J-pop · K-pop · C-pop

A-Pop Backline

Write a chord chart in numbers, pick a key, and a synthesized pop band plays it back with the piano out front: strings, synth, bells, bass, drums, and a guzheng-style zither. Key changes for the last chorus are one line.

Ready bar 1 of 28
Key of E♭72 bpm

How to write the chart
Verse: 1 5 6m 4
One line per section. The name before the colon is optional. Each chord is one bar.
4maj7 · 3m7 · 5sus4 · 2m9
m or - for minor, then 7, maj7, 9, 11, 13, 6, sus2, sus4, add9, dim, aug, ♭9, ♯11.
IVM7 III7 vim7
Roman numerals work too: capitals are major, lower case minor. Handy for borrowed chords like III7, which a plain 3 reads as minor.
b7 · b6 · #4m7b5
Flat or sharp a scale degree. Borrowed chords like b7 and b6 play major.
5/7 · 4m/b6
Slash chord: the bass plays the second number. Good for walking bass lines down.
(4 5)
Split bar: both chords share one bar.
1 5 6m 4 x2 · %
Repeat the line, or repeat the previous bar.
Key +1
On its own line: everything after it moves up a half step. Key +2 is a whole step, Key -1 goes down.
Intro, Verse, Pre, Chorus, Bridge, Outro
These names set each section's energy when "Follow section names" is on, and the band arranges itself around them.
Aメロ · Bメロ · サビ · 主歌 · 副歌 · 후렴
Japanese, Chinese and Korean section names work too. 落ちサビ (the hushed chorus) drops the band out.