[TUTO] 10 Tips to give a professional look to your scores in Guitar Pro

I’d like to be able to change the color of the tab font for a voice (i.e. from voice 2 equals green to red)

Question. Why the complete lines look bigger than the incomplete lines, can I fix it some way? (With complete lines I refer to the ones thar fill all the horizontal space in the music sheet)

Hi Daniel, you can change the proportion of your score in the Stylesheet, in Guitar Pro go to: File > Stylesheet > Sizes. Thanks.

Hi Thomas.
Since I upgraded to GuitarPro 8, in my scores for fingerpicking, the right hand fingering is displaying as 1, 2, 3, 4. I have tried repeatedly to change this to ‘pimac’ in the ‘notation’ tab of the stylesheet, but nothing happens. Any suggestions?

Thanks and regards
Karl

I would love to be able to adjust space between systems – I often find that there are too many systems squeezed onto one page. An adjustable version where you can click and drag like you can for bar size in design mode would be ideal!

Thanks for your blog. I am taking private guitar lessons. I type into Guitar Pro the music I should learn for next week. By listening and following the tabs I find it a lot easier to understand how to play the exercise. I learn more faster than I would just taking lessons

Hi Thomas. Is there a way to display current date in a songs footer? Perhaps a token? My problem is that I often find another printout of a song, and it’s difficult to determine which one has my latest changes. Thank you.

Hi Lee, you can the date on your scores just by writing it, but there isn’t any feature to do that automatically. Thank you. Thomas

hi
i did a guitar track in guitar pro 7,5 and then added the piano but cant see both on same page

i know i have to select multitrack and then click the eye button but still cant see both together
they still on different pages

i have done the same thing other times and it worked but this time i dont know what is happening ..

thanks for helping

Bought Guitar Pro last month, and i love it.
GIVEN: I am changing all fonts&size in ‘Stylesheet’.

QUESTION: How to change the font&size on the Bar’s “Repeat Close” where it posts the ‘play#times’ above the Bar ??

I believe that i have changed EVERY font&size parameter to Ariel; however, the Bar’s “Repeat Close”, ‘play#times’ remains a large, unattractive, New Times Roman, BOLD FONT.

> Great tips. What would be awesome is the ability to hide instruments when they tacet in a multitrack score so you don’t have empty measures taking up page space. This is especially true if you want to print your scores.

I second this, would really love to be able to hide measures in multitrack that contain no notes.

Hello,
if I am writing a piece of music with different parts, e.g. like a Bach suite: 1. Prelude, 2. Fuge, 3. Sarabande, etc. is it possible to write this in one document, where the parts all have their own headline/title/subtitle and start on a new page? Now I’m just writing several documents.

Hi, I often end up with multiple copies of chord diagrams when I make them visible on the top of the score. For example on a lesson sheet I just made, Em appears three times, E twice, D6add9 twice, and d6add9/F# appears even though I replaced that chord name with Dadd9. Kinda drives me crazy…

Is there a way to add slash notation to certain sections or pages? I have a song that is played fingerstyle in the verses and strummed in the chorus and I only need the slash notation for the chorus sections.

Hi Brandon, this features is not available, but I have shared your question to the team. Thanks!

Hi
It there any way I can adjust the layout in Screen-Horizontal playback?
I want to make it less busy. They are too close to each other bar to bar and note to note when playing in Screen- Horizontal
Please let me know
thanks

Hi Sam, you can adjust the zoom and the space between the bars with the design mode. In the stylesheet, you can also change the global proportion of the score. File > Stylesheet > Page and Format > SIZES.

Hi
Is there any way that I can move around chords?
The chords are too close each other and sometimes it’s overlapping.
It looks not tidy and hard to see the each chord

Hi Sam, you can modify the size of the chord diagrams in the Stylesheet: File > Stylesheet. You can’t move them for the moment. Thank you.

Hi
Is there any way to appear the copyright text in every page?
It only shows in first page
Mine is 3 pages, I want that in every page.

Hi Sam, yes in Guitar Pro 7.5 you can show the Copyright info on all the pages: File > Stylesheet > Header and Footer > Other Pages > choose Copyright. Thanks

Hi Thomas, I am new to Guitar Pro and found this article very helpful, thank you for sharing. I am currently transcribing the parts for some of my songs (2 guitars, 1 bass) and I am running into what’s likely a newbie issue:

I am finding that bars you choose to repeat in for one track must ALSO be repeated in the other tracks. For example, the bass part on the song that I am currently working on has Bar 1 repeat 4 times while the guitar part simultaneously plays something different for each of those repeats. When I open the guitar track, the repeat is present there as well, leaving me unable to enter the full guitar part.

Is it possible to make these guitar and bass tracks independent from one another in the same file such that a repeat in one doesn’t mean it’s required everywhere?

Thanks again,
Preston

Hi, yes indeed the repeat sign is applied to all tracks automatically.Thank you for your nice comment.

Two questions / suggestions:
Question 1 – What do the stylesheet options for Chord Notation do (Rock/Jazz/Classic). I can find no information on what these selection do either in the manual or on the web.

Question 2: Is there a way to print out a chord sheet to be used for practicing (such as chord progressions, etc.). IF not, could this be added as a feature?

Suggestion: – I will also add a request to be able to annotate the score with free text (much like is done with PDF annotation?). Being able to add notes / instructions would be very helpful (picking patterns, fretting recommendations such as “leave the 2nd finger down throughout the bar”, etc.

Hi Bob,
1. The chord notation in jazz is different from the standard notation. This option changes the name of the chords.
2. This feature is not available yet, sorry.
Thank you for your suggestion! 👍🏻

Hi, love GP7, i have learned so much about music since using this software. I have one request and one question please. I would like to know if it would be possible to add / marks to bars to indicate improvisation or solo, and also if it would be possible to create new score on a single page, for example, when making practice pieces?

Hi Adrien, you can add text above the staff. Select a note and then press “T” to add text. Thank you for your suggestions I have shared them with the Guitar Pro team! Thomas

Hello,
Just wondering if there is a way to increase font size for the program’s interface (menus, etc)?

If not, could you please add the ability to modify the user interface? I find it so difficult to see the small type.

Thank you for a great program!

Hi Dave, this features is not available. But I have shared your suggestion with the Guitar Pro team!

Hey there newbie here. I’m just trying to figure out how to move measures from one page to the next, have the same number of measures in the system, same width, etc. For the life of me cannot figure out how to do one while maintaining the others.

Hi Mitch, welcome aboard! 😉🎸
You can set the number of bars here: Bar > System Layout.
You can also use the Desing Mode. This is situated in the Edition Palette, just above “Chords”.
Thanks

How do I create a new page of a score with the previous page not completely full? I’m trying to create a booklet style GP file!

Thanks!

Hi, is there a way to display a number above a bar repeat when you have multiple occurrences of them in a row? I would like to have the number (4), (8), etc. display when a single bar is repeated many times using the bar repeat symbol.

Hi Garrett, yes you can choose the number of repetitions when addind a “repeat Close”. Thanks

I want to write out several exercises on one page, each about 4 bars long. How do I create a new line/exercise that is separate from the previous line and basically starts over?

Thanks, Tom

Hi Tom, for the moment you can :
– set the score System Layout to fix the number of bars per system: Bar > System Layout.
– then you can add a Double Barline at the end of the 4 bars.
I hope this tip will help you while waiting for the release of new features.
Thanks. Thomas

Hi, just purchased GP7.5 and learning to use it since being the guitar and digital music teacher at a very crowded school with over 900 students attending music classes I decided to go ahead with GP to try and see if it would be the right tool enabling us to share files between teachers and students.
As a music and guitar teacher, I am very comfortable adapting to new interfaces, applications etc. Guitar Pro 7 is well designed but unfortunately lacks TEXT editing capabilities. I understand that this software is designed more for practicing musicians and I think it is great for that. But adding TEXT edit/facilities like placing text any where on the score would be great especially for teachers (for that matter students), music directors and producers.
I sincerely hope that you would consider this as an upgrade asap since I’ve noticed that many users are also voicing their opinions regarding the matter. Many thanks for the comment opportunity.

I have spent ages analysing different software available looking for which ones will allow me to change the thickness of the staff lines as they are a bit thin in my opinion. A heavier line and heavier font are a better reading experience I feel. I am sitting looking at multiple different pages from the likes of Sibelius , notion progression 3 etc. The best one for reading guitar tab would you believe it not is The free software lillypond.

I would like much much much more font options including serif fonts

The ability to place text and lyrics anywhere on the page would be great

And the last one which nobody ever has done is chord diagrams. I have no idea why they are traditionally drawn with the string going up and down from north to south , nobody holds a guitar like that , the diagrams I create in dtp software have the nut on the left and the string line going west to east. Much more logical and easier to understand when you are looking at them with guitar in hand. And make the same for left handlers. You could be the first to break a bad tradition and create a new one

hello,

nice product guys, well done !

one suggestion though about lyrics and texts in general.

it would be cool to have a free text tool that allows text to be added anywhere on the sheet. Not only at predifined locations but something I could place anywhere, on top of anything. (like annotations)

another thing is text color… would be awesome to have colors for texts to make them pop when needed.

the chord library is very cool but is there a way to have it displayed and NOT display them over the notes in partitions ? Only the library at the top, not over the notes.

is there a way to split a system because I want to have examples of 4 measures let’s say so I don’t want my system to be inlined. I want to split it, one for each example.

Is there a way to add break lines in-between systems ? creating more space between systems when needed.

thanks !

Thank you Mike for all your good suggestions. I have shared them to the team!

I would like to have the option to display Intervals instead of Letters in the notes on the fretboard as in the app ‘Neck Diagrams 2’

The chord boxes are sometimes duplicated at the top of the page, eg. The boxes show Am & Am even though they look the exact same shape.
Because of this I would like to see some changes to the way chord boxes are created.
Say I’ve created G, Am, C & D, I would like to be able to select from those chords, instead of searching for the chord again.
This would also help solve the duplicates.

Is there a way to tab 4 part voicing for a piano piece? I want to see two staffs, one with a bass clef. Thank you.

Is there a way to add the title to the page number at the bottom of every page? If my students get their papers mixed up they can have a hard time figuring out which ones go together

Hello numbers on the tablature of my guitar pro 7.5, which show the positions, look too small and make the tablature hard to read. Wondering if any way to adjust the font size of those numbers? I also tried reinstalling guitar pro but still the same issue. Thanks for your help in advance!

Hi, yes you can change the proportions of the score: Stylesheet > Sizes > Global Score Proportions. Thanks

Why do chord names not show correctly on the chord name box when I use a capo?

I have capo 5 and using Am shape should be Dm, Dmajor shape should be G/B etc.

While those show right notes on the sheet music (AFDAD and BGDG respectively) the chord box opens
showing an Aminor and D major names and the notes (ECAEA and F#DAD) respectively.

This is confusing and is actually out of sync since the sheet music shows one thing and chord naming another.
If the notes showed the correct position it would just be a naming thing but naming F#DAD to G would not make sense.

Is there an option to align the chords with the capo position or is this a bug hopefully to be fixed in a future edition of GP?

Hi Henry, we are working to improve this feature at the moment. Thank you for your understanding. Thomas

Currently “free txt” places text above the note staff. Is there a way to place text (preferably in addition to and different from the former) above the tab staff as well? I’ve seen pdf sheets with this that appear to be derived from GP but I can not figure out how to do it. Regards.

Hi Nathan, for the moment you can place text above the tablature if you use the “Lyrics Editor if you choose to show the tablature and the standard notation. Thank you for your comment.

Is there any way to add musical symbols and special symbols in the title text and in free text? For example, if I wanted to add the text “Key of Db Major” to my title, how can I replace the “b” with a flat symbol?

Hi Max, yes you can copy and paste unicode characters. Thanks

Hello. Does anyone know how to add slash marks to the staff? I need to write a lead sheet (jazz style) but can’t figure that out. I imagine that should be a way to do it, otherwise GP is missing an essential feature. Thanks!

Hi Walter, this feature is not available. Thank you for your suggestion, I have sent it to the dev team.

I guess, there isn’ t “Luft Pause” or “Breath Mark” on any GP..

Hi Serhat, this feature is not available in Guitar Pro. Sorry.

hi there

i was wondering if anyone could help me with the layout ? Im trying to write out a duet and would like both parts to show up simultaneously. Is this possible ? if so any pointers would be great 🙂

thanks
Nick

Hi Nick, yes you can show them simultaneously: click on “View > Multitrack”. Thanks

Is it possible to have multiple exercises on a single page? I want to write an exercise that is two systems with some text to explain, and then skip down a few lines and start a new exercise on the same page. when I print it out. I want there to be several different exercises on the same page. I can’t figure out how to do this in guitar pro. Its even difficult to explain.

Hi Lou, this feature is not available yet. Thank you for your understanding.

Thanks for sharing..

A) I would like to be able to use the capital C notation for barre as an alternative to B.
B) I would like to be able to write ANY word at the beginning of a line (e.g. as used in the ABRSM publications to indicate how a piece is to be performed).
C) I would like to be able to assemble my pieces into a small book, so I need to be able to place more than one piece in each file.
D) When deleting a note on the tab I would prefer the cursor to stay in the same place rather than jumping back one note.

Hi Bill, thanks a lot for all your cool suggestions, I have sent them to the dev team!

Im writing a guitar method on guitar pro 7.5. Is there any way to show the key signature on every system?

Hi Ivan, yes you can, the option is situated in the Stylesheet:
File > Stylesheet > Systems and Staves > Display clef at the beginning of each system.
Thanks

Is there a way to change the global, inspector and edition pallet size? thank you

Hi Ben, you can only show or hide the Edition Palette and the Inspector. You can resize vertically of the Global View. Thanks

Very helpful, thanks

Thank you very much!

Hello, sometimes I have the chords right on top of each other in the score. Either just the name or the chord representation itself. Tried to change font and it’s already at minimal visible size but they seem to overlap at some parts in the score. Is there a way to change the spacing between them so that this could be avoided? Maybe that could be applied to the top chords as well. A slider perhaps would be a good thing to implement under the current size slider “size”, this way you could have a slider for the size and one for the spacing between each chord in the score and maybe on top chords as well. Thank you for this great piece of tool and keep up the excellent work.

Hi Rui, thank you for your feedback, you can change the size of the chord diagrams: File > Stylesheet > Page and Format > Chord Diagram.
Please send an email to our support here if you need more help: goo.gl/tq6163

Hello. Please, could you advise how to fix the formatting? E.g. I set fixed 3 bars per line – I find it easier to view and work with – I set it as default but as soon as I go into the formatting menu it’s back to automatic placement which basically screws everything up, one guitar will show with 1 bar per line, other guitar will have 6 bars per line (although they play exactly the same). It’s quite annoying. Thank you for your help. (btw, I am using v6 for Mac)

Hi Damion, please contact our support team here: goo.gl/tq6163. Thank you, Thomas.

Hi. Are you able to explain how to upload new fonts. There is a particular font I would like to use for the Title and texts within my tabs, that is not available within Guitar Pro 7.

Hi Luke, you can change the fonts from the stylesheet window: File > Stylesheet > Texts and Styles. The fonts need to be already installed on your computer. Thanks

Thank you so much for these useful and clearly explained tips … more please!

Hi Henry, you are welcome. Thank you for your comment. Yes, we will soon!

Is there a way to get GuitarPro7.5 to display a barre chord correctly?
Currently, a partial barre is displayed, but if one were displaying a barred G chord for ukulele with D in the top -bar fret II
4 2 3 5, it is only possilbe to these unassociated positions that doesn’t show the bar. Same in GP6, only now if you try to name it G bar II, it puts up G flat sign ar II
Is there a workaround?

Hi Spencer, I invite you to contact our support here: goo.gl/tq6163 they will answer you quickly, thank you.

Hi, I would really like to be able to save certain “Chord Libraries” instead of having to create a new one each and every time with the same chords! There are, for example, a lot of particular voicings used in Gypsy Jazz that are used in a large portion of all the tunes. So if I created a library of all my favorite voicings that I could save and always have access to that would be great! Also, let’s say I wanted to create a number of exercises using the circle of fifths, but with different rhythms etc. Then I could just pull up my “Circle of Fifths” Chord Library and get started. instead of having to put in all the chords each and every time!!! PLEASE!!!! This would make things a LOT easier!!! THANKS!!!

Hi Cliff, you can save your “chord library” if you save your project as a template. File > Save as template. I hope that it will help you. Thank you for contacting us.

Dear Arobas Music,

When do you plan to get rid of your actual RSE technology and make more professional one?

I do like your software and use it a lot. But RSE sounds completely like говно, especially when it comes to metal and such.
Now’s the version 7.5.2 and OMG guitars (bass and drums too, though) sound like пластмасса all the same.

Take the AME2, for example. It sounds pretty awesome (and even has the tab player of its own).
Guess not only me want GP sounding just as good.

Hope you’ll do it sooner or very sooner. It’s 2019, after all.

Also, I REEEELEY need free time signatures. I agree with Guido Duclos.

All the best.

Hi, thank you very much for your suggestion. I have sent it to our dev team. You can directly contact our support here if you have other suggestions: goo.gl/tq6163. Thank you.

Hi, I have a problem creating my own stylesheet. Lets say i want to make template where global score proportion is 1,63 instead of 1,5 and i change few other things like size of the chord name and so on…When i save this new style by using save as template or save style ,it will be saved but when i open this particular file nothing is like it should be…score position is back to 1,5 and so on

Hello, can you please contact our support team for help: https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Is it possible to start a track/score on lead-in note without using rests to precede it?

Hi Andrew, yes you can. The feature is called “Anacrusis” (Pick up Bar).
Just click on your first bar and then: Bar>Anacrousis.
If you need help with that, please contact our support here: goo.gl/tq6163.
Thanks

How do I hide inactive portions of a track to optimize the PDF? I only see how to display or hide the ENTIRE track. I only want to hide portions of the track where there are multiple rests (e.g. the second guitar comes in much later from the start of the song)

Hi, thank you for your suggestion; I sent it to our dev team.

Is there any way to make the Lyrics BIGGER when you enter them in the edition pallette? They are very small and hard on the eyes if you need to edit.
I know how to make them bigger in the stylesheet, but not on the intial entry.

thanks

Hi Steve, yes the only way to change the size of the lyrics is to change their size in the stylesheet indeed. Sorry. Thank you for contacting us.

I miss the option of no measures, no bar lines, free in time signuter, like you find in the free fandangos, tarantas, granainas etc. in flamenco music. It’s impossible tu write this stile with fixer time signuteres. Also the option of poly rhyme , regularly chance of 6/8 and 3/4 for Bulerias Alegria Soleares writing. The 8gths notes will be differently gropet in 3/4 or 6/8 signuteres to look wright and professional !
Thank you

Hi Guido, thank you for your suggestions, I sent them as a suggestion for future improvements. Thanks

I need to make lead sheets in standard notation and need slashes for rhythm parts.
at the moment they are only available in tablature notation.

love guitar pro, thanx for your great work
best regards harry

Hi Harry, thank you for your suggestion and your kind comment ?.

I am taking private guitar lessons. I type into Guitar Pro the music I should learn for next week. By listening and following the tabs I find it a lot easier to understand how to play the exercise. I learn more faster than I would just taking lessons.

Is there a ukulele version for creating score sheets?

Hi Linda, yes you can edit scores for ukuleles in Guitar Pro 7. Thanks

Thank you so much! This is great. Keep it up. A series of demo’s for the beginner/novice would really help get new-comers to this program up and running very quickly.

Great tips. What would be awesome is the ability to hide instruments when they tacet in a multitrack score so you don’t have empty measures taking up page space. This is especially true if you want to print your scores.

Hi Jason, thank you for your suggestion!

Me paree que tiene lo disponible para hacer un buen trabajo..

Hello
Is it in GuitarPro 7 Finnish language to get ?

Hi Matti, sorry this language is not available, but I have sent a suggestion to our dev team, thanks.