Project Assistance?

[thelurker]

Hi Brothers and Sisters. I'm looking for some assistance with a personal project that I am working on. What I'm trying to do is make it easier for myself and others to play Kingdom Melodies on the guitar. The organization has provided the information, I'm simply looking for a way to present it in a more functional way.

 

The base is going to be Sing out Joyfully to Jehovah (sjjsm_e) PDF. This version has not only the chord symbols but also a capo'd version to make it easier to play along with a guitar. There are a few steps that I would like to accomplish. 

 

The first is removing the chord symbols of the conflict with a capo'd version. For example, song #1; the piano chords would start with F, C, Dm, and C. While the capo'd chords would be D, A, Bm, A, relative to the capo. For songs without a capo'd version, nothing needs to be done. But for songs with both options, I would like to remove the un-capo'd lines to make it easier to follow along.

 

I attempted this with AI, and it did a fairly good job. But it's not perfect, some lines were missed. I can edit out the lines that were missed but I want to do some more edits and I'm not sure Chat GPT is up to the task. 

 

Ultimately, I would like to further edit the PDF so that choruses follow each verse so I don't have to scroll up and down while playing. There are also some other viewability issues that I would like to address.

 

This is really beyond my ability, so I thought I'd reach out here to see if anyone had any suggestions on how to accomplish this project, or point me to a tool that could help. 

 

Thank you!

[jdcarlson]

3 hours ago, thelurker said:

Ultimately, I would like to further edit the PDF so that choruses follow each verse so I don't have to scroll up and down while playing.

 

This comment seems to indicate that you are playing from your screen.

 

I would print out the PDF with whatever changes you want, and then play from the printed music.

 

50 years ago I knew all of the theocratic songs pretty well. Back when we had live music at assemblies & conventions, I was in charge of that for the events in our area.

 

I do not remember all of the songs by song number (like I used to 50 years ago), but I do not remember any that would go past two pages when printed out. Two pages fit side by side very easily on an inexpensive music stand.

 

As to your preference on chord progressions, and which ones sound better to you, that is entirely a matter of your personal choice. When we were playing for assemblies & conventions, we felt obligated to follow the music as written. But, 50 years ago the songbook did not have chords indicated. For those, like myself, who liked to play from a "fake book" with just melody line and chord notations, it was a matter of going through each song, note by note, to determine what chord the notes represented.

 

I have also wondered about a few of the newer songs where the final chord indicated was not what one would typically expect for a song in a certain key. But then I must remember that I am leterally "a child of the previous century" and my musical taste may not be as current as the taste of younger ones.

 

Thanks,

 

Jim