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The quick and dirty way to make a karaoke song book on Windows or Linux

Song books are important, but making them can be a pain in the neck. Here’s the simplest way to make a karaoke songbook on Windows, using either PyKaraoke or Winamp.

If you’re starting from scratch, PyKaraoke will be the simplest: just add your music, and go to File -> Print Song List.

If you’re using Winamp, just import your music (unzip all .zip files first), sort by Artist or Title, drag into a playlist, select all, and hit Ctrl-Alt-G. This will open up a browser window with your playlist rendered as HTML. Print it.

If that was hard to follow, keep reading for step by step instructions…

If you’re using a Mac, see this post: The easiest way to make a karaoke song book on a Mac

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The easiest way to make a karaoke song book on a Mac

Song books are important, but making them can be a pain in the neck. Here’s the simplest way to make a karaoke songbook on a Mac using kJams:

Cnce you’re music’s in kJams, hide all columns except the ones you want, select all your songs, copy/paste them into TextEdit, and use find and replace to turn the tabs into hyphens.   

If that sounds like a mouthful, read more for step by step instructions…

For Windows, see this post: The easiest way to make a karaoke song book on Windows (or Linux).

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