Realsheet's lead sheets are written in the lightweight ABC format,
which is ideal for creating lead sheets containing melody, chords and lyrics.
Although ABC was originally designed for folk tunes,
it has also proven to be perfect for jazz lead sheets and other genres.
Creating a lead sheet
ABC is easy to learn and understand.
You won't need any special music notation software.
Simply write your score in a text editor.
For example, this code:
X:1
T:Oh When the Saints
C:Traditional
L:1/4
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:C
z C E F | "C6" G4 | z C E F | G4 |
w:Oh when the Saints | go mar-ching in
will create this score:
If you want to start writing your own tunes, check out abcnotation.com. There, you'll find documentation, tutorials, software and lots of useful information.
A tunebook is a collection of songs.
If you have more than one song, we recommend
combining them into a tunebook for for easier handling.
To do this, simply add the songs to a text file, leaving an empty line between each one.
Importing tunes or tunebooks into the app
To import your own files,
click on 'Advanced options' on the 'Edit Tunes' screen.
You can download a tunebook from an external source via a URL here.
Alternatively, you can select a file from a cloud service or local storage.
Use the extension '.abc' for tunes and '.abct' for tunebook files.
Publishing your tunebooks
If you want to make your own tunebooks available to other users, you can implement a direct import link.
This allows your visitors to load your music into the RealSheet app with a single click.
Link format:
https://realsheet.net/import/?i=[URL]
where [URL] is the direct URL to your tunebook file.
Please use .abc or .abct as the file extension for your ABC file.
Paste your tunebook URL here to create an import link:
