--- title: Install Chord Notepad on Kubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Chord Notepad for on Kubuntu - Write chords and lyrics, and hear them played url: https://snapcraft.io/install/chord-notepad/kubuntu --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Chord Notepad on **Kubuntu** # Chord Notepad [Tiberiu Alexandru Chibici (chibicitiberiu)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/chibicitiberiu "View all snaps from Tiberiu Alexandru Chibici (chibicitiberiu)") * [Tiberiu Alexandru Chibici (chibicitiberiu)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/chibicitiberiu "View all snaps from Tiberiu Alexandru Chibici (chibicitiberiu)") * [Education](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=education) * [Music and Audio](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=music-and-audio) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/chord-notepad/kubuntu#install) #### Write chords and lyrics, and hear them played Chord Notepad is a text editor for chord sheets. It detects chord symbols in plain text, highlights them, and plays them back through a MIDI synthesizer. Songs are plain text files, with chords on one line and lyrics on the line below. Lines that contain only chords are recognized as chord lines; other lines are left as text. **Chord notation** * American: C, Am, Bb7, Cmaj7, C/G * European: Do, Rem, Fa#, Sol7 * Roman numerals, relative to the song's key: I, ii, V7, vi/I, ♭III * Duration in beats: `C*2`, `Am*4.5` **Directives** ChordPro-style directives set the tempo, time signature and key, and mark and repeat sections: `{bpm: 120}`, `{time: 3/4}`, `{key: G}`, `{label: chorus}`, `{loop: chorus 2}`. **Playback** * Click a chord to play it, or play the whole song. The current chord is highlighted. * FluidSynth with the GeneralUser GS soundfont (General MIDI, 128 instruments). * Piano voicing chooses each chord's notes to minimize movement from the previous chord. * Guitar voicing uses fingerings within a four-fret span. Tunings: standard, Drop D, DADGAD, Open G, and ukulele. * Ensemble voicing for SATB, TTBB and SSA choir, and string quartet. * Speed multiplier and metronome. **Chord sheet** A panel below the editor shows the voiced chords as a piano roll, a staff, chord diagrams or tablature, and follows the playback position. **Tools** * Transpose * Capo suggestion * Conversion between American and European notation * Chord identification from a set of notes * MIDI file export Release write-up and technical details: ### Package name * chord-notepad --- ### License * AGPL-3.0-or-later --- ### Last updated * Yesterday - latest/stable --- ### Websites * [github.com/chibicitiberiu/chord-notepad](https://github.com/chibicitiberiu/chord-notepad "https://github.com/chibicitiberiu/chord-notepad") --- ### Donations * [ko-fi.com](https://ko-fi.com/tiberiualexandruchibici "https://ko-fi.com/tiberiualexandruchibici") --- ### Source code * [github.com/chibicitiberiu/chord-notepad](https://github.com/chibicitiberiu/chord-notepad "https://github.com/chibicitiberiu/chord-notepad") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/chibicitiberiu/chord-notepad/issues](https://github.com/chibicitiberiu/chord-notepad/issues "https://github.com/chibicitiberiu/chord-notepad/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/chord-notepad/kubuntu#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Kubuntu and install Chord Notepad Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd If you’re running [Kubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://kubuntu.org/) or later, including [Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu) and [Kubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go. Versions of Kubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-14-04-lts) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-15-10) don’t include *snap* by default, but *snap* can be installed from the command line as follows: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` ### Install Chord Notepad To install Chord Notepad, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install chord-notepad ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. 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