Compose · Songbook

Import a Chord Chart

Find any song online, copy the chart, and paste it into Tiny Instrument — the app parses sections and flags any it doesn't recognise before you start playing.

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Find the song on Ultimate Guitar or Piano With Nate

Find your song on either of these sources:

A curated library of popular songs already formatted for piano. Browse by song title or genre.

Piano With Nate — all songs

Search for the song title, filter by Chords, and look for charts marked Official or with the most ratings.

Ultimate Guitar
Tip On Ultimate Guitar, add "piano" to your search (e.g. "Let It Be piano") to surface piano-specific arrangements first.
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Copy the full chart text

On Ultimate Guitar, scroll past the song header to the chord chart itself. Select all the text from the first section header (e.g. [Verse]) to the end of the chart, then copy it.

On Piano With Nate, use the copy button on the song page if available, or select and copy the text directly.

Example — this is what a copied chord chart looks like
[Verse]
C           G
Day is done, now it's over
Am          F
Time to rest and start again
C           G
Sun goes down behind the mountains
Am     G     C
Peaceful end to another day

[Chorus]
F           C
Hold on tight, don't let go
G           Am
Everything is gonna be alright
F        C      G
Just breathe in, breathe out
C
And carry on
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Open Songbook in Tiny Instrument

Open Tiny Instrument and go to the Compose tab. Tap Songbook in the sidebar. Tap the + button and choose New Song → Import.

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Paste and import

Tap into the text field and paste the chart you copied. Tiny Instrument reads the section headers (Verse, Chorus, Bridge) and the chord symbols above the lyrics automatically. Tap Import to confirm.

Tip If the chart has no section headers, the app treats it as a single section. You can rename and split sections after import.
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Review any flagged chords

After parsing, any symbol the app couldn't recognise is shown in a review list. For each one you can:

• Swap it for a known chord using the chord picker
• Skip it — the chart will still import with the symbol shown as plain text

Most common chords import without any flags. Extended chords like or are recognised too.

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Start practising

Your song appears in the Songbook list. Tap it to open the reference view — chords appear above each lyric line, and section headers keep your place. Tap Play to hear the chords advance at tempo.

When you're ready to drill, tap Practice to open the setup panel. Choose a scope (full song or a single section), pick Chase the Notes or Falling Notes, and tap Start.

Practice in the app

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