What is Guitar Pro 8?

Guitar Pro 8 is a complete solution for creating and practicing music, designed for musicians of all levels, from beginners learning their first chords to experienced composers creating detailed works.

Suitable for guitarists and other instrumentalists, it supports fretted string instruments from 3 to 10 strings, such as guitars, basses, banjos, mandolins, and ukuleles, as well as a wide range of ensemble and orchestral instruments.

This versatile tool allows you to refine your skills, compose your music, or practice with a virtual band.

Why choose Guitar Pro 8?

Guitar Pro 8 offers a comprehensive set of features to support your musical projects. With professional notation, realistic playback, and intuitive tools, it makes creating, practicing, and sharing your music easier.

Professional Music Notation

Create clear scores with Guitar Pro 8’s intuitive multi-track tablature editor.

Choose between standard notation, tablature, numbered notation, or slash notation, and add notes accurately using a full set of symbols suitable for string instruments.

Customize your workspace by switching between page view and screen view, adjusting zoom, or refining layouts with the Stylesheet, for a clear and tailored view. Display only the tracks you need, whether it’s a solo guitar or a full ensemble.

Following the musical conventions of Behind Bars by Elaine Gould, Guitar Pro 8 ensures precision with automatic notation rules: synchronized barlines, aligned tracks, and highlighted errors. This guarantees scores suitable for performance or publication.

Advanced Composition Tools

Boost your creativity with tools adapted to your instrument’s tuning. The interactive chord engine, the scales tool, and the tuning window, combined with clear instrument views for guitar, bass, piano, and drums, let you instantly see playable notes and scales. These features support precise and efficient composition.

Realistic Playback

Experience your scores through Guitar Pro 8’s advanced audio engine. Access over 200 high-quality soundbanks, including authentic guitar tones, effects, and instruments such as bass, piano, and drums, all made with professional samples and modeled amps. Connect your guitar to play through pedals and amps in real time, or choose from 1000 sound models to fine-tune each track.

Simplified Practice

Improve your skills with tools such as the speed trainer, online play, and synchronizing an audio track to practice along, making repetition and learning easier.

Import and Export

Guitar Pro 8 offers versatile import/export options. Import scores in Guitar Pro, MIDI, MusicXML, ASCII, TablEdit, or PowerTab formats, and export to Guitar Pro 8, MIDI, MusicXML, ASCII, Audio, PDF, or PNG. Print your scores or explore an extensive online tablature library with the mySongBook offer.

Discover mySongBook

Access mySongBook, a legal library of scores transcribed by the Guitar Pro team. Browse scores available for purchase via subscription, ideal for learning, practice, or performance.

Getting Started with Guitar Pro 8

Guitar Pro 8 combines professional tools with an accessible interface, supporting musicians in composing and refining their music. To start creating and practicing, download Guitar Pro 8 today and build a solid foundation for your musical projects.