Chord sheet
A Chordsheet ( engl. For "chord-sheet" ) is the notation of a piece of music only by its harmonic and structural performance in the form of chord symbols . Melody and other elements are left out. A chord sheet therefore works entirely without conventional notes. If the notated piece includes a singing part , the text is also notated.
In some areas of music, the German term Harmoniebuch is also used for this.
Ring binders in A4 or A5 are often used for self-notated sheets , because here you can easily add more in alphabetical order (which is often necessary for several hundred pieces). However, some musicians value light luggage, so they use thick, bound notebooks in octave format, for example .
Related to this is the Lead Sheet ( Engl. For leading blade ), which even in simplified form, the melody is trading at what happens when pure Chordsheets only in exceptional cases.
Chord sheets and lead sheets are mostly used in modern musical styles that involve a large amount of improvisation (such as jazz and rock ). Many fakebooks or real books are sold in this form. Even simple, easy-to-play songs are notated in chordsheets, for example in the popular songbook Das Ding .