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About GuitarTab
GuitarTab is a guitar tabulature program for the macintosh,
by Greg Clayton, which allows easy guitar tablature editing,
graphical display and playback. GuitarTab is fully carbonized so it runs on and Macintosh
system running MacOS8 up to and including MacOSX. Playback requires Apple's
QuickTime technology.
GuitarTab is shareware but has a lot of functionality enabled to allow you to get
a good feel for what the program can do before you purchase.
Download your trial copy today!
GuitarTab features:
- Graphically edit, display and playback guitar tablature with full timing information
- Playback your tablature over MIDI by modifying QuickTime preference panel
- View and print your tablature using any installed font, size and style
- Add text above and/or below each event for chord names or lyrics
- Import ASCII text tablatures found on web
- Export ASCII text tablatures for web
- Export MIDI files for use in sequencing or scoring programs
- Editable root string note values, tempo and time signature
- Enter notes using arrow and number keys
- Enter whole chords using a few clicks by using the customizable chord menu
- Enter notes by clicking a guitar fretboard
- Enter notes by using the new piano keyboard display
- No music reading skills needed
- Cut, Copy and Paste single events or collections of events using the in and out markers
- Playback entire song, or a section of a song using the in and out markers
- Note effects include
- Bend Up (varying amounts)
- Hold Bend (varying amounts)
- Release Bend (varying amounts)
- Hammer Ons
- Pull Offs
- Slide notes
- Tie notes
- Vibrato
Version History
- Version 1.30 (12/16/2001):
- Re-organzied menubar
- All event level menu items are now in "Event" menu
- All fret level menu items are now in "Fret" menu
- Modified modifier key usage to be consistent for similar actions
- Updated file version which is completely compatible with older version of GuitarTab which
allows for future expandability and now saves "Force new line"
- Increased bend amount ranges (you can now bend from a quarter step up to 3 steps)
- Version 1.21 (12/11/2000):
- MIDI file Export!!! (for registered users only)
- Improved MP3 player to include Loop A-B
- Fixed Lyric and Text saving in GuitarTab file
- Version 1.1 (11/17/2000):
- Live playback which scrolls along as song plays back
- ASCII Import and Export!!!
- Built in MP3 player which allows users play and learn MP3 files!
- Slow down or speed up songs by up to 12 half-steps in exact half step increments
- Tune the song to your guitar, instead of tuning your guitar to a song
- A-B repeat controls to play a specific portion of a song over and over
- Fretboard view shows shows a graphical representation of which frets are pressed for each event as you scroll around
- New Keyboard view allows viewing and entering notes on a piano keyboard and is updated as you scroll around
- Text can be entered above each event (for chord names)
- Text can be entered below each event (for lyrics)
- Chord menu allows easy entering of chords by selecting them from the menu
- The "Chords.txt" file that is located in the same directory as the program is
automatically parsed each time GuitarTab is run. Edit this text file (the format
is explained in the text file) and add your own chords!!!
- Import alternate chord text files on the fly for different songs
- Many old hidden keyboard commands have been exposed in menus
- File format is completely compatible with the old GuitarTab files!
- Version 1.0
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