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Mail of the Month - October

Do you have plans to make this fake book app available for the Microsoft Surface? Please make it available!! After some investigation to see what different possibilities there are for supporting the Microsoft mobile OSs, we are not likely to port Fakebook (or any of our other apps). And if we were, iOS would still have the highest priority. Right now just keeping the Android versions up-to-date is more than enough to do... Of course, things may change depending on market trends and what musicians like you and me requests. But at the moment there are no such plans. Sorry! I am loving this app!  I use it all the time. I see the new update says you have now added lyrics, which is the icing on the cake, but I don't know how to make them visible...please advise....thanks again for a great app...... As you have noticed, the latest version of Fakebook can include and show song lyrics thanks to the new ChordPro support (the iReal b and ABC formats don't carry lyrics). So, wri...

Fakebook - the Real Vocal Book

Nah, maybe not comparable to a real Vocal Book. Not yet. But a lot of musicians wanted to use their beloved Fakebook app also for lyrics. With the new support for importing ChordPro files, this is finally supported. The ChordPro file format is simple and designed to store lyrics together with the chords. Searching the Internet you can find huge collections of songs in the ChordPro format, both free and for sale. The files may have different extensions -- .chordpro , .chopro , .cho , .crd and .pro are most common. Most Fakebook features works exactly the same with ChordPro files as with the built-in jazz standards, the iReal b and ABC imports. Most important is the possibility to transpose -- it makes it soo  much easier for vocalists. The Fakebook 1.1.0, available now in Google Play and Amazon .

Feature Check - Your Guide in the Music Reader Jungle

Trying to figure out which music reader app is best for you? Not easy, not easy at all... The table below was created to help with the Fakebook app development, keeping track of the features of similar apps and providing some guidance on what users expect. Of course, the list of features is not comprehensive, but the choice reflects what we think is important. Look at it as a "road map" for future Fakebook versions if you like. But we also imagine a comparison of music apps could be useful for our potential customers, providing some guidance in the music reader jungle. Hopefully you will find that Fakebook fits your needs -- if you choose someone else we are still happy to to have been able to help. Good luck. And don't forget to have fun making music! Click the image to download the full table in PDF format. To the best of our knowledge, the information in the table is correct at the date of publishing. If you think something is wr...