Keep songs performance-ready
Stop relearning the same songs before every gig
Repertoire is the song-memory layer of Main Act. Add songs, see what is fading, practice due sections, transpose when the key is wrong, and keep a setlist ready instead of relearning songs from zero.
What you will be able to do
Remember more songs without cramming before every rehearsal.
Practice weak phrases, sections, and transitions on a schedule.
Transpose songs into better keys for your voice or ensemble.
Turn your song list into a working practice system.
Start with the free tools
Free step-by-step guides
Straight answers to what people search most, then train them daily in Repertoire.
Memorizing Lyrics
Re-reading lyrics until they "feel" learned is the slowest way to memorize them. The fast way is active recall: study the lines once, then make yourself retrieve them from memory with shrinking hints, spaced out over days. Retrieval, not rereading, is what builds the memory.
Learning by Ear
Learning by ear feels like a gift other people have. It is actually a method: find the key, hear chords by their function instead of guessing shapes, follow the bass, and check yourself against the recording. Every transcription makes the next one faster.
Learning a Song Fast
Playing a song top to bottom over and over is the slow way to learn it, you rehearse the easy parts dozens of times and the hard parts barely at all. The fast way is to map the structure, attack the hard transitions directly, and space your repetitions so the song stays learned.
Practicing a Song
There is a difference between playing a song and practicing it. Playing it is running through what you can already do; practicing it is deliberately attacking what you cannot. Performance-ready means you can recover from a mistake, not just that you can nail a clean take alone in your room.
Keeping Your Repertoire
Learning songs is only half the problem, keeping them is the other half. Every song you learn starts decaying the moment you stop playing it. The fix is a maintenance system: review each song right before you would have forgotten it, so a few minutes keeps it forever.
Building a Setlist
A setlist is not just a list of songs you can play, it is the shape of the night. The order controls the energy, the keys control how smoothly one song flows into the next, and the pacing decides whether the room stays with you. A great set can be made of ordinary songs in the right order.
Curriculum focus
Spaced repetition
Review songs before they decay instead of waiting until they feel forgotten.
Phrase recall
Drill the exact sections, phrases, and transitions that break under pressure.
Transposition
Move songs into keys that fit a singer or band context.
Setlists and performance prep
Keep real performance material organized and ready.
Good fit if
- You want a better way to remember songs for sets, church, choir, or band practice.
- You need help organizing songs into repeatable practice.
- You are comparing a training system with chord/tab libraries like Ultimate Guitar.
One plan covers the connected skills
Start in Repertoire, then keep the same account, progress history, and subscription as your plan expands into the rest of Main Act.
Questions
Is Repertoire only for singers?
No. It helps singers, instrumentalists, worship teams, bands, and teachers keep songs active and performance-ready.
Is this a tab library?
No. It is a practice and memory system for songs you are learning, rehearsing, transposing, and performing.