Tips & tricks
Small moves that save you real time. Every step here works on the shipped app.
Paste a Spotify link, get the album art
- In Spotify, copy a song's share link.
- Open the song, press E then CtrlS.
- Confirm the album-art preview, then press CtrlEnter.
The album art and a Play button ride along with the song.
The box reads a Spotify track link from your clipboard, so you rarely type it. Saving pulls in the cover art, which then shows in your library, in setlists, and on the stage.
Dock the music video beside your chart
- In YouTube, copy the video's share link.
- Open the song, press E then CtrlU.
- Save, then press Space to play beside your chart.
The video plays next to your lyrics, and the album art comes along too.
The player stays where you drag it and keeps its size when the window changes. V steps through three sizes and ShiftV tucks it away, so it never covers a line you need.
Paste a chart instead of retyping it
- Copy a chart from Ultimate Guitar, Genius, or OnSong.
- In your library, press CtrlN for a new song.
Your copied chart lands as clean ChordPro, with no menu and no retyping.
It recognizes ChordPro, plain text, tab-style charts, and OnSong exports, and only ever reads text you copied yourself. Nothing is fetched for you. See Import formats for the full list.
Let BandBinder find the music video
- Open the song and press E to edit.
- Press CtrlY to search YouTube for this song.
- Copy the link, then paste it in the YouTube box.
You find the right video fast, without leaving your song.
CtrlY opens a YouTube search built from the title and artist. After you add a Spotify link, BandBinder even reminds you to grab the video with the same key.
Hover any button to learn its shortcut
- Point at any button, icon, or chip.
- Read the tooltip: it names the key to press.
- Press F1 for the full list on any screen.
You pick up the keyboard as you go, with no cheat sheet to hunt for.
Every control with a shortcut shows it in the tooltip, as a key-cap chip after the name. F1 (also ?) opens all the shortcuts for the screen you are on.
Change the key or add a capo
- In a chart, press Shift+ or Shift- to transpose.
- Press Ctrl+ or Ctrl- to move the capo.
- Press CtrlS to keep the new key and capo.
The chords move with you, and you can save the change for good.
Transpose and capo update the chords right away. CtrlS saves them to the song; inside a setlist you can override the key or tempo for one show only.
Let the chart scroll while you play
- In a chart, press A to start autoscroll.
- Press < or > to slow down or speed up.
- Press A again to pause.
Your hands stay on your instrument while the words keep coming.
Each song remembers its own scroll speed. The same A key and < / > speed controls work in Performance Mode on the gig too.
Tap the beat to set the tempo
- Open a chart and press T.
- Tap the button in time with the song.
- Press M to start the metronome with a count-in.
You set a real tempo by feel, then hear it counted back.
T opens the tap trainer: tap a few beats and it reads your tempo. M starts the metronome with the count-in you set in Settings, and F adds a screen flash on every beat.