Annotations
Arrangements change at rehearsal, not at a desk. Annotations are how you note a change on a song without touching its lyrics.
What they are for
- Circle a verse that this arrangement drops
- Highlight the spot where you take over the vocal
- Add an arrow for a repeat
- Underline the chord you keep forgetting
The difference from private notes is that an annotation sits right on the thing it refers to.
Tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Pen | A thin line for writing and arrows |
| Highlighter | A wide translucent line for marking a passage |
| Eraser | Removes strokes |
Drawing has an undo history, so a bad stroke does not need erasing — just take it back.
Where annotations live
Annotations are stored separately for each combination of song and display mode. Three modes have their own annotation layer:
- Chords
- Text
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A drawing made in chords mode does not appear in text mode and vice versa. That is deliberate — the words sit in different places in each mode, so the strokes would not line up.
The MusicXML and Images modes have no annotations.
Annotations and sync
Annotations are strictly local. They never enter a session:
- Nobody can overwrite them
- They are never broadcast
- When the leader changes song, your drawing shows on your device and nowhere else
If you want the whole band to see a marking, you need a different route — writing it into the song body as a comment directive, or adding a song note in the setlist.
Annotations and backups
Annotations are part of an
.eutbackup — they sit in it as a separate annotations.json file. Moving to a new device therefore does not lose your drawings, provided you make a backup.That is also the only way to move annotations from one device to another.
Limitations
- Annotations do not scale with text size. Change the font size substantially after drawing and the strokes stay where they were.
- There are no layers and no colour choices beyond the tools.
- They cannot be exported on their own; they do not appear in a PDF export.
- There is no search over them — they cannot be found by content.