Studio · Chief's private working space · runs on the laptop
Chord-sheet editor
Pick a chord, click a word to put it there. Drag a placed chord along the line with the mouse (or hold it a moment with a finger) and it snaps to the next word; or click it and use ← →. A dashed chord is proposed (one source), a split chord is disputed (click it to pick), a hollow slot has no data. Review notes live in the rail, not in the sheet. Everything is saved in this browser as you go. Started with studio.cmd, the private songs appear under Load → Private (this laptop) and Save locally writes your changes back for the agent to push to Drive and the Google Doc.
Private rehearsal packets Google Docs
In-copyright songs live only in the Drive folder; nothing here is public. In the local Studio they appear under Load → Private (this laptop), and the private index lists them with their Docs and a page preview. The Doc is the phone copy.
- Raglan Road — as sung by The High Kings (words Patrick Kavanagh) · key D · draft, needs your ear
- I Courted a Sailor — Kate Rusby · key Bb · capo 3 · draft, needs your ear
- The Galway Girl — Steve Earle -- merged: Irish House Party key, Earle changes · key G · draft, needs your ear
- Wild Mountain Thyme — Francis McPeake (1957) -- canonical: Ella Roberts (D); version 2: Nathan Evans (Ab, capo 1) · key D · draft, needs your ear
- Caledonia — Dougie MacLean (1977) -- canonical: studio (E, capo 2); versions: live Butterstone; Nathan Evans (Bb, capo 3) · key E · capo 2 · draft, needs your ear
- Marie's Wedding — The High Kings (2008) -- English words Sir Hugh S. Roberton (1936/37; UK public domain since 2023, US copyright to 1 Jan 2032 or 2033); air traditional · key G · draft, needs your ear
- Mairi Bhan (Mairi's Wedding, Gaelic) — as sung by Calum Alex MacMillan (Chief's recording; unconfirmed) -- Gaelic words John Roderick Bannerman (1934; UK public domain since 2009, US status unresolved, treated as protected) · key Db · capo 6 · draft, needs your ear
- Haul Away — Nathan Evans (Wellerman: The Album, 2022) -- ORIGINAL song, writers Evans / Alex Oriet / David Phelan (in copyright); chords-only skeleton, words to be placed from Chief's own copy · key Eb · capo 1 · draft, needs your ear
- The Galway Girl (earlier draft, D major) — Steve Earle · key D
Format: ChordPro. A chord in square brackets sits on the syllable that follows it: Of [G]all the money [Em]that e'er I [C]had. Chords in the file are the sounding chords; set a capo and the sheet shows the shapes you finger, with the sounding chord in parentheses. States: [D] firm · [D?] proposed · [D|G] disputed (best first) · [_] no data. Directives: {title: …} {key: G} {capo: 2} {soc}…{eoc} for a chorus, {x_review: slug.review.json} names the review sidecar.
To get the Google Doc refreshed: Save locally (local Studio) or download the .cho and review.json, then tell the agent; it pushes the files to Drive and reruns scripts/song_to_doc.py (production or admin-review mode).