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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    • PortableApps.com
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    Musescore is a great program, but its pdf-score translator is not advanced yet.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • MuseScore Studio is Free and Open SourcePower Tab Editor is Free and Proprietary
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    OpenMPT

     50 likes

    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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    Guitar Pro

     71 likes

    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

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    • Android Tablet
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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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    • Guitar Pro is Paid and ProprietaryPower Tab Editor is Free and Proprietary
    • Guitar Pro is LightweightPower Tab Editor is not according to our users
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    Rosegarden

     58 likes

    Rosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. Avid Sibelius icon

    Avid Sibelius

     35 likes

    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

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    • Freemium
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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

     15 likes

    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

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  11. Impro-Visor icon

    Impro-Visor

     25 likes

    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

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  12. Band-in-a-Box icon

    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

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    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.

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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. Tonelib JAM icon

    Tonelib JAM

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    The Tonelib JAM is a software for creating, editing, printing and listening to tablature and sheet music for guitar and other fretted instruments. You can use Tonelib JAM for regular guitar practicing, for learning songs or for advancing your performance skills to the next level.

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    • Paid
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