Editor controls

The Editor puts every chord, barline, symbol, and text control on a single keyboard. Open it from a song: tap the pencil at the top right, t...

Editor controls

The Editor puts every chord, barline, symbol, and text control in a single panel beside the chart. Open it from a song: click the pencil at ...

Create a song

Tap into the song library and tap the + button, then add the title, composer, and style, and set the key the chords will be in as you enter ...

Create a song

Click Songs in the sidebar, or the playlist you want the song to appear in as well. On Mac click the + at the top right, or press Cmd-N for ...

Edit chords

Open the Editor by tapping the pencil in song view, then tap Edit. There are two ways to enter or change a chord:Tap the measure and ty...

Chord symbols and shorthands

iReal Pro supports a wide range of chord qualities. The chord picker in the Editor always shows every one the current version offers: open i...

Alternate chords

Alternate chords are the small chords printed above the regular ones. Switch to alternate entry, then enter the chord as usual. Switch again...

Change song title, composer, style, or key

Open the song and tap the pencil at the top right, then tap Edit. On Mac and Windows you can also press Cmd-E (Ctrl-E). A song carries ...

Copy and paste in the Editor

Tap or click and hold a measure until it selects, then drag across or down, or drag the blue handles, to set the range. With an external key...

Remove symbols from chart

Most of the symbol buttons in the Editor toggle: they insert the symbol, and remove it again. Open the Editor and put the cursor in the...

Add text to chart

Open the Editor, tap the measure where the text belongs, then tap T (iOS) or ABC (Android) to switch the keyboard into text mode. Tap t...

Add text to chart

Open the Editor (Cmd-E, Ctrl-E), click where the text belongs, then click into the Text field and type. Click the arrow at the end of t...

Change time signature

Open the Editor and select the measure where the meter should change. The time signature stays in force until another one replaces it, and a...

Time signatures recognized by the player

The player reads every time signature the Editor offers. The simple meters play as written, and the compound ones are mapped onto a pulse th...

Compound time signatures

An odd meter can be felt more than one way. iReal Pro defaults to 3+2 for 5/8 and 5/4, and to 4+3 for 7/8 and 7/4 (v2024.4 or higher). ...

Indicate repeated measures

Pair an opening repeat barline with a closing one, and the measures between them play twice. To repeat a section more times, add a text...

Repeat endings and texts (D.S. and D.C. al Coda)

iReal Pro understands standard navigation and repeat text, so the player can follow the form of a song. Add the text to a measure in th...

Coda symbol

The Coda symbol shapes a song's form in two ways. As an outro or tag. Placed in the form with a matching Coda section, the player takes...

'END' symbol

The END symbol tells the player where to finish. On the last chorus the player holds the first chord of the marked bar under a fermata, inst...

Rehearsal marks

Rehearsal marks label the sections of a song. In the Editor, tap or click the first measure of the section, then choose a letter. iOS, ...

Add an intro to a song

Add an intro in one of two ways. Play the ending as an intro. Tap and hold a measure a few bars from the end, then play from there, and...

N.C. and Break (silence)

An N.C. (no chord) makes the chordal instruments drop out for the length of the bar. The drums keep playing. Type n, or use the N.C. button....

Invisible root (oval symbol)

The oval button on the symbols palette inserts an invisible root: a bass note printed with no chord symbol above it. Use it for a moving bas...

Set and Transpose

Both buttons sit beside the key signature in the Editor, and they do different jobs. Set changes only the song's default key signature....

Chord chart length

The Editor holds 12 systems of 16 cells, the twelve lines of chords counting down the page, which is 192 cells in all. New songs can start f...

Chord spacing in the Editor

A chart is a grid of 16 cells per line. A bar in 4/4 is usually 4 cells wide, one per beat, but it does not have to be, and the player works...

Adjust bar size

Two buttons insert and delete one cell at the cursor, shifting the rest of the chart forward or back. On Mac they are at the top of the Edit...

Smaller chord font

Chords print at one of two sizes, Normal and Small. Put the cursor where the change should start, then choose the size. Everything from ther...

Transform a song into an iReal Pro chart

You need to know the chords, or have a chart of them, and enter them yourself in the Editor. iReal Pro cannot import a PDF, a MIDI file, or ...