Songs is your church's whole song library, A to Z, for browsing outside any plan. Each song's page shows what the website holds for it, one arrangement and key at a time.
Tip: The song library needs an internet connection and isn't part of any download. Offline, Songbook says "Couldn't load your songs.", but you can still reach the songs on a downloaded plan through that plan.
Find a song
Tap Songs.
Type in Search songs and press Return. Songbook uses the same song search as the website, so a song the website finds, the app finds too.
To jump to a letter instead, tap the A–Z button beside the filter button and pick a letter. Only titles that start with that letter show, with a chip such as Starts with G.
To narrow the list, tap the filter (funnel) button and choose any of the options below, then apply them.
Tap a song to open it.
Song filters
Category - any of your church's song categories.
Last scheduled - Last 30 days, Last 90 days, This year, or Over a year ago.
Arrangements - a minimum and a maximum number of arrangements.
While a search is active, the A–Z button hides and the search ignores the letter. Clear the search to bring the letter back.
Inside a song
If the song has more than one arrangement, tap the ARRANGEMENTS toggle and choose one. The details, keys, files, and Rehearse button all change to match.
Under KEY, tap the key you want. The song starts on the arrangement's default key, or its first key if none is marked default.
Tap Rehearse to open the chart, or tap a file under FILES. Rehearse appears only when the chosen arrangement and key have a chart or a track to play.
What's on a song page
Under the title - the authors, then the CCLI number and the category.
Details - BPM, Meter, Length, Style, Speed, Sequence, and Notes for the chosen arrangement, when the website has them.
KEY - one chip per key the arrangement has.
FILES - every file for the chosen arrangement and key, including the arrangement's shared files and the song's own files. The chord chart One Church creates comes first, then uploaded files, then links.
SCHEDULED - the three most recent plans the song is on, newest first. Tap one to open it. It says Not scheduled in any plan yet when there are none.
NOTES and COPYRIGHT - these belong to the song and don't change with the arrangement.
What happens when you tap a file
PDF, including the chord chart One Church creates - opens in the chart viewer.
Audio upload - opens the chart viewer with the practice player playing that file.
Video upload, YouTube, or Vimeo - plays in the practice player, floating over the chart, when the chosen arrangement and key have a chart. With no chart, a YouTube or Vimeo link opens in its own app or your browser, and a video upload opens in the app's file viewer (iPad and iPhone) or your device's video app (Android).
Web link - opens in your browser.
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, and text - open in the app's file viewer, with a Share button to send the file to another app.
Anything else, such as a zip file - shows "This file can't be previewed". Share it to open it in another app.
On Android, only images open in the app's viewer. Every other document opens in whichever app on your device handles that kind of file.
The icon on each file row tells you what it is: a music note for the chord chart One Church creates, a play button for audio and video, an arrow coming out of a box for links that open outside the app, and a paper clip for uploaded files, including uploaded PDF charts.
Don't see Songs?
If Songs is missing from the menu, your login doesn't include access to the song library. You can still open every song that's on one of your plans. Your church admin can give you access on the website.