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The chord sheet for gigging musicians

Memorizing chords is hard.Play every song as if you knew it by heart.

The chords, the words and your current line are on screen. The sheet scrolls in time with the original recording and looks the same at every gig. It replaces the paper binder, the metronome app and the chord site in another tab.

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Free to start, with 14 days of Pro. See pricing. Works in the browser on phone, tablet and laptop.

48,893 setlists created so far

House of the Rising Sun, traditional. Auto scroll on.

Nothing to memorize. Paste the sheet and play.

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    Paste

    Paste chords and lyrics from anywhere. gigbrain finds the song and its recording.

  2. 2

    Press play

    After a count-in, the sheet scrolls at the pace of the original recording. With timed lyrics it follows the words line by line.

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    Play the gig

    Look up and play. Swipe to the next song in the setlist.

In time

The right line is on screen when you sing it.

Other apps scroll at a speed you guess. gigbrain knows the song's length and, for most well-known songs, when each line is sung. The next line's chords appear before you need them, the same way every time. You can scroll by hand without stopping playback.

A visual metronome in the header keeps the beat and counts down to the first line and to any line after a long break.

Your key

Capo or transpose. Every chord rewrites itself.

Set a capo and the chords show the shapes you play. Transpose and every chord moves with it. The setting is saved with the song, so it opens in your key at every gig.

Setlists

A setlist for every gig, with notes on each song.

Drag songs into order and add notes: the key change in the bridge, who takes the solo, what to say before it. Share a setlist by link and your band sees the same songs.

On stage

Made for a music stand in a dark room.

The screen stays on while a song plays, and dark mode keeps the stage dark. Text size is saved per song on each device. Open the setlist before you go on, and a song that is open keeps scrolling if the signal drops.

Songs on Ultimate Guitar? Import your playlists from a computer and they become setlists. From then on, each sheet stays the way you left it.

From people who play with it

  • I used Ultimate Guitar for years, but it kept changing and I never knew what I'd get on gig night. Gigbrain looks the same every time I open it, and auto-scroll keeps up with me.

    Marcus T.

  • I can read the chords from two meters back, and everything I don't need disappears while I play. Pause and the metronome stay on screen, which is all I want on stage.

    Dana R.

  • Opening a setlist doesn't throw me into the first song, so I can check the order first. BPM and song length are right there, so I know when a set will run long.

    Jonas K.

Your songbook stays private.

There are no ads, and we do not sell your data. You can delete your account and everything in it from the app with one confirmation.

Questions

Do I still have to learn the songs?
You still play and sing. gigbrain shows which chord comes where, in time.
Does gigbrain come with songs?
No. You paste in your own chord sheets or import your Ultimate Guitar playlists.
How does it know the tempo?
gigbrain finds the title and artist, then looks up the recording's tempo and length in public music catalogues. You can change any of it.
What if the song has no timed lyrics?
Auto scroll follows the length of the recording instead. Manual mode scrolls at a speed you set.
Does it work without internet at the gig?
Partly. Opening a song needs a connection, but an open song keeps scrolling if the signal drops. Mobile data works at most venues. With no signal, bring paper.
What happens to my songs if gigbrain changes?
Your sheets are plain text. You can copy any song out of the editor at any time. If the service changes, the app tells you first.
Can I use it on stage without an account?
No. The account is just your email, with no password. Sign in with a code on each device and your songbook is on your phone, tablet and laptop.
How is it different from a chord site?
On a chord site, the same song can look different from one visit to the next, scroll at a different speed, or forget the key you play it in. In gigbrain the sheet is yours. It looks the way you left it, scrolls in time with the recording and opens in your key every time.
What does it cost?
New songbooks get 14 days of Pro free, with no card. After that the free plan keeps up to 15 songs and one setlist. Pro is $44.99 a year or $5.99 a month.
Can I share a setlist with my band?
Yes, by link. Bandmates see the chords and lyrics and can save a copy to their own songbook.

Your whole songbook, played as if by heart.

Sign in with your email and a code, then paste your first song. It takes about two minutes.

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