Best Guitar Pro Alternatives

Guitar Pro is described as 'is first and foremost a program designed to edit tablatures for guitar, bass, and other fretted instruments from 4 to 8 strings' and is a popular music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Guitar Pro for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and Android apps. The best Guitar Pro alternative is TuxGuitar, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Guitar Pro are MuseScore, Rosegarden, Avid Sibelius and Impro-Visor.

Guitar Pro alternatives are mainly Music Production Apps but may also be Digital Audio Workstations. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Guitar Pro.

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TuxGuitar
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
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58 TuxGuitar alternatives
A Multitrack tablature editor and player.
- - TuxGuitar is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Guitar Pro.
- - TuxGuitar is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Guitar Pro.
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TuxGuitar Features
1. PortableTuxGuitar can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Support for MIDITuxGuitar includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
Multitrack editing
Skinnable
Comments about TuxGuitar as a Alternative to Guitar Pro
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Guest
It is a fantastic light-weight tab maker. The interface can be one-handed once you get familiar. But I think it's no longer supported or updated (as of 2019). Boo!
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Guest
TuxGuitar is to Guitar Pro as WordPad is to Word. It's not quite the same, but it's got all of the essential features, is open source, and is free.
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kraideinformatica
It's free and easy to use. The Best alternative to Guitar Pro.
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Guest
I've used Tux guitar for several years now and wrote some song ideas, added chords and it worked just great. Had one problem, the program crashed a couple times.
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Guest
It's really simple I guess idk fam bruv innit lol x
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MuseScore
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
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70 MuseScore alternatives
MuseScore is a free music notation and composition software available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
- - MuseScore is the most popular Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Guitar Pro.
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MuseScore Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportMuseScore integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
2. Works OfflineMuseScore can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
3. Support for MIDIMuseScore includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
4. Ad-freeMuseScore doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
5. PortableMuseScore can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Transpose
Music XML Support
Export to PDF
Automatic positioning
SMuFL support
Support for Android Things
Comments about MuseScore as a Alternative to Guitar Pro
Most users think MuseScore is a great Guitar Pro alternative.
Guest
It is all-round high quality music score editor with extended possibilities of editing any type of tab for any type of fretted instruments from renaissance lute to modern guitar. And much more. The basic understanding of standard note notation is essential though.
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burnx50
MuseScore's constant improvements in guitar tab editing make it an increasingly attractive option for anyone who seeks an alternative for Guitar Pro
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Guest
MuseScore is not specific for the guitar or other fretted instruments.
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Guest
It is free software. And it does its job perfectly.
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swp
Great user interface, compatible with Guitar Pro files, high quality sound fonts, highly customizable, free open source software.
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Rosegarden
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
Digital Audio Workstation
Linux
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100 Rosegarden alternatives
Rosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment.
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Rosegarden Features
1. Support for MIDIRosegarden includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
Piano Roll
Customizable
Avid Sibelius
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Freemium • Proprietary
Music Production App
Mac
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60 Avid Sibelius alternatives
Sibelius is a scorewriter program, created by Sibelius Software (now part of Avid Technology) for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and historically RISC OS.
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Avid Sibelius Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportAvid Sibelius integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
2. Support for VST PluginsAvid Sibelius support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
Visual timeline
Ideas Hub
Visual bookmarks
Ribbon Interface
Engraving options
Music XML Support
Impro-Visor
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
Mac
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66 Impro-Visor alternatives
Impro-Visor (short for “Improvisation Advisor”) is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised. The objective is to improve understanding of solo construction and tune chord changes.
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Denemo
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
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51 Denemo alternatives
GNU Denemo is a music notation editor that lets you rapidly enter notation for typesetting via the LilyPond music engraver. You can compose, transcribe, arrange, listen to the music and much more.
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Denemo Features
1. Support for MIDIDenemo includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
Songsterr
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Freemium • Proprietary
Online
Android
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15 Songsterr alternatives
Songsterr is an archive of guitar, bass and drum tabs. It is collaboratively built and maintained by your fellow music lovers. Anyone with Internet access can contribute new tabs and make changes to existing ones.
- - Songsterr is the most popular Web-based & Android Tablet alternative to Guitar Pro.
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Songsterr Features
Browser-based
Comments about Songsterr as a Alternative to Guitar Pro
Some users think Songsterr is a great Guitar Pro alternative, some don't.
Guest
Most accessible, easy to use, no install. Although it only serves as a tool for learning, not composing.
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Band-in-a-Box
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Production App
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63 Band-in-a-Box alternatives
Band-in-a-Box is an intelligent automatic accompaniment program. You can hear and play along to many song ideas and go from "nothing" to "something" in a very short period of time with Band-in-a-Box as your "on demand" backup band.
- - Band-in-a-Box is the most popular commercial alternative to Guitar Pro.
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Band-in-a-Box Features
1. Support for VST PluginsBand-in-a-Box support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
2. Music SequencerRecord, edit, or play back music with Band-in-a-Box, by handling note and performance information.
Generative acompaniment
Accompaniment
Finale
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Production App
Mac
Windows
50 Finale alternatives
Finale is proprietary scorewriting software developed by MakeMusic, Inc. It displays music primarily in music notation and allows for multiple tracks and very specific tweaking of instrument sounds for each track.
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Finale Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportFinale integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
Music XML Support