of the songbook.
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* a version with guitar tabs: the chordbook
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* a more compact version restricted to lyrics only: the lyricbook
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* a version with a few sheets (solos for example) providing melodic lines: the lilypondbook (Lilypond is the software producing the sheets)
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## Can I propose my own song?
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Yes please do. Emails and/or forum posts are welcomed!
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## Can I suggest a song?
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Yes the bug tracker is the right place to do so.
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## Where did you find the latex style used to produce the books?
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We use a slighlty modified version of the [Songs](http://songs.sourceforge.net/) project.
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## What is the licence of this software?
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All pieces of software including Makefile, index scripts and latex style are distribued under the GPL2 licence.
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## What is the licence of the songs files?
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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 <alexandre.dupas@gmail.com> or <crep@team-on-fire.com>.
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