Example
Browser demo: edits aren't savedAbout this demo

In this demo

  • Three example pieces, from a beginner melody to a technical study, and the songs in our free tab library
  • Tab, notation, chord diagrams and a fretboard that follow playback
  • Speed from 25% to 150%, and looping a single bar
  • Entering notes and techniques from the keyboard, with undo

Playback here uses simple synthesized tones.

Not in this demo

  • Saving: edits last until you reload or leave the page. Switching between Edit and Play keeps them.
  • Opening, saving, importing or exporting files
  • Your own songs

In the desktop app

  • Open and save your own songs
  • Import Guitar Pro (.gp to .gp3), MusicXML and MIDI files
  • Export to PDF, Guitar Pro, MusicXML, MIDI and WAV
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Riverbend.gnt — guitarnotation
♩ = 92
Try it
  1. Click a number on the tab, or use the arrow keys
  2. Type a fret number, like 3
  3. Press Space to hear it
Riverbend
Fingerstyle study in A minor
♩ = 92Standard tuning
Fretboard

Online guitar tab editor

Write guitar tab in your browser, free and without signing up. Type fret numbers and the standard notation writes itself, mark hammer-ons, slides and other techniques, and play it back to check it. It's the editor from the guitarnotation desktop app. The demo doesn't save, so your notes last until you leave the page.

How to use the editor

  1. Click a line of the tab on any beat, or move with the arrow keys: left and right change the beat, up and down the string.
  2. Type a fret number. Type two digits quickly for frets 10 to 24, and press Backspace to clear a note.
  3. Mark how the selected note is played in the Technique panel: hammer-on, pull-off, slide, vibrato, palm mute or let ring.
  4. Press Play or the space bar to hear it, and Ctrl+Z or ⌘Z to undo.
Keys in the editor
0–9Set the fret. Type two digits quickly for frets 10 to 24.
← →Previous or next beat
↑ ↓Up or down a string
BackspaceClear the note
SpacePlay or pause
Ctrl+Z or ⌘ZUndo
Shift+Ctrl+Z or Shift+⌘ZRedo

See all the editing features, or switch to the online tab player to slow a piece down and loop it. Saving, opening, importing and exporting files need the desktop app. Questions are answered in the FAQ.