Voices, piano parts and MusicXML in the editor
Pro members can now write up to four voices in a bar, add piano parts and write notes straight on the staff, and edit MusicXML scores. Every score can be downloaded as MusicXML.
Four voices in a bar (Pro)
A bar can hold up to four voices, such as a melody over a bass line on the same guitar. While editing, press Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+4, or pick from the Voice list in the toolbar. Everything you type then goes into that voice. A new voice starts as rests, and the cursor turns that voice's colour so you can tell where you are.
Piano parts
Add track in the Track panel and Or write a new song on the Upload page now offer a piano. Its notes are written on the treble or the bass clef, which you set in the Track panel.
- The up and down arrows move the cursor a line or a space at a time, and the note's name shows above the staff.
- Enter (or any digit) writes the note. Write more on the same beat to make a chord.
- Ctrl+up and Ctrl+down make it sharp or flat.
Write on the staff
Double-click a line or space of the notation to write a note there. This works on a guitar too: the note goes on the string nearest to where your hand is playing.
Edit MusicXML scores
Scores you uploaded as MusicXML or MNX can now be edited. Press Edit and the editor makes a Guitar Pro copy of the score. Saving keeps that copy in place of the original. Until you save, the score stays as it was, and Back to the MusicXML score drops the copy.
Download as MusicXML
A new Download MusicXML button sits next to Download .gp, for opening your scores in MuseScore, Sibelius, Finale or Dorico. Guitars and basses come with their notation and their TAB. MusicXML scores can now also be downloaded as .gp.
Fixed
- Guitar and bass parts written in more than one voice now play and show every voice, not just the first.
- Some MusicXML scores with a single staff showed empty bars. Their notes are back.