User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Getting started
- Overview
- Using Guitar Pro
- Writing a Score
- Creating a New Score
- Adding Tracks
- Organizing Bars
- Adding Notes to the Score
- Inserting Events
- Adding Symbols
- 1. Symbols related to the bar
- 2. Symbols related to the definition of a note
- 3. Symbols corresponding to effects
- Ghost note
- Accented note
- Heavily accented notes
- Staccato
- Legato
- Let Ring
- Dead note
- Natural harmonic
- Artificial harmonic
- Bend
- Fade in (violin effect)
- Fade out
- Volume swell
- Grace-note before the beat
- Grace-note on the beat
- Hammer-On/Pull-Off
- Upper Mordent
- Lower Mordent
- Turn
- Inverted turn
- Left-Hand Tapping
- Slides
- Palm Mute
- Tremolo Bar
- Trill
- Tremolo Picking
- Left-Hand Vibrato
- Wide Vibrato (Tremolo Bar)
- Wah-Wah
- Arpeggio
- Brush
- Rasgueado
- Left-Hand Fingering
- Right-Hand Fingering
- Display string number on standard notation
- Pickstroke
- Tapping
- Slap (bass)
- Pop (bass)
- Chords [A]
- Slashes
- Extended Barré
- Timer
- Section
- Prevent/Force Line Break
- Stem Directions
- Adding Lyrics
- Adding Sections
- Cut, copy, paste
- Using Wizards
- The Guitar Pro 6 Stylesheet
- Drums and Percussions
- Working with a Score
- Printing
- Importing Scores
- Exporting Scores
- Writing a Score
- Using mySongBook
- Tools for Guitarists
- References
- Drop-Down Menus
- New
- _
- Open
- _
- Open Recent
- Close
- Save [Ctrl+S]
- Save As...
- Save As Template...
- Import > MIDI
- Import > ASCII
- Import > MusicXML
- Import > PowerTab
- Import > TablEdit
- Export > MIDI
- Export > ASCII
- Export > MusicXML
- Export > WAV
- Export > PNG
- Export > PDF
- Score Information...
- _
- Stylesheet
- Print...
- _
- Preferences
- Language
- Quit
- Undo
- Redo
- Cut
- Copy
- Paste
- Cut Multi-Track
- Copy Multi-Track
- Special Paste...
- Select all
- Voices > ...
- Go to ...
- Automations > Edit Automations ...
- Variations
- Add...
- Delete
- Move Up
- Move down
- Properties ...
- Insert Bar
- Delete Bar
- Clef
- Key Signature
- Time Signature
- Triplet Feel...
- Free time
- Double Barline
- Anacrusis (Pick-Up Bar)
- Repeat Open
- Alternate Endings...
- Repeat Close...
- Directions...
- Simile Mark >
- Multi Rest
- Force Line Break
- Prevent Line Break
- System Layout
- Inserts a beat
- Delete the Beats
- Copy Beats at the End
- Tie Note
- Tie Beat
- Fermata
- Rest
- Duration > ...
- Dynamic > ...
- Brush Downstroke
- Brush Upstroke
- Arpeggio Down
- Arpeggio Up
- Rasgueado
- Pickstroke Up
- Picstroke Down
- Accidentals > ...
- One Semi-Tone Down
- One Semi-Tone Up
- Left Hand Fingering
- Right Hand Fingering
- Shift Down
- Shift Up
- Chords
- Slash
- Barré
- Timer
- Text
- Ottavia > ...
- Design > ...
- Dead Note
- Grace Note >
- Ghost Note [O]
- Accented Note
- Heavily Accented Note
- Staccato
- Staccatissimo
- Tenuto
- Legato
- Let Ring
- Palm Mute Note
- Palm Mute Beat
- Natural Harmonic
- Artificial Harmonic
- Bend...
- Tremolo Bar ...
- Slide
- Vibrato
- Vibrato with Tremolo Bar
- Slide
- Hammer On / Pull Off
- Left Hand Tapping
- Tapping
- Slap
- Pop
- Trill...
- Tremolo
- Palm Mute
- Fade In
- Fade Out
- Volume Swell
- Wah Open
- Wah Close
- Insert/Remove...
- Previous Section
- Next Section
- Digital Tuner
- Scales
- Transpose
- Automatic Finger Positioning
- Let Ring Options
- Palm Mute Options
- Check Bar Duration
- Bar Arranger
- Complete /Reduce Bars with Rests
- Move / Swap Voices...
- Play
- Play from the beginning
- First Bar
- Rewind
- Fast Forward
- Last Bar
- Play in Loops / Speed Trainer
- Metronome
- Countdown
- Tempo
- Midi Input Active
- RSE [Realistic Sound Engine]
- Audio settings...
- Design Mode
- Multitrack
- Concert Tone
- Page (1 per column)
- Page (2 per column)
- Parchment
- Vertical screen
- Horizontal Screen
- Enable browser
- Smooth scrolling
- Instrument Panel
- Reduce Global View
- Full Screen
- Next Tab
- Previous Tab
- *.gpx
- Index
- Launch Updater
- About
- Drop-Down Menus
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Index
User’s Handbook for Version 6 – updated Oct. 2011 - 25
Turn
The turn (in Italian “gruppetto,” “little group”) is a melodic ornament in the form of a melodic line of
four notes turning around the main note and revealing the two notes next to it — higher and lower.
The turn starts with note that is immediately lower, then the main note, the higher note, and ends
on the main note. Just as the mordent, the turn is relative to the tune’s general harmony, as set by
the key signature.
Inverted turn
The inverted turn starts with note that is immediately lower, then the main note, the higher note,
and ends on the main note. Just as the mordent, the turn is relative to the tune’s general harmony,
as set by the key signature.
Left-Hand Tapping
This consists in hitting a fret with your left-hand finger with no previous attack on the note.
Slides
Sliding means playing a note by sliding your left-hand finger (if you’re right-handed) over the frets .
Guitar Pro supports various kinds of slides:
The first note is played, and then the finger slides to the second one, which is not played.
The first note is played, and then the finger slides to the second one, which is played.
The note is played while coming from a lower fret (undefined).
The note is played while coming from an upper fret (undefined).
The note is played, and then the finger slides to a lower fret (undefined).
The note is played, and then the finger slides to a upper fret (undefined).
Palm Mute
The palm mute effects consists in muffling the sound by lightly touching the strings near the bridge
with the palm of your right hand (if you’re right-handed person).
The palm mute effect is represented by the “PM” symbol above the tablature.
The level of the palm mute effect can be adjusted by way of the Palm mute slider on the Instrument
panel.
Tremolo Bar
The tremolo bar is used on electric guitars to modify the pitch of all the notes (by rotating the
bridge). The tremolo bar is operated with the right hand (for a right-handed person).
The way the Tremolo Bar window works is pretty much the same as the Bend window.
Trill
The trill effect consists of alternating quickly between two notes on the same string by a succession
of hammer ons and pull offs. The Trill window allows you to choose the fret of the second note (the
first one being indicated on the score), as well as the speed of the trill.
This notation lightens the score, because alternated notes are not displayed.
Tremolo Picking
The tremolo picking effect consists of playing the same note over and over very fast.
As for the trill, this effect is displayed with only a single note.
Left-Hand Vibrato
Left-Hand Vibrato consists in quickly moving the left-hand finger (for a right-handed person) on the
string. The movement creates a variation in pitch.
The vibrato effect is represented by a little wave above the tablature, and lasts until the note ends.
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