SetForge user guide

How to keep a songbook, plan what you're playing, and get through the set — with or without a signal.

• Getting started with SetForge

  Signing in, the three tabs, what the free tier includes, and what the padlock in the header is telling you.

• Building your songbook

  Adding songs, editing chords and lyrics, categories and tags, and linking a recording to a chart.

• Keys, capo and transposing

  How transposing and capo position work together, and how to keep a chart in the key you actually sing it in.

• Setlists and sessions

  Building a setlist from your songbook, the difference between a setlist and a session, and sharing both with a band.

• Stage mode and backing tracks

  One song at a time, laid out to be read mid-song, with a backing track to play along to.

• Rehearsal and practice tracking

  Working out what to practise tonight: readiness, what match-fit means, and which songs are quietly going stale.

• Printing, exporting and sharing

  Getting a setlist onto paper, exporting your songbook, and sharing a set with the rest of the band.

• When something goes wrong

  Upload failures, missing songs after an import, amber padlocks, and what to do about each.

Also worth reading

• How to build a setlist for a gig

  The timing arithmetic and the honest song-picking that most setlist advice skips.