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
Try it
  1. Press Play
  2. Lower the speed
  3. Press Loop bar to repeat one bar
Riverbend
Fingerstyle study in A minor
♩ = 92Standard tuning

Online guitar tab player

Read and play along with guitar tab in your browser, free and without signing up. The player shows tab and standard notation together, lights up each note on a fretboard as it plays, and slows any passage down without changing its pitch. It's the player from the guitarnotation desktop app, with example pieces and our free tabs to try it on.

How to use the player

  1. Pick a piece from the bar at the top, or open one of the free tabs.
  2. Press Play or the space bar. The current beat is highlighted on the score, the chord diagram for the bar lights up, and each note appears on the fretboard.
  3. Lower the speed with the slider or the 50% and 75% buttons. Slowing down doesn't change the pitch.
  4. Press Loop bar to repeat the bar you're on until it feels easy, then bring the speed back up.
  5. Switch between tab and notation together, tab only and notation only, and fold the fretboard away when you want more room for the score.

Read more about slowing down and looping and the fretboard view. To write your own notes, open the online tab editor. Questions are answered in the FAQ.