Reprise guide

How to organize your karaoke songs

You know a hundred songs. The skill worth having is getting from all hundred down to the one that fits the moment: something you know cold because you are up first, something big because the room is finally warm, a duet because your friend just walked in. That takes a karaoke song list you can search, score, and filter in seconds. Here is how to build one, and how to use every part of Reprise.

Why a notes app or spreadsheet is not enough

Most people start by dumping song titles into their phone's notes app, or a spreadsheet. It is better than nothing, but it breaks down exactly when you need it. A flat list cannot tell you which songs you actually nail, cannot filter to a mood, and leaves you scrolling a hundred titles at the very moment you need one answer.

What a good karaoke song list actually needs

Whatever tool you use, a karaoke list that earns its keep should let you do five things:

• Score and rate each song. Not every song you know is one you should sing. A score turns that gut feeling into something you can sort and filter by, and something you can watch change as you get better.
• Tag by more than genre. Genre tells you what a song is. It does not tell you what singing it is like, or when you would reach for it. Tags for the kind of singing a song calls for, and for occasion, let you jump straight to the right one instead of scrolling everything.
• Filter and search instantly. By title, by artist, by genre, by decade, by occasion, by the kind of singing a song calls for, or by how confident you are. A hundred songs becomes the handful that fit this moment.
• Line up a queue. Plan the night, mark each song as you sing it, and keep your friends' picks handy for their turn.
• Land on one. A "surprise me" spin over your own filtered list makes the pick for you, so you get back to singing.

Building your repertoire in Reprise

Reprise is a karaoke setlist app for iPhone and Android built around exactly this. It catalogs each song as you type, works offline with no account and no ads, and keeps everything on your device. Here is what it costs, and then how each part works.

How to use Reprise, step by step

Here is the whole app in the order you meet it, one screen at a time.

Add your first karaoke song

On the Repertoire screen, tap Add a song to My Repertoire. The form asks for a title, an artist, and a Personal vibe level. As you type the title, Reprise suggests matches and fills in the genre and length from music catalogs, so you are not entering details by hand. Each song can also carry mood tags, a key adjustment and a tempo adjustment for when you sing it higher, lower, or at a different pace, a language, a duet flag for songs meant for two, private notes, and a performance history that fills in as you log nights.

Set a vibe level to sort and track by

The Personal vibe level is a labeled confidence scale, running from songs you are still shaky on up to your dependable showstoppers. You set it when you add a song, and you adjust it any time as a song gets stronger or rustier. The level is a real field on every song, so you can sort and filter your whole library by it and pull up just your sure things when you need one fast. And because Reprise keeps it over time, a song you keep practicing shows its progress as it climbs from shaky to showstopper.

Filter and sort to the right song

The field at the top of the Repertoire screen filters the songs you already have, by title, artist, or tag. It does not add anything; adding a song is always the Add a song to My Repertoire button, and the filter field stays hidden until you have a few songs so the two are never confused. When you want to go further, Sort and filter orders your list by different modes and narrows it by score range, by pinned go-to favorites, and by tags, which are grouped into the kind of singing a song calls for, era, occasion and genre. A tag can be required or excluded, so "a ballad, but not a wedding song" is two taps. That is how a hundred songs becomes the short list that fits the moment.

Track songs you are still learning with Bungees

Bungees is your wishlist, the songs you want to learn but are not ready to perform yet, kept separate from your Repertoire so your performable list stays honest. When you can finally pull one off, I sang this promotes it into your Repertoire, and merges it in if it is already there.

Build tonight's setlist with Tonight's Queue

Tonight's Queue is where you line up what you plan to sing tonight. Add songs to it, reorder them into the flow you want, and mark each one as sung as the night goes on.

Let Surprise me land on one

Narrow your list to the songs that fit, then let Surprise me spin over what is left and land on one. Every option it can reach is one you already chose.

Log a performance in your Performance Journal

After you sing, log it in the Performance Journal. Record the venue, the type of night (practice, karaoke, open mic, gig, or contest), a note, the key you used, and self-ratings on pitch, breath, lyrics, and presence. Entries group by night under Past Nights and show your trend over time, so you can actually watch yourself improve.

Keep your friends' karaoke lists with Friends mode

Turn on Friends mode in settings and a Friends screen appears. Import and track other singers' lists as a roster, browse any singer to see what they do, and borrow their picks into your own night. It is made for group karaoke, where the mic keeps going around.

Let Reprise tag your songs for you

Reprise auto-tags genre and era from music catalogs as you add songs, with localized genre labels and language detection, so your library organizes itself. Thousands of popular songs also arrive already carrying tags for the kind of singing they call for, like Ballad, Big Belt, Grit, Falsetto or Hushed, along with occasion tags like Wedding or Christmas. Those ship inside the app, so they work offline with no account and no lookup, and the tagging keeps growing with every update. You can tag any song yourself as well, and your own tags are never overwritten: an automatic pass can add tags, but it only removes ones it put there itself. If a tag looks off or is missing, a look up tags option refetches it.

Share, back up, and change your look

Export a backup or a shareable copy any time, covered just below. And when you want a different feel, you change your look in settings: Classic is the free default, and Leather and Lace, Vamp Romantic, Riot, and Cherry Blossom are premium looks that require the Full Version, or come in a bundle.

Importing a list you already keep

If you have already built a list in a spreadsheet, a note, or a document, you do not have to retype it. Reprise imports a .csv, .txt, Word (.docx), a PDF with real text, or a Reprise .json file, and it shows you a preview before anything comes in. Every import path has a Title-first or Artist-first toggle, so a list saved as "Artist - Song" imports correctly, not only lists saved as "Title - Artist." A Reprise .json carries each song's own list, so your songs sort into Repertoire and Bungees automatically.

Keeping it backed up

Because your songs live on your device with no account, keeping a backup is smart. Reprise's export saves a full .json backup that preserves your scores, notes, and performance history, so you can move to a new device or restore your list after a reset. There is also a share copy that leaves your ratings and notes out, safe to hand to a friend, and a clean printable PDF menu of your songs.

Reprise is on iPhone and Android, free to start on the App Store and Google Play.

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