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Songbook/Introduction

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This textbook grows by volunteer cooperation of all, who like to contribute to it. All chapters of this book can be created and expanded by anybody.

The goal is to get a songbook with freely licensed songs for various occasions. These songs can be arranged for all instruments. Thus the song book addresses itself to a quite large target group. Above all, however, lyrics with chord accompaniments will be collected.

In this book collected songs (folk songs) or just pieces of melody and exercise .

This collection is used to supply examples for the book projects like a guitar course.

The preparation of this book have been done from the German Wikibooks. The already prepared songs shall be the basis for this book.

These Songbook can be supplemented and be expanded by anybody.

Please help to take the songs of the German Wikibooks. It is much easier for a native speaker to insert the necessary headers and right categories.

Cross Reference

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{{:Songbook/template:cross-reference
|[[Guitar/General rules for fingering|Fingering]]
|[[Guitar/Quick Chord Change]]
}}
</noinclude>
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Songheader

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{{:Songbook/template:songheader
|type =myFolksong
|alternative = my2ndTitle 
|text = myPoet
|melody = myComposer
|creator = myAuthor
|key = myModes 
|arranger =it'sMe
|co-arranger = helpsMe
|co-co-arranger = noWikibooksUser
}}
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myFolksong – Alternative title: my2ndTitle, Text: myPoet, Melody : myComposer, Text and melody: myAuthor, Key: myModes, arranged by it'sMe and helpsMe and noWikibooksUser

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{{:Songbook/template:songheader
|type =Folksong
|alternative = 
|text =
|melody =
|creator = trad.
|key = 
|arranger = 
|co-arranger =
}}
<poem>
;1<sup>st</sup>
Text {{crd|G}}text text {{crd|Em}}text text
Text {{crd|C}}text text {{crd|D}}text text

;Chorus
:Text {{crd|G}}text text {{crd|D7}}text text
</poem>
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1st

Text [G]text text [Em]text text
Text [C]text text [D]text text

Chorus

Text [G]text text [D7]text text

Copy chord's or templates for notes and tablatures from similar songs and adapt them to your needs.