.ukulelesongbook songbook split

Songbook split

If nomike's ukulele songbook grows too big to handle, it is split in two separate books. This happened twice so far, so there are four songbooks now (helium, argon, neon, xenon).

This document outlines the procedure of splitting the songbooks.

Note: The piano/keyboard edition did not exist before the last songbook split and is thus not mentioned here.

Split procedure

Update the songbook to the latest version before the split

At first you need to upgrade your songbook to the latest version (v. x.99.0). Follow the instructions on the pages for legacy, helium1, or neon1 respectively.

Throw away the cover

Throw away the cover pages and the index of the songbook, including the first page of the first song.

Split the songbook in half

Split the pile in half. The first half becomes pile 1, the second half becomes pile 2.

Depending on the version of songbook you have the split happens at these locations:

Songbook Version Split (first pile) Split (second pile)
classic 1.99.0 Love is all around - Wet, Wet, Wet Mach die Augen zu - Die Ärzte
helium1 2.99.0 Friday I'm In Love - The Cure Game of Thrones Theme - Ramin Djawadi
neon1 2.99.0 Sympathy for the devil - The Rolling Stones Take me home country roads - John Denver

Pile 1

Throw away the last page.

Print out the correspoding PDF and put it to the top/bottom of the pile respectively:

Songbook Position Guitar Ukulele
classic top top top
classic bottom bottom bottom
helium1 top top top
helium1 bottom bottom bottom
neon1 top top top
neon1 bottom bottom bottom

Pile 2

Print the corresponding PDF and put it on top of pile 2:

Songbook Guitar Ukulele
classic top top
helium1 top top
neon1 top top