Hi Phil,

Thanks for listening to some songs. Glad to hear they worked for you.

I don't use repeats, tags, DS al segno, etc. Because of this, I can't offer any help other than those links.

The reason that I have never played around with repeats, etc., is because I like to work on my whole song as a single chorus. I feel that this gives me much more control over part markers, where I want drum breaks, and other music nuances. I've found it very easy to simply copy and paste chord progressions. Also, I type my chords in and I find that entering them that way is incredibly quick.

For the song format that you've outlined above, I'd ...

1) Enter chords for the intro (probably 3 or 4 bars which means I type in only 4 or 5 chords).

2) Enter chords for verse 1. I'd have a blue part marker for the first bar of verse 1.

2) Put a blue part marker for the first bar of verse 2. Copy verse 1 chords and paste them into verse 2.

3) Put a green part marker for the first bar of the chorus.

4) Type in chords for the chorus.

5) Enter a blue part marker (or possibly green - depending on the song) for the first bar of verse 3. Copy verse 1 chords and paste into verse 3.

6) Have a blue part marker at the start of the bridge. Type in chords for the bridge.

7) Green part marker for the start of the chorus. Copy and paste chords from the first chorus into this chorus.

8) Put a green part marker at the beginning of the outro. Enter the outro chords.

All up, this would take me between 5 and 10 mins. Now if I decide I want additional drums breaks, I simply add part markers since drum breaks will occur in the bar before the part marker.

I know that the above doesn't answer your question and it might be that you know all this stuff already, but, then again, maybe it's useful information for someone who reads the post.

All the best,
Noel

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