What is "sCanzoniere"?
If you're an italian speaker you should have already understood that
this is a simple word-game.
"sCanzoniere" is just "s" + "Canzoniere".
"Canzoniere" in italian indicates a collection of lyrics and chords
of various songs,
usually chosen among the ones that anybody of a given age and origin knows.
The "Canzoniere" is usually the sheet-anchor for the guitarist being
pressed to play more and more
by a wild group of people out on a trip or by a bunch of friends philosophizing
on life late at nigth.
That's why in music shops they sell a lot of them, with new update every year.
But, you know, every guitarists, just like as every men is different
from others on earth.
So you can play guitar for years looking for the "Canzoniere" that
really fits to your needs and moods
and don't really find it.
That's what actually happened to me and maybe to many of you.
So, I soon started to think in building my favourite "Canzoniere".
There is Internet, lots of people sharing lyrics, tabs, chords, there
must be everything!
But it's not so easy. Many different formats for songs, many different
versions at various levels
of difficulties...
This "sCanzoniere" wants to be a starting point to build a shared "Songbook"
less conventional,
modifiable at pleasure, easy and free to download and print, ready to use.
"Scanzonato" in english would be about "free-and-easy", that's why
I decided to add an "s" behind the name.
"SongSbook" in english sounds to me closer to this meaning, but suggestions
are welcome!
I decided for the Microsoft Word .doc format because it's really widespread,
works on a number of
platforms and is really quick and easy to edit in a pretty output.
Since I'm italian I divided the songs into two categories, the first
of "International" interest and the latter
probably interesting just for italians.
All of this is really experimental so suggestions, comments and contributions
are really welcome!
I think feedback among users is the key point for a good outcome of
this "sCanzoniere".
Enjoy yourself and let everybody sing along!
Notes for who wish to contribute
You can contribute in many ways to the "sCanzoniere". You can post a new song,
suggets corrections, require a new song to be included, send comments and so on.
For anything you want to do to contribute just send me an
email.
If you wish to post a new song I suggest to follow these simple typographical
rules:
- Use Microsoft Word .doc format
- Song title on the first line with any given font
- If the font is not included in the standard package, please send
it along with the song
(I'll try to keep a font archive as well)
- Author of the song on the second line: Arial italics 12pt
and name between parenteses
- Lyrics in Arial 12pt
- Chords above text in Times New Roman 12pt bold
- Make sure the whole song fits on a single page (eventually use columns)
This should be clear if you look at one of the already existing pages below.
sCanzoniere -- SongSbook
