Power Tab Editor AlternativesMusic Production Apps like Power Tab Editor

Power Tab Editor is described as 'Free tablature authoring tool created by Brad Larsen for Windows. It is used to create guitar, bass and ukulele tablature scores, among many others. The current version uses the *.ptb file format' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Power Tab Editor for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Power Tab Editor alternative is MuseScore Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Power Tab Editor are TuxGuitar, OpenMPT, Guitar Pro and Rosegarden.

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  1. MuseScore Studio icon

    MuseScore Studio

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    Compose, arrange, and share music using free, open-source software for Windows, Mac, and Linux with integrated playback, fast note entry, MIDI, MusicXML, PDF support, multilingual UI, and direct connection to an online sheet music community for sharing scores.

    71 MuseScore Studio alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
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    Musescore is a great program, but its pdf-score translator is not advanced yet.

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    • Most users think MuseScore Studio is a great Power Tab Editor alternative.

    • MuseScore Studio is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Power Tab Editor.

    • MuseScore Studio is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Power Tab Editor.

    • MuseScore Studio is Free and Open SourcePower Tab Editor is Free and Proprietary
  2. TuxGuitar icon

    TuxGuitar

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    A Multitrack tablature editor and player.

    59 TuxGuitar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Flathub
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    • TuxGuitar is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Power Tab Editor.

    • TuxGuitar is Free and Open SourcePower Tab Editor is Free and Proprietary
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    OpenMPT

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    OpenMPT (short hand for Open ModPlug Tracker) is a popular tracker software for Windows. OpenMPT is completely free and allows you to create and play back some great music on your computer. Based on the original ModPlug Tracker written by Olivier Lapicque, OpenMPT is free...

    43 OpenMPT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    Guitar Pro

    Guitar Pro enables editing tablatures for guitar, bass, and more, with support for piano and drums. It features a realistic audio engine, interactive practice tools, and access to thousands of online tabs, facilitating music comp...

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    Guitar Pro

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    Guitar Pro enables editing tablatures for guitar, bass, and more, with support for piano and drums. It features a realistic audio engine, interactive practice tools, and access to thousands of online tabs, facilitating music composition and transcription.

    69 Guitar Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    You cannot compose your own music on the iPad version of Guitar Pro. You can only read tabs. You must do all composing on a different device.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Guitar Pro is a great Power Tab Editor alternative, some don't.

    • Guitar Pro is the most popular commercial alternative to Power Tab Editor.

    • Guitar Pro is Paid and ProprietaryPower Tab Editor is Free and Proprietary
    • Guitar Pro is LightweightPower Tab Editor is not according to our users
  8. Avid Sibelius icon

    Avid Sibelius

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    Professional music notation software for Windows and macOS featuring intuitive, task-based score creation, MIDI and onscreen input, up to 16 staves, guitar tab conversion, Magnetic Layout, dynamic parts updates, text and lyric support, scanning tools, and expressive playback.

    58 Avid Sibelius alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPad
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    You can't write tab in Sibelius

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Avid Sibelius is Freemium and ProprietaryPower Tab Editor is Free and Proprietary
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    Songsterr

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    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.

    18 Songsterr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • Songsterr is the most popular Web-based alternative to Power Tab Editor.

    • Songsterr is Freemium and ProprietaryPower Tab Editor is Free and Proprietary
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    Impro-Visor

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    Impro-Visor is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised.

    63 Impro-Visor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Band-in-a-Box

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    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.

    61 Band-in-a-Box alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  13. EasyABC icon

    EasyABC

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    EasyABC allows you to edit and play abc files. It supports conversion from MusicXML and MIDI to ABC. The latter uses a custom implementation (midi2abc is not used) in order to produce very readable ABC output. Direct midi input is supported for people with a midi keyboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    alphaTab

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    alphaTab is a cross platform music notation and guitar tablature rendering library. You can use alphaTab within your own website or application to load music sheets from files like Guitar Pro or use the built in markup named alphaTex.

    50 alphaTab alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  15. Aria Maestosa icon

    Aria Maestosa

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    Aria Maestosa is an open-source (GPL) midi tracker/editor. It lets you compose, edit and play midi files with a few clicks in a user-friendly interface offering keyboard, guitar, drum and controller views.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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