Guitar Pro v5 has been replaced by the improved Guitar Pro 6.

Guitar Pro runs on both Windows and Max OSX.

It's a multitrack tablature (TAB) editor for stringed instruments including guitar, banjo, and bass, and also lets you score other instruments like drums.

Arobas spent 3 years developing v6 of Guitar Pro. They re-wrote the entire application as well as giving it a new user interface which is cleaner and creates more space for the actual score you are working on.

In addition to creating scores, Guitar Pro is a great tool for helping to improve your skills, compose music, or for creating music to accompany your playing.

Feature Highlights:

• Listen to your scores using the RSE (Realistic Sound Engine) with 1.8 GB of professionally recorded sounds.
• Import & Export MIDI, ASCII, MusicXML, PowerTab, TabEdit files
• Trasncribe and transpose in both standard notation & Tablature
• Chord diagrams
• Tuner
• Metronome

New in Guitar Pro v6 - Improvements over Guitar Pro 5

• The new RSE is much improved - articulations such as thumb, index finger, pick have been added
• Everything is accessible from one window for faster work-flow
• New music symols - "slash" notation, or multirest and simile signs
• Open multiple projects similtaneously (v5 only allowed 1 project at a time)
• $30 discount when upgrading from v5

Guitar Pro 6 Review by Wallimann:

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