igitar

igitar [ee-gee-tahr] isiXhosa, meaning guitar

igitar is a ChordPro parser, written in Python. The main difference between this module and other similar libraries is that igitar parses ChordPro files down to the syllable level, enabling finer-grained control of the formatted output.

Warning

This package is still in development. Only a subset of ChordPro is currently supported, and some key features are missing, like displaying song metadata.

Installation

You can use pip to install igitar:

$ pip install igitar

Example Usage

from igitar import Song

song = Song('path/to/song.chordpro')

for verse in song.verses:
    print(verse.title)

Rendering

igitar comes with two renders, HTML and Text.

from igitar.renderers.html import render

print(render(song))

Command Line Interface

igitar also ships with a built-in command line interface which will read a ChordPro file and then render it using either the text or HTML renderer.

For example:

$ igitar path/to/song.chordpro -f text -o song.txt

License

igitar is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more information.