SongScroll Introduction - Daylesford Men's Shed

Daylesford Mens Shed is not unique. We have currently around 30 members of which 7 play guitar or ukulele, regularly at our weekly jam sessions. We have been doing this for over three years now and SongScroll, projected to our TV screen, directs our jam sessions.

We started out like most groups of this nature, using paper song sheets. Finding lyrics and chord sequences, tailoring them to suit our situation, printing them out, and, if they later required modification, printing them out again,
and again,
and again...

It was because of the frustration attached to this situation that I considered there had to be a better way. Paperless.

My name is Brian Murphy and I am a member of the Daylesford Mens shed. As I had a background in computer programming, and these days not so much of a requirement to keep those skills up, I saw this an opportunity to, not only to refresh those skills, but expand into new territory... That of Javascript.

And I discovered a whole new world. One that is safe, abundantly shared, and free. So SongScroll was born.

SongScroll features:

Runs in any Browser, on any device capable of displaying HTML, although, if your device is too old it may not run Javascript.

Uses only text files - editable by any text file editor (I use Notepad).

The Text Files are stored and browseable only on your own device as stipulated by web safety protocol.

There is no limit (that I know of) for the length of the text file.

No need to worry about cramming the song to fit a page size.

Variable scroll speed - from 30 to 90 words per minute, set by preferred speed imbedded in
2nd line of song text, or by a slider control.

Scrolling start can be delayed, to allow playing to progress to about half the visible text
before scrolling starts, or immediate scrolling by a button click.

Scrolling can be stopped and started at will, by a button click or clicking anywhere on the whitespace, or by a shorcut key (Space Bar).

Scrolling up or down using the Windows slider, or the middle wheel of a mouse, can be done at any time.

For Songs2Line, chord names must be placed above the appropriate song line, at the appropriate location.
Please use SPACES for positioning the chords (not the Tab Key).

For SongsInine, chord names must be placed inside square brackets eg. [C] in the appropriate song line, at the appropriate location.

Key Change (transposition up or down) at the click of a button.

If you wish to save a transposed song, just click the "Save Changes" button, and it will save the current song in the displayed format to your "Downloads" folder.

Sharp or Flat preferences, as set by the Radio Buttons at the bottom of the page are applied to key changes.

Chord fingering diagrams for Guitar, Ukulele (Normal or Baritone), or both are displayed for most chords.

NO Copyright.
As SongScroll and the other apps contained here are each fully contained within one HTML page
which are accessible and editable by anyone, even with a text editor, I see no point in claiming copyright
or ownership.
These are all entirely my own compilation, but I admit and recognise that I have collected and used
code snippets from numerous public sources, including Copilot, and I'm grateful for those people that
produced them.

These html pages can be Screen Shared simultaneously over multiple devices, and even Screen Cast to
TVs, Monitors or Projectors. This is ideal for Band or Group use, and Singalongs.

Note: SongScroll and the other apps contained here are designed to run from text files stored on your own device. This is a requirement of web safety protocol, and is known as the "Single Origin Policy".

SongScroll

Clicking the above link will open SongScroll in a new webpage here in this browser. You can save it, or run it from here, but you will need text files on your LOCAL SYSTEM (Hard drive or USB Drives) to scroll... SongScroll accepts both the 2_Line format and the Inline format, so you can use either.

SongScrollDuo

Like SongScroll above, clicking the above link will open SongScrollDuo in a new webpage here in this browser. You can save it, or run it from here, but you will need text files on your LOCAL SYSTEM (Hard drive or USB Drives) to scroll...
SongScrollDuo accepts only the InLine format as an input, but it will convert to 2 Line format by setting a slider to "2L". You can also save the 2 Line format to a text file by clicking the "Save Changes" button. Same with saving Key Changes.
Please note that saving using the "Save Changes" button will save the current song as displayed, into your "Downloads" folder, with the name of the song as the file name.

PhoneScroll

PhoneScroll is a truncated version of SongScroll, to run on your phone... or preferably, your tablet.

SongPrint

SongPrint provides a printable version of your chosen song for printing on your colour printer, or to a pdf file if your system supports "print to pdf".

(Note: For Printing, you can hide the blue heading by clicking anywhere in the white space. Clicking the
white space again will un-hide it. )

2WayConverter ... converts 2_Line songs to Inline and Inline to 2 Line, as well as stripping Ultimate Guitar or e-chords format songs to the SongScroll format.

Clicking the link below will download a ZIP file into your default "Downloads" folder, which you can then extract to a suitable location on your hard drive. It contains the html files for SongScroll, SongScrollDuo, PhoneScroll, SongPrint and 2WayConverter, so you can run them from there, as well as the User Manuals in text format for all of these. You can open and view these Manuals in any of the apps mentioned in the previous sentence... I believe this may circumvent the "Single Origin Policy" that could prevent you from running SongScroll from this website, as it is now on your own device. You can also run the html files from a USB drive, or any other location on your device.

SongScroll Package ... Zip file

For songs try...

Ultimate Guitar

Jim's Songbook

e-chords

... and you can use the Converter to tailor them to your needs.

SongScroll is a free, community-developed tool designed to support music learning and group performance. It does not host or distribute copyrighted lyrics or music files.

External Links:
Links to third-party sites (e.g. Ultimate Guitar, Jim’s Songbooks, e-chords) are provided for educational reference only.
Daylesford Men’s Shed and SongScroll do not control or endorse the content on these sites.

Copyrighted Material:
Users are responsible for ensuring they have the legal right to use any song files they download or modify.
Please respect the rights of songwriters and publishers.

Public Domain and Original Songs:
We encourage the use of public domain songs and original compositions to ensure legal and ethical use.

Local Use Only:
SongScroll is designed to run from local files on your own device. It does not upload, share, or distribute content online.

If you are a rights holder and believe any content referenced here infringes on your copyright, please contact us and we will promptly address your concern.

DAYLESFORD MEN'S SHED