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Guitar Pro is a tablature editor software for guitar, bass, and other fretted instruments. Equipped with a powerful audio engine, it makes writing music easier, and it constitutes an essential tool for guitarists.

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Guitar Pro voicings limitation. Need Guitar Pro expert!

In a nutshell, I'm trying to move a rest, because Guitar Pro (perhaps rightly) sees a minor 3rd and won't allow them to be separate voicings. In the picture below you'll see the quarter rest should be ABOVE the whole note and then the measure would…
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Bitwig doesn't have ties in the imported Midi file

When I create a MIDI file in Guitar Pro 6, and load it into Bitwig, everything is fine, except for the ties. For instance, I create this track on Guitar Pro: Export it as MIDI and load it onto Bitwig. This is what I get: Instead of the tie, there…
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8 under clef and timing questions

Please look at the below graphic, there are a few things that are confusing me: 1 - Why is there an 8 under the treble clef? 2 - This is in common 4/4 time, yet one of the beginning 8th notes (in each of the "bunch" of 4 notes) is actually a half…
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What is the shortcut for inverting stems in Guitar Pro 7?

I have figured out how to change notes, swapping voices, etc using shortcuts provided by Guitar Pro 7. Does anybody know a shortcut for inverting stems?
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GuitarPro: How to mass remove a certain percussion instrument using MusicXML

I've been modifying some drum tabs on Guitar Pro. The problem is, for a specific section I want to remove all the cabasa notes. (Instrument 69) Now of course, I can do it one note at a time. But I'll have to do this for one at a time for a loooong…
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Is it possible to add notes with inverted stems on the same beat in Guitar Pro 6

I am writing a drum-kit sheet and I would like to add two notes on the same beat with opposite stems like this and also And so far, I haven't found how to do it, I only get this kind of stuff :
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Making guitar pro usable on a 4k monitor

I recently got a new laptop with a 4k monitor and the picture is unbelievable! The only problem is a lot of programs I used to use before will not scale properly to the new screen resolution. Guitar pro is particularly bad... and I have not found…
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Beginning a repeat with a tied note in guitar pro 6

I'm trying to tab out a song in guitar pro 6 and I have a section that repeats. The section begins with a tied note from the previous measure, then when it repeats I want the last note of the last measure to be tied to the first note of the…
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Is it possible to calculate inversion and retrograde in guitar pro?

I want to select a portion out of a guitar pro tab and i want to modify that with the inversion and the retrograde of that specific selection. The inversion means that the order of the intervals based of the root note changes. Retrograde means you…
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Problems reading sheet music with visual disability

I'm not really sure if "visual disability" is correctly said since english is not my native language and had to use Google Translator. My worries are about reading sheet music. I'm trying to learn playing trumpet, and only a few days into it, not…
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In Guitar Pro, how do I specify fret numbers for a chord?

I'm using the notation software Guitar Pro to create and edit tablature, and I can't figure out how to specify the fret number that a chord should be played on. This is different than adding a capo to the track. I want to specify, for example that…
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Different note lengths on guitar pro 6

How can I have a rest above a note in guitar pro 6. For a classical guitar song I need the bass note a different length to the melody so I need to know how to split them. the picture explains what I want to be able to do.
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Coda, segno; How to repeat chorus 3 times?

I have a song in this form: bar 1 = a bar 2 = b bar 3 = chorus bar 4 = d bar 5 = e bar 6 = chorus bar 7 = g bar 8 = h bar 9 = chorus Do I need rewrite "chorus" every time? Or can I use some repetition effect like: bar 1 = a bar 2 = b bar 3 = chorus…
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What are these numbers under tabs in Guitar Pro?

I know that piano sheets sometimes has something similar and suggests you which fingers to use to play the note or chord. But... this is guitar, and looking into these numbers I don't believe these are finger numbers. It just looks weird: 4 & 1 for…
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Beam on top and beam at the bottom on a music sheet

I am new to sheet music. I am trying to recreate in Guitar Pro, corresponding to guitar strumming, the music sheet notation of the picture below. The timing is 4/4 and tempo is 120. I am unable to create or understand the meaning of a top and bottom…
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