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With most of the Christmas gigs done, it is time to plan for next year's app development. New Year's resolutions? Well, I can promise that there are some nice upgrades already in testing -- the icon above may offer a sneak peek... Stay tuned for more info; here, on Instagram , Twitter and Facebook . Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I want be able to edit/change chords on PDF lead sheets such as the songs in Real Books, Colorado Cookbook, etc. The only way I'm able to do so on my Android tablet is with my finger (extremely difficult). How can I make editing easier? The only editing of PDF files possible in Fakebook Pro is "painting" on top of the image described in the file. This is due to the nature of the PDF format, but most importantly because the books you mention (as well as most other similar music collections) are actually paper scans. That being said, you can simplify and increase the precision of your edits by using a stylus suitable for your tablet, and by zooming in on the part before editing. I do have iReal Pro on my mac (chords). What I miss is to also see the melody, together with the chords, both in a transposable fashion (which iReal Pro provides, but it's without the melody). Does your Fakebook Pro provide that, or do you have another offer or hint where to buy somet...

The latest Fakebook Pro version 2.10, just released to Google Play , has some simple but really useful new features: zoom, pan and font scale. Zoom and pan works just as you'd expect - pinch and swipe with two fingers. This not only means that you can manually crop a page if the automatic import doesn't fit, but also that you can zoom in to make precise annotations or corrections. These gestures are second nature to most smartphone users and will probably be used a lot. But another new gesture deserves special mention - the three-finger-pinch. "Zooming" with three fingers will scale the fonts used in the transposable chord charts and lyrics. This is a convenient way to optimize each chart in a way that hasn't actually been possible before. Some songs has just a single chord per bar and can benefit from using a large font. But other songs has so complex changes that four bars might not fit on a single row, which makes them hard to read. In previous...

Some kind words and a common question to add to the FAQ: I just started working with this app, and Wow! I am a little confused about a 2014 post ( Fakebook - the Real Vocal Book - Part 2 ) I saw on your site. Is this saying there's an easy way to pull in lyrics for those Fakebook and Popbook songs already in app? I'm a singer, and have imported the whole Real Vocal Book, but would really like more songs w lyrics. The post you are referring to mentions the Real Vocal Book (that you have already imported) and the Slickbook 1 and 2 which also contain lyrics for a lot of popular (mostly 80's) songs. There are also lyrics in some of the trad jazz books, but there is no complete collection for all the 1600 songs included by default. As I'm sure you understand, this is mostly due to copyright. If there are publicly available PDF collections with lyrics that you'd like us to help index and publish I'm happy to look into it. Otherwise the easiest way to find ly...

Tomorrow, Wednesday April 5th, the international trade fair for musical instruments, sheet music, music production and marketing will open in Frankfurt. Skrivarna Software will be at Musikmesse , meeting musicians and other developers, discussing Fakebook Pro and other apps. See you there!

On Android N you can run the Fakebook Pro sheet music reader and a music player side by side in split screen. This video shows how to view music and play linked Spotify or YouTube tunes at the same time. Check out more about the Fakebook Pro sheet music reader at www.skrivarna.com and download it from Google Play .

It is easy to load new music to the Fakebook Pro sheet music reader , one file at a time or a complete collection. This video shows how to import multiple songs, all files in a folder, in a few quick steps. Check out more about the Fakebook Pro sheet music reader at www.skrivarna.com and download it from Google Play .

As most Fakebook Pro users are already aware, the PDFB scripts that help download and index sheet music is a really powerful feature. Several new scripts are now available and ready for use at http://www.skrivarna.com/p/fakebook.html . Richard Marx The updates are: Slickbook 2  - Classic pop and rock songs, mostly from the 80's, written and performed by Chicago, Toto, Gino Vanelli, Bruce Hornsby. And Richard Marx. A lot of Richard Marx. The Great Gig Book  - Also called the Blue Book, this huge collection has sections for ballads, swing, dixie, polka, samba, rhumba, bossa, tango etc. - over 750 songs, most of them with lyrics. The Creole Jazz Band Fakebook  - Available in C, Bb, Eb, F and bass clef, these books are now updated to version 2.4.  

It is easy to load and create new music and song lists in the Fakebook Pro sheet music reader . But you should also make sure to backup your work; this video shows you how. Better safe than sorry! Check out more about the Fakebook Pro sheet music reader at www.skrivarna.com and download it from Google Play .

It is easy to load new music from PDF files to the Fakebook Pro sheet music reader . This video shows how to import music from Dropbox (and other cloud storage) as well as from the tablet or phone. Check out more about the Fakebook Pro sheet music reader at www.skrivarna.com and download it from Google Play .

Soon to be released (currently in beta testing), the Fakebook Pro 2.9 will allow for faster import of new songs. By analysing thousands of PDF pages, measuring and optimizing the parsers and automatic cropping algorithm, the import process is now much more efficient. Depending on device and PDF quality, the waiting times may be cut in half. Also in the upcoming version is a new file selection dialog (available from Android 5 and up). This offers seamless integration and direct access to remote storage, like Dropbox folders, OneDrive and Google Drive. Instead of having to open an external app and import files from there, any cloud service integrated with the Android storage subsystem can now be accessed from Fakebook Pro.

The new Fakebook Pro features new list-filtered find, more detailed search results, tap to page and support for some older devices. Thanks to all users suggesting these improvements, keep 'em coming. Fakebook Pro 2.8.0, available now from Google Play !

From the December mails, here's some questions regarding importing and PDF files. Happy new year - and have fun playing! I have Fakebook Pro but can't find a way to import my PDF files. If you have PDF files with individual songs you can just put them on your device (phone/tablet) and then import them through the Fakebook menu -> Add new songs -> Import local file. If you have collections (e.g. books with a lot of songs stored as a single PDF) I really recommend looking at http://www.skrivarna.com/p/fakebook.html and http://www.skrivarna.com/2014/02/automatic-indexing-of-pdf-real-books.html for hints on how to create indexes for such collections. I am trying to download load pdf files for volumes of songs from http://lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/LAFC/LFTunes.html . I have them on my computer but I have to load them individually into your app. I don't know how to work with the scripts you describe so please advise if there is a better way for me. As the songs ...

One of the most popular and useful collections of trad jazz and Dixieland songs is now available on the Fakebook Pro download page . The Firehouse Jazz Band PDFB script will automatically index and import this book with over 500 tunes.