✅✅ ►► You deserve to feel like a rock star even if you're just starting out. Download my FREE guide on The Top 10 Things to Learn on Guitar First to start making real music on guitar faster (this is not for you if you would rather learn more boring exercises) → simpleguitar.com/top10
@@OTCRock4one i didn't watch this entire video, but I think i've read/seen something about being able to change the tuning and/or the keys to songs you import into GP8. That is what you are asking right? Whether or not you can change existing tabulated songs to Eb? So that the F note on an E string, on an imported song, can then be changed in GP8 to show the F note being played on the 2nd fret (of Eb tuning) rather than the 1st fret?
I've been playing the guitar for many years and never wound of believed in my wildest dreams that this software would come true. This is a time saver, I just came across it and will purchase it, 4sure.
I had Guitar Pro 7 and I knew already most of the information you addressed. But so thankful to see you explain it all again for anyone who may need to see this. :D
I’m an absolute neophyte at Guitar Pro…not at tab, or music notation, just at GP. I hope you are sincere about answering comments. I have plenty of questions. More tutorials start way above my head even though they call the info “beginner”. This video is very good and I understand…so far. Thanks. JimW …more to follow in future comments…
First question has to do with input. When entering notes and timing, are there any keyboard shortcuts which will expedite entry? Second question pertains to guitar fingering notation. Is it possible with GP8 to add left hand fingering on the tab or notation?
Thanks to this video and your assistance, I can now, after years of owning this software, actually start using it. I will absolutely forward questions as they pop up. BTW, I’m probably your fathers age. So using some software is not “intuitive” to this old brain! Thanks.
@@jimwar1890 Yes you can absolutely use keyboard shortcuts. I use them ALL THE TIME! If you're on tab, you can move between strings and beats within the measure and then hit any number key to show what fret you're playing on that string. If you're in standard notation for guitar you place your cursor on the space or line for the note you want, then you hit a number for what string on the guitar you want that note played on. And in the left side menu there's a button you can hit that will bring up a window where you can select what finger you want to use for the highlighted note.
I just got Guitar Pro 8. Your vid here helps big time. One thing I haven't been able to find, maybe you can help? For placing chords, it seems you have to have a note for the beat placement of the chord, but I want to place chords where a note is held. For example, on "The Christmas Song," 2nd measure (4/4 time), where the lyrics go: | Chest nuts roas-ting on an | op-en fire |, open fire is two 8th notes, a half note, and a quarter rest. I want to put chords above beats 3 and 4, but since there's no note on beat 3 (the half note spans beats 2 and 3), the software won't let me. I use a work-around by tying two quarter notes in place of the half note, but it makes the lyric melody slightly cumbersome (less easy) to read. Here's my question: Do you know how to place chords anywhere above the melody irrespective of how the melody lays on the beat? Note: It doesn't matter, in this case, if guitar pro will be able to play it back correctly (although that would be nice); I just want to be able to print it out like that.
One quick thing you could do it just insert your chord name as a text placement above the staff. Rather than hitting the 'A' shortcut on the keyboard to place a chord, hit "T" where you want to just insert text. Would that work?
Hope you follow up on this tutorial. There really is nothing for real novices who want to publish their songs. As a matter of curiosity, can one add lyrics to the score? Thanks!
Thank you very much for this video as I found it to be a helpful introduction to Guitarpro 8. I do have the following request. I wish to be able to simply play my guitar, input the audio directly to Guitarpro 8, and have the tabs automatically created. Does Guitarpro 8 provide this capability? At this time, want to keep it simple and not add backing tracks, etc. Please provide a step by step tutorial regarding how to set this up. Also, please indicate if any additional hardware or software is required and explain how to set this up also Guitarpro 8. Thank you.
Does it have a fret display? Can GP8 tell me what notes are in my current scale, and suggest chords that I can use? Also, does it display notes for multiple scales (modulation)?
Cursor at Warp Speed - hey, your cursor in light gray over dark gray simply Disappears when you go from part of the screen to another - rewind a hundred times to see where that cursor is. Can you do a beginner's begging in slow motion?
i actually really enjoyed this video. i recently got GP again the last one being GP3 or mabe 4 and although i used to be able to use i quite efficiently and read or create music, now with all the new feature and having not been writing music there is a lot i need to learn and re-learn. i liked that after you showed a regular tab off the net, like you said even though it might not be 100% it's deffo good enough to pass. then to show your were very intricate in comparison, as it was your own project. it showed lot more focus of pick tech and stroke and more emphasis on note duration and ring. lol it was good to see what was actually possible compared to what you would normally see on GP. you should try do something on that. like take a standard DL file and make it as perfect as poss. that would defo be a good watch!
Did you ever create the “standard notation-to-tablature” tutorial that you mentioned at the end of this video? I’d love to watch that, as I need to transcribe some sheet music for an upcoming gig. Thanks!
All of this is about how to download music. What if I just want to manually type in the info? Just put in my TAB notes, repeats, slides and stuff? Is there any tutorial for ths, I am having fits trying to do this.
Good question! If you go up to the top menu option View -> Show Fretboard View, then in the fretboard window on the left side there's a little gear icon button for settings. Click on that and then at the bottom there's an option to make the fretboard left-handed. Hope that helps!
Hi Brad …. Thanks for this helpful video. What I am trying to do is to export tab from Ultimate Guitar into a program (in this case Guitar Pro 8) and then create a midi file from the tab. I want to use the midi file to create a multitrack backing track for the song. Do you know of any other software that will let you create a midi file from either guitar tab or standard notation? Thanks again.
You can download a guitar pro file from Ultimate-guitar, and then export the audio of that file. If you go up to File->Export you can select to export your file as MIDI or as Audio files. I'll make a video on this soon. Great quesion and thanks for asking!
WHat kind of tablature do I use if I want to designate (1) an intro that doesn't repeat; (2) a section that repeats musically, but has different verses; (3) a bridgfe; and (4) a song ending section
I like the GP software but my main gripe is the consistency of tab quality, for instance this master of puppets tab is wrong in some crucial parts and that is not a great thing for beginners
Since most of the tabs are all user generated that does make it tough, but I've found that correcting those tabs is a very, very valuable skill for anyone to deliver. At least most of the time they get you close enough.
thanks in advance for your video: but I still don't understand what guitar pro 8 actually stands for. I would like to learn to play guitar with musical notes. I want to learn step by step: reading notes, practicing scales, learning to play chords. is this app good or are there other apps you can recommend? thank you.
Guitar Pro 8 is a musical notation program. It's can be, but it's not necessarily a learning platform. You can find things that are created as a file in Guitar Pro 8 so that you can see and hear them as you're learning, but it's not like a program where it walks you through learning step by step. If you haven't seen it already, I do have a course that will help you with what you want called the Jumpstart Course that takes you from absolute zero and will get you playing real music right away and get you playing chords and getting up into scales. It's a quick way to get up and going and playing useful, relevant things right off the bat. You can learn more about it and get it her: simpleguitar.com/jumpstart
Is there anyway to write a new track using an instrument plug in or In other words play the the instrument while it automatically transcribes into a music sheet?
So I looked into that and I can't find anywhere to change the color of that. It's a great idea, though! You should contact their support and suggest it. Maybe they'll make it available in a future update.
I am a very good bassist by ear that also plays decent guitar, but I need to learn to read music. Will GP8 help me do that besides all the other stuff I can do with it in the future?
It can be used as a tool for learning how to read music because you can enter stuff as tablature and it will automatically transcribe it to standard notation, too. You can just select to not see the tab and watch the notation instead if you want to.
Thanks for great tutorial, Brad! 🙏🏼👍 I had set a goal to learn to transcribe in 2023. I bought Guitar Pro 8 in 2022, but was struggling to make of how to use it. You have shown me how to get started, so now I’m on my way. Subscribed from Australia.
Hello, I see you're using Guitar Pro on a Mac. I was unable to download G-Pro 8 on my 2022 MacBook Pro. I tried modifying my MB Pro settings but still kept getting "installation failed" messages. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
Can I not transpose the bass track from a 4 string to a 5 string like I can on desktop? That’s super inconvenient if that’s stripped from the mobile version
I love this video,but I’ve been searching far and wide and downloaded free trials cause all I wanna do is play electric guitar into my laptop and have software that can transcribe it into tab and standard notation…any ideas? Thanks
IN TABLATURE NOTATION, IS THERE ANY WAY TO TURN OFF THE LINES/STEMS SO ITS JUST SIMPLE TAB WITH NO TIMING. I WANT IT CLEANER LOOKING WITHOUT ALL THAT. CHEERS
Hi great tutorial! Got a couple of questions, if someone writes a solo in guitar pro, from his website, can I download it into Guitar Pro, and then play it back in it and slow it down? Also as you mentioned change it to a different key?
can you do a video on how to cut out measures and paste in new ones and move sections of the score around..........also a video on how bridge across measures with note that are held etc.......
Absolutely I can do all of that. There’s not a super magical way to do the copy/paste, but I have had to do it multiple times and I can show you how. And to tie notes across bar lines, simply put your cursor on the beat 1 notes (right side of the bar line) and press ‘L’ on your keyboard. That’s the keyboard shortcut for tying notes together and it’ll work across bar lines too! Hope that helps!
I would like to ask you if it is possible for the program to record what I play on the electric guitar and then convert that analog sound into a tab, provided that I am connected to the guitar on a PC (with the help of a sound card).
It looks like you can if you have a MIDI capable guitar or keyboard. support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/articles/200602672-GP6-Can-I-plug-a-MIDI-instrument-keyboard-or-guitar-into-my-computer-and-see-the-notes-I-m-playing-
I really would like to know if there is a possibillity to just write Leadsheets in letz say the style of the real book or something simular. I played around with the trial version but did not find something to mainly transcribe the chords in an easy to read way and with propper lead sheet style. so far the only program i found where i can write decente lead sheets is band in a box. but the down part of that program is that it is totaly overloaded with features and its very big to install. are there any suggestions you can make regarding GP or any other program that can do this with ease? I mean the writng of TAB and and all this might is interesting for metal and rock guitar players and deaftones. but to more jazzy guys or arrangers its totaly useless since musicians can read music in a traditional way and also dont need chord symbol over the note lines. thanx you best regards chris
You can't create rhythm sheets with Guitar Pro. Another easy way to do that is just with a word processor where you paste in the lyrics, double space it, and then put your chords over the right word. However, GP is not just for tab, you can use it for standard notation just as easily & you can toggle if it shows you the chord name over the music or not. You could use it to create a lead sheet that just has the melody in notation & place chords above like in a fake book or something. I'm a fan for making things easy, though, & when I played in jazz band through high school I always appreciated the arrangers that would put the chords above the music.
I imported a song but I just want to learn it and not write anything but I cant figure out how to make the song big enough to read it. How do I loop sections. I am looking for these answers but cant seem to find them.
Hey Stoney! On the desktop app in the upper left hand side of the top there's a button with a magnifying glass and it might say like 100% next to it. Click on that and you can select different zoom sizes to see your sheet. I use a trackpad so I also just pinch to zoom with two fingers if you have the capability. And to loop songs, you can click and drag to highlight the part you want to loop, then make sure that the loop button that's in the middle right of the top section toolbar is turned on. Then you can just hit play or space bar and it will loop the highlighted section. Here's a video on how to do that and more to learn parts of songs way better: ua-cam.com/video/b0XXf3jcWWU/v-deo.html
@@SimpleGuitarDotCom Thank you for answering. I have figured out how to loop but the other topic will help me. Thank you. I am looking to see if I can import a song from itunes into guitar pro and see the tab on it. I believe so far from what I have read it would need to be a song that has already been edited in guitar pro editing. Am I correct. The song I want to learn the lead parts on is not in songbook or ultimate guitar. Ultimate guitar only has the chords for it not the lead. Thanks in advance for your answer.
I think I have to write the tab myself following this video. Unless the song has been guitar pro edited. I think. I may be able to import the song from itunes but may need to convert it to the MDI whatever it is file. Is that correct? Im still watching videos and may get the answers through doing that but am asking in case I cant find the answer. Thanks.
@@MsDogcat123 yep that's right! The good news is that the skills that you gain by first figuring out the song by ear and then secondly transcribing it into the program are infinitely valuable. It's harder at firsts but completely worth it and the more you do it the better & faster you get.
im trying to turn my songs into tabs and was wondering if i have to do it all manually or if there is a way for it to write the tabs as i play my guitar?
I think if you have a MIDI capable guitar you can play into it. But otherwise it's something you have to do manually. Don't be afraid of that, though, because manually transcribing is one of the most valuable things you can do for your ear and understanding how things work together.
It absolutely can! It's in the left side pane. I will do a video on this soon, but if you explore that left side pane it's around the middle and there are a lot of different options for different bends and slides. The easiest way to do a hammer-on/pull-off, though, is to use the hot key of just pressing H with the note you want to have the effect on. Hope that helps!
I "remember" the previous versions were able to display the lyrics of a midi karaoke file, but the current version can't, is this true and how to show the lyrics of a midi file?
Hi. I have tried Guitar Pro 8. My Problem is (the same at Power Tab, Tux Guitar, tab editors ) that if I write my own tab (with notation) and I repeat a Chord that consists sharp ♯ note(for example A major chord) after the first note in the following A major it doesn't repeat the sharp sign ♯ anymore . So It seems to be a fake Chord.(like the c♯ is a c note) . Can You help Me What should I do.? Anyway I like Your Videos. Bye.
You have to change what the key signature is for the song or at least that section of the song. A key signature will display at the beginning of each line what notes are always going to be sharp or flat so that those never appear next to the note. For example, if I'm in the key of G and I indicate that in my key signature at the beginning, then every single F will actually be an F# because there's a # symbol at the beginning of each line giving that instruction. In that case, if you want to play an F instead of F# you'd have to indicate it next to the note with a natural note symbol.
I'm looking for some software that I can write my own music. I play several instruments and use a Tascam DP-32SD to record (trust me...I'm just an average guitar player), however I'd like to put my songs to musical notation. I have no interest in any other songs that may be in the software catalog. I'd hate to lay out the cost of the software only to find out it may be somewhat different than the software I am presently using. My question to you is will the free version allow me to test Guitar Pro to the point where I can make a rational decision about purchasing the product?
Totally not related questions, but anyone knows any option/software for Windows where we can get those sliding pop up folders/files in taskbar similar to one in video at 3:51??
Yes. You can't edit Songbook files. It's one reason why I don't like the Songbook files. I've seen unnecessary rests that I want to condense or wanted to adjust how many measures are on a line and whatnot and you can't do any of that on a Songbook file.
How do I scroll through the bars quickly? I read the user guide and it says to hold alt and mouse wheel but it isn't doing anything. The closest shortcut I've found is pressing ctrl + arrows but I want a keyboard key with my mouse wheel cuz taking the right hand off the mouse to press the arrows isn't productive
I was mostly searching for places to download tabs and how to use Guitar Pro 8 in general. My last version was like 4 or 5 I believe so it changed a little.
I don’t think so because there are so many different ways to play a single chord across the fretboard so there’s no real way for the software to guess which version of the chord you intend to have.
Yes. At the top of the left frame there's a LYRICS button and it will put in a word for each note that is notated so it works best if you actually have the melody of the song notated for it to be accurate. It works by assigning a word to each note and then after you hit the spacebar it'll assign to the next note, etc. Other than that, you can use the TXT button in the left frame to add whatever text you want above the line.
I'm still using GP7 and today it started to crashing when I export audio files as MP3 and WAV... I've been using it for years... Does anyone know how to solve/fix it?
Oooh, that sucks! I would just make sure that your GP7 is fully up to date as well as your computer. Have you tried reaching out to Guitar Pro support to see if there's an issue? I know that they release these new versions because as hardware and software develop the old versions become incompatible, but it would surprise me if 7 wasn't compatible still.
So Was still using GP6 and have not changed my system other than having to change my hard drive now all of a sudden my GP6 does not work after reinstalling. So making me wonder did you purposely make changes to keep me from using it? and make me upgrade? I did upgrade at one time to 6.5 but lost my key. And my download. This is supposed to be good if I do not change my system for life. I am 66 and don't use it much but I paid for it. And it should still be working. I do not have the budget to keep upgrading everything all the time. Life is short. ???
I am not a part of Arobas Music and don't work with Guitar Pro or anything. But I imagine you'd have to go into your Guitar Pro account at guitar-pro.com and release your license from the previous computer (hard drive) it was installed on so that you can use it on the new hard drive. I believe I've had to do that in the past.
Is the extension for these files that open up in Guitar Pro. GPX? I'm starting the Metal Method course, do you have any tutorials for showing how to loop one section to practice it over and over? This is pretty advanced for a tutorial for beginners.
There are multiple extensions for Guitar Pro files. The latest is ".gp" but you can open any Guitar Pro file made in a previous version in the most current version. For example, you can open .gp3, .gp5, or .gpx files in Guitar Pro 8 and then when you save it it will save as a new .gp file. You'll want to check out this video that is exactly about how to loop one section to practice it over and over: ua-cam.com/video/b0XXf3jcWWU/v-deo.html What other things would you want to see in a beginner tutorial? What am I overlooking?
@@SimpleGuitarDotCom, thank you for the explanation. There are those students such as I who have never heard of this product before. 1. The first thing to do for someone who is learning to play the guitar, would be to go over the different extensions, the different ways to open the files, there is more likely than one way to open it, and explain the shortcuts to open such files. 2. Someone who is learning to play the guitar, should only focus how to open the files and how to loop one bar at a time, two bars, etc. until the student is able to play all the bars of a song, so that you are looping the entire song. 3. How to use the metronome on Guitar Pro, and how to sync it to a song. Learning to make your own tab in Guitar Pro, should be an intermediate lesson. If you had Patreon, I would suggest making PDFs to go along with your tutorials, and they would be Tier Rewards. Thank you for the link, I shall save that video. :)
@@ravenshadowz2343 as someone who has played for years & used Guitar Pro for years it's really easy to overlook things like this. Thank you so much for pointing these out to me. I'll make a video going over all of this.
Those have to be added manually to a melody line and most guitar players never take the time to do that because they're only worried about the guitar part.
This is just what I needed. I've been meaning to tab some of my original songs I wrote years ago and my covers I have been releasing for my Patreons. Thank you so much!
Thank you! Even after 50 years you can continue to improve and get better! You’ve got this! Are there any other things I can help you with that have been bugging you?
Yes you absolutely can, but you're going to need a simple audio interface to go between your guitar and computer. So you plug the audio interface into your computer, then plug your guitar into the audio interface. I just found this helpful article that Guitar Pro has on this very topic right here: support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000779397-GP8-Discover-the-Line-In-feature Let me know if that helps or if you have any other questions!
@@SimpleGuitarDotCom Brad, sorry to take so long to get back. A main challenge is that 'I don't know what I don't know'. My main use for now is developing Electric Bass lines as well as transcribing Bass lines from songs. I'd really like to know about hotkeys to make this process faster and anything else you might throw in for 'someone who doesn't know what they know', i.e., practical use while transcribing. Also, would like to know about page format and entering text above and below staff ... Thanks!
What I stuggle with is I can't make Guitar Pro 8 sound like the good old Guitar Pro 5. That sound is soo damn good and I don't know how to make it sound like the 5
I only briefly used GP5 before they changed to 6. I just found that I can download it and maybe I'll mess around with it and with the soundbanks to see if there's anything that can be done to make it sound better. The primary purpose of the sounds in Guitar Pro seems to be more supportive than anything like getting a high quality recording. I use Logic for stuff that I actually want other people to hear that's more than just a simple backing track to practice with.
love the video sir, but you really don't need to show people how to buy it lol. if someone cant figure out how to purchase a program, they have bigger problems then how to use the software XD
I did not. I grew up in Utah. But I will take it as a big compliment that you think I grew up in SoCal because I always really like the folks I meet from there. I loved the week I spent with a band in San Diego recording, too. Great place.
If you are not "PRO" musical, do not buy this piece of crap software... it's can't transcript your melody mp3 file to the tab automatically... when you use this scam software it will make you feel like: you play CD player and you take a piece of paper and pen to write your melody of you hear from CD player to paper manually...😐
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@SimpleGuitar, I saw a YT video showing how you can insert an actual audio song directly into Guitar Pro 8 rather than using the MIDI?
@@OTCRock4one i didn't watch this entire video, but I think i've read/seen something about being able to change the tuning and/or the keys to songs you import into GP8.
That is what you are asking right? Whether or not you can change existing tabulated songs to Eb? So that the F note on an E string, on an imported song, can then be changed in GP8 to show the F note being played on the 2nd fret (of Eb tuning) rather than the 1st fret?
I've been playing the guitar for many years and never wound of
believed in my wildest dreams that this software would come true. This is a time saver, I just came across it and will purchase it, 4sure.
Awesome!
I had Guitar Pro 7 and I knew already most of the information you addressed. But so thankful to see you explain it all again for anyone who may need to see this. :D
I’m an absolute neophyte at Guitar Pro…not at tab, or music notation, just at GP. I hope you are sincere about answering comments. I have plenty of questions. More tutorials start way above my head even though they call the info “beginner”. This video is very good and I understand…so far. Thanks. JimW …more to follow in future comments…
I am! Shoot those questions over!
First question has to do with input. When entering notes and timing, are there any keyboard shortcuts which will expedite entry?
Second question pertains to guitar fingering notation. Is it possible with GP8 to add left hand fingering on the tab or notation?
Is comments best way to ask questions?
Thanks to this video and your assistance, I can now, after years of owning this software, actually start using it. I will absolutely forward questions as they pop up. BTW, I’m probably your fathers age. So using some software is not “intuitive” to this old brain! Thanks.
@@jimwar1890 Yes you can absolutely use keyboard shortcuts. I use them ALL THE TIME! If you're on tab, you can move between strings and beats within the measure and then hit any number key to show what fret you're playing on that string. If you're in standard notation for guitar you place your cursor on the space or line for the note you want, then you hit a number for what string on the guitar you want that note played on. And in the left side menu there's a button you can hit that will bring up a window where you can select what finger you want to use for the highlighted note.
Thank you Brad for your review and tutorial! 🤘🏻
My pleasure!
I just got Guitar Pro 8. Your vid here helps big time. One thing I haven't been able to find, maybe you can help? For placing chords, it seems you have to have a note for the beat placement of the chord, but I want to place chords where a note is held. For example, on "The Christmas Song," 2nd measure (4/4 time), where the lyrics go: | Chest nuts roas-ting on an | op-en fire |, open fire is two 8th notes, a half note, and a quarter rest. I want to put chords above beats 3 and 4, but since there's no note on beat 3 (the half note spans beats 2 and 3), the software won't let me. I use a work-around by tying two quarter notes in place of the half note, but it makes the lyric melody slightly cumbersome (less easy) to read. Here's my question: Do you know how to place chords anywhere above the melody irrespective of how the melody lays on the beat? Note: It doesn't matter, in this case, if guitar pro will be able to play it back correctly (although that would be nice); I just want to be able to print it out like that.
One quick thing you could do it just insert your chord name as a text placement above the staff. Rather than hitting the 'A' shortcut on the keyboard to place a chord, hit "T" where you want to just insert text. Would that work?
former guitar pro 3 user here, I'm glad to see how better it has got!
Hope you follow up on this tutorial. There really is nothing for real novices who want to publish their songs. As a matter of curiosity, can one add lyrics to the score? Thanks!
You absolutely can add lyrics to the score! I am planning on doing a lot more videos on Guitar Pro 8. In fact, maybe I'll go make one right now :)
I am a new user of GP-8. I have used Ultimate Guitar for 12 years but not GP. learned a lot from this. Thanks
Thanks for the video. Can you add the recorded music of the song to play along with the tab. ?
Thank you
The 101 in the title of your video was spot on. Just downloaded GP 8, and thanks to this video I could start right away!
Thank you very much for this video as I found it to be a helpful introduction to Guitarpro 8. I do have the following request. I wish to be able to simply play my guitar, input the audio directly to Guitarpro 8, and have the tabs automatically created. Does Guitarpro 8 provide this capability? At this time, want to keep it simple and not add backing tracks, etc. Please provide a step by step tutorial regarding how to set this up. Also, please indicate if any additional hardware or software is required and explain how to set this up also Guitarpro 8. Thank you.
Does it have a fret display?
Can GP8 tell me what notes are in my current scale, and suggest chords that I can use?
Also, does it display notes for multiple scales (modulation)?
Cursor at Warp Speed - hey, your cursor in light gray over dark gray simply Disappears when you go from part of the screen to another - rewind a hundred times to see where that cursor is. Can you do a beginner's begging in slow motion?
I just got guitar pro a few days ago for the first time. Looks like a great software tool for us guitarists. Thanks for the tips for this newbie!
i actually really enjoyed this video. i recently got GP again the last one being GP3 or mabe 4 and although i used to be able to use i quite efficiently and read or create music, now with all the new feature and having not been writing music there is a lot i need to learn and re-learn. i liked that after you showed a regular tab off the net, like you said even though it might not be 100% it's deffo good enough to pass. then to show your were very intricate in comparison, as it was your own project. it showed lot more focus of pick tech and stroke and more emphasis on note duration and ring. lol
it was good to see what was actually possible compared to what you would normally see on GP. you should try do something on that. like take a standard DL file and make it as perfect as poss. that would defo be a good watch!
😀Great intro lesson. Brand new here, and this was very helpful. Thanks
Did you ever create the “standard notation-to-tablature” tutorial that you mentioned at the end of this video? I’d love to watch that, as I need to transcribe some sheet music for an upcoming gig. Thanks!
I’m actually making that video tomorrow! It’ll be up Saturday morning
Thanks for the great video. Question - Is it possible to add stems indicating rhythms in the tab notation?
It is! It’s in the stylesheet settings on the Song tab in the right side window
Very helpful - just purchased and your video was a BIG help. Thanks
great video Love the instructions easy to follow, but I have one question ? when I download the song ultimate guitar tabs it's missing the lyrics
All of this is about how to download music. What if I just want to manually type in the info? Just put in my TAB notes, repeats, slides and stuff? Is there any tutorial for ths, I am having fits trying to do this.
Hi, thanks for this! How do I switch fingerboard to left-handed? Thanks!
Good question! If you go up to the top menu option View -> Show Fretboard View, then in the fretboard window on the left side there's a little gear icon button for settings. Click on that and then at the bottom there's an option to make the fretboard left-handed. Hope that helps!
Is there a way to just isolate a couple of bars, say a fill between verses to use to learn that fill?
Great video, just bought it, how do you label things? Like let it ring?
That’s in the left side pane. There’s a lot to explore
Hi Brad …. Thanks for this helpful video. What I am trying to do is to export tab from Ultimate Guitar into a program (in this case Guitar Pro 8) and then create a midi file from the tab. I want to use the midi file to create a multitrack backing track for the song. Do you know of any other software that will let you create a midi file from either guitar tab or standard notation? Thanks again.
You can download a guitar pro file from Ultimate-guitar, and then export the audio of that file. If you go up to File->Export you can select to export your file as MIDI or as Audio files. I'll make a video on this soon. Great quesion and thanks for asking!
I have ultimate guitar pro and guitar pro 8. UG doesn’t show GP8 on opening page with songs that work on GP8
WHat kind of tablature do I use if I want to designate (1) an intro that doesn't repeat; (2) a section that repeats musically, but has different verses; (3) a bridgfe; and (4) a song ending section
Thanks! A question: how can i put a new note between existing notes? or just shift the notes to the right so i have space to insert a note.
I like the GP software but my main gripe is the consistency of tab quality, for instance this master of puppets tab is wrong in some crucial parts and that is not a great thing for beginners
Since most of the tabs are all user generated that does make it tough, but I've found that correcting those tabs is a very, very valuable skill for anyone to deliver. At least most of the time they get you close enough.
thanks in advance for your video: but I still don't understand what guitar pro 8 actually stands for. I would like to learn to play guitar with musical notes. I want to learn step by step: reading notes, practicing scales, learning to play chords. is this app good or are there other apps you can recommend? thank you.
Guitar Pro 8 is a musical notation program. It's can be, but it's not necessarily a learning platform. You can find things that are created as a file in Guitar Pro 8 so that you can see and hear them as you're learning, but it's not like a program where it walks you through learning step by step. If you haven't seen it already, I do have a course that will help you with what you want called the Jumpstart Course that takes you from absolute zero and will get you playing real music right away and get you playing chords and getting up into scales. It's a quick way to get up and going and playing useful, relevant things right off the bat. You can learn more about it and get it her: simpleguitar.com/jumpstart
Is there anyway to write a new track using an instrument plug in or In other words play the the instrument while it automatically transcribes into a music sheet?
My reasons for getting this would be to incorporate the visuals into a guitar leaning video: Not sure if this would allow that?
I use screenshots of Guitar Pro and then manually insert them into my videos, it works great for that.
Great video, How do I change the "Highlight Current played bar" to another color other than pale yellow, say I want to do a pale blue or something?
So I looked into that and I can't find anywhere to change the color of that. It's a great idea, though! You should contact their support and suggest it. Maybe they'll make it available in a future update.
@@SimpleGuitarDotCom True, I did the same, that would be cool feature imho.
I am a very good bassist by ear that also plays decent guitar, but I need to learn to read music. Will GP8 help me do that besides all the other stuff I can do with it in the future?
It can be used as a tool for learning how to read music because you can enter stuff as tablature and it will automatically transcribe it to standard notation, too. You can just select to not see the tab and watch the notation instead if you want to.
Very informative video, Thanks for making it.
My pleasure!
Thank you for your great explanation. Helps a lot.
You are welcome!
Thanks for great tutorial, Brad! 🙏🏼👍 I had set a goal to learn to transcribe in 2023. I bought Guitar Pro 8 in 2022, but was struggling to make of how to use it. You have shown me how to get started, so now I’m on my way.
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Awesome! Glad this helped you out!
I bought version 6 back around 2011. It is a hard copy on DVD. So cool to have.
Hello, I see you're using Guitar Pro on a Mac. I was unable to download G-Pro 8 on my 2022 MacBook Pro. I tried modifying my MB Pro settings but still kept getting "installation failed" messages. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
Can I not transpose the bass track from a 4 string to a 5 string like I can on desktop? That’s super inconvenient if that’s stripped from the mobile version
I love this video,but I’ve been searching far and wide and downloaded free trials cause all I wanna do is play electric guitar into my laptop and have software that can transcribe it into tab and standard notation…any ideas? Thanks
IN TABLATURE NOTATION, IS THERE ANY WAY TO TURN OFF THE LINES/STEMS SO ITS JUST SIMPLE TAB WITH NO TIMING. I WANT IT CLEANER LOOKING WITHOUT ALL THAT. CHEERS
When I press left or right it just creates a whole new bar instead of moving to the next note.
Hi great tutorial! Got a couple of questions, if someone writes a solo in guitar pro, from his website, can I download it into Guitar Pro, and then play it back in it and slow it down? Also as you mentioned change it to a different key?
Yes!
Can you do an advanced video on GP8?
I wanna purchase this but installing the guitar pro 8 is giving me an error. Anyone know whats the problem?
can you do a video on how to cut out measures and paste in new ones and move sections of the score around..........also a video on how bridge across measures with note that are held etc.......
Absolutely I can do all of that. There’s not a super magical way to do the copy/paste, but I have had to do it multiple times and I can show you how. And to tie notes across bar lines, simply put your cursor on the beat 1 notes (right side of the bar line) and press ‘L’ on your keyboard. That’s the keyboard shortcut for tying notes together and it’ll work across bar lines too! Hope that helps!
I would like to ask you if it is possible for the program to record what I play on the electric guitar and then convert that analog sound into a tab, provided that I am connected to the guitar on a PC (with the help of a sound card).
It looks like you can if you have a MIDI capable guitar or keyboard. support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/articles/200602672-GP6-Can-I-plug-a-MIDI-instrument-keyboard-or-guitar-into-my-computer-and-see-the-notes-I-m-playing-
I really would like to know if there is a possibillity to just write Leadsheets in letz say the style of the real book or something simular. I played around with the trial version but did not find something to mainly transcribe the chords in an easy to read way and with propper lead sheet style. so far the only program i found where i can write decente lead sheets is band in a box. but the down part of that program is that it is totaly overloaded with features and its very big to install. are there any suggestions you can make regarding GP or any other program that can do this with ease?
I mean the writng of TAB and and all this might is interesting for metal and rock guitar players and deaftones. but to more jazzy guys or arrangers its totaly useless since musicians can read music in a traditional way and also dont need chord symbol over the note lines. thanx you best regards chris
You can't create rhythm sheets with Guitar Pro. Another easy way to do that is just with a word processor where you paste in the lyrics, double space it, and then put your chords over the right word. However, GP is not just for tab, you can use it for standard notation just as easily & you can toggle if it shows you the chord name over the music or not. You could use it to create a lead sheet that just has the melody in notation & place chords above like in a fake book or something. I'm a fan for making things easy, though, & when I played in jazz band through high school I always appreciated the arrangers that would put the chords above the music.
How do you slow down a piece of music in guitar pro so a student can learn.
I imported a song but I just want to learn it and not write anything but I cant figure out how to make the song big enough to read it. How do I loop sections. I am looking for these answers but cant seem to find them.
Hey Stoney! On the desktop app in the upper left hand side of the top there's a button with a magnifying glass and it might say like 100% next to it. Click on that and you can select different zoom sizes to see your sheet. I use a trackpad so I also just pinch to zoom with two fingers if you have the capability. And to loop songs, you can click and drag to highlight the part you want to loop, then make sure that the loop button that's in the middle right of the top section toolbar is turned on. Then you can just hit play or space bar and it will loop the highlighted section. Here's a video on how to do that and more to learn parts of songs way better: ua-cam.com/video/b0XXf3jcWWU/v-deo.html
@@SimpleGuitarDotCom Thank you for answering. I have figured out how to loop but the other topic will help me. Thank you. I am looking to see if I can import a song from itunes into guitar pro and see the tab on it. I believe so far from what I have read it would need to be a song that has already been edited in guitar pro editing. Am I correct. The song I want to learn the lead parts on is not in songbook or ultimate guitar. Ultimate guitar only has the chords for it not the lead. Thanks in advance for your answer.
I think I have to write the tab myself following this video. Unless the song has been guitar pro edited. I think. I may be able to import the song from itunes but may need to convert it to the MDI whatever it is file. Is that correct? Im still watching videos and may get the answers through doing that but am asking in case I cant find the answer. Thanks.
@@MsDogcat123 yep that's right! The good news is that the skills that you gain by first figuring out the song by ear and then secondly transcribing it into the program are infinitely valuable. It's harder at firsts but completely worth it and the more you do it the better & faster you get.
im trying to turn my songs into tabs and was wondering if i have to do it all manually or if there is a way for it to write the tabs as i play my guitar?
I think if you have a MIDI capable guitar you can play into it. But otherwise it's something you have to do manually. Don't be afraid of that, though, because manually transcribing is one of the most valuable things you can do for your ear and understanding how things work together.
I assume it can show slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs, bends etc.Does it? How?
It absolutely can! It's in the left side pane. I will do a video on this soon, but if you explore that left side pane it's around the middle and there are a lot of different options for different bends and slides. The easiest way to do a hammer-on/pull-off, though, is to use the hot key of just pressing H with the note you want to have the effect on. Hope that helps!
Dude you're so sofisticated, so well explained, props to you and we appreciate that sir.
Thank you!
Well done maestro... this makes teaching way easier now!
Oh man, when I'm teaching classes I use the loop feature on this ALL THE TIME! Glad I could help you out!
Soo ... How do i change the tempo(speed) of the song so I can play along with it / better understand it???
This video will help you out! How To Use Guitar Pro To Learn New Songs
ua-cam.com/video/b0XXf3jcWWU/v-deo.html
Can you flip the tablature? And not have it upside down?
Very helpful thanks mate
You’re welcome!
I "remember" the previous versions were able to display the lyrics of a midi karaoke file, but the current version can't, is this true and how to show the lyrics of a midi file?
You know I've never tried that with a midi karaoke file so I have absolutely no idea about that. I'll look into that & keep you posted.
a question, can youtube videos be converted to midi files?
Nope
cool educational stuff for olfellas , waiting to see more about gp8 , thanx a lot~~~!!!!
Glad you liked it!
Hey Blackpitfather! Do you have any specific questions about Guitar Pro 8 you'd like answered?
@@SimpleGuitarDotCom yes thanx. How to use in real situation this audio /wave track mode...soul be nie to know more 🎸
FG-200D Electric Guitar - can I use this with guitar pro 8? Thank you all.
I honestly have no idea but I’ll look into that. Looks interesting!
Hi. I have tried Guitar Pro 8. My Problem is (the same at Power Tab, Tux Guitar, tab editors ) that if I write my own tab (with notation) and I repeat a Chord that consists sharp ♯ note(for example A major chord) after the first note in the following A major it doesn't repeat the sharp sign ♯ anymore . So It seems to be a fake Chord.(like the c♯ is a c note) . Can You help Me What should I do.? Anyway I like Your Videos. Bye.
You have to change what the key signature is for the song or at least that section of the song. A key signature will display at the beginning of each line what notes are always going to be sharp or flat so that those never appear next to the note. For example, if I'm in the key of G and I indicate that in my key signature at the beginning, then every single F will actually be an F# because there's a # symbol at the beginning of each line giving that instruction. In that case, if you want to play an F instead of F# you'd have to indicate it next to the note with a natural note symbol.
@@SimpleGuitarDotCom Thank You
I'm looking for some software that I can write my own music. I play several instruments and use a Tascam DP-32SD to record (trust me...I'm just an average guitar player), however I'd like to put my songs to musical notation. I have no interest in any other songs that may be in the software catalog. I'd hate to lay out the cost of the software only to find out it may be somewhat different than the software I am presently using. My question to you is will the free version allow me to test Guitar Pro to the point where I can make a rational decision about purchasing the product?
I believe so. You can download it and try transcribing your songs into it. I use it for that, too.
Thanks!
You're welcome!
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Sheez!!!! How many quick launch icons do you have in your bottom bar?!?!?!?!?!? You have that many programs you use that often? 😮😏
Yes, yes I do.
great job giving a quick overview, much appreciated
You are so welcome! I’m glad this helped you out!
Good intro! Thanks.
My pleasure!
3:43 "you spelled chorus wrong you dumbsh*t. other than that, great tab!" Ultimate Guitar comments never cease to amuse me LMAO
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Totally not related questions, but anyone knows any option/software for Windows where we can get those sliding pop up folders/files in taskbar similar to one in video at 3:51??
To answer your question.. no. He is using an Apple OS which gives him that capability. Windows does not have that option. Hopefully that helps.
Tuning is greyed out on Track panel. What does it mean? Is the tuning locked on my songbook files?
Yes. You can't edit Songbook files. It's one reason why I don't like the Songbook files. I've seen unnecessary rests that I want to condense or wanted to adjust how many measures are on a line and whatnot and you can't do any of that on a Songbook file.
How do I scroll through the bars quickly? I read the user guide and it says to hold alt and mouse wheel but it isn't doing anything. The closest shortcut I've found is pressing ctrl + arrows but I want a keyboard key with my mouse wheel cuz taking the right hand off the mouse to press the arrows isn't productive
Oooohhh, good question. I use a trackpad all the time so I just use my fingers, but I'll check that and see if I can find a simple solution for you.
Thank you man. Was trying to find a good website for this.
You’re welcome!
Hey Travis! Do you have any particular questions about Guitar Pro 8? I'm looking for ideas for future videos :)
I was mostly searching for places to download tabs and how to use Guitar Pro 8 in general. My last version was like 4 or 5 I believe so it changed a little.
Can you stack chords by entering the chord name vs putting in the notes that make up the chord
I don’t think so because there are so many different ways to play a single chord across the fretboard so there’s no real way for the software to guess which version of the chord you intend to have.
Can you type in lyrics above the tablature?
Yes. At the top of the left frame there's a LYRICS button and it will put in a word for each note that is notated so it works best if you actually have the melody of the song notated for it to be accurate. It works by assigning a word to each note and then after you hit the spacebar it'll assign to the next note, etc. Other than that, you can use the TXT button in the left frame to add whatever text you want above the line.
I'm still using GP7 and today it started to crashing when I export audio files as MP3 and WAV...
I've been using it for years...
Does anyone know how to solve/fix it?
Oooh, that sucks! I would just make sure that your GP7 is fully up to date as well as your computer. Have you tried reaching out to Guitar Pro support to see if there's an issue? I know that they release these new versions because as hardware and software develop the old versions become incompatible, but it would surprise me if 7 wasn't compatible still.
So Was still using GP6 and have not changed my system other than having to change my hard drive now all of a sudden my GP6 does not work after reinstalling. So making me wonder did you purposely make changes to keep me from using it? and make me upgrade? I did upgrade at one time to 6.5 but lost my key. And my download. This is supposed to be good if I do not change my system for life. I am 66 and don't use it much but I paid for it. And it should still be working. I do not have the budget to keep upgrading everything all the time. Life is short. ???
I am not a part of Arobas Music and don't work with Guitar Pro or anything. But I imagine you'd have to go into your Guitar Pro account at guitar-pro.com and release your license from the previous computer (hard drive) it was installed on so that you can use it on the new hard drive. I believe I've had to do that in the past.
Is the extension for these files that open up in Guitar Pro. GPX? I'm starting the Metal Method course, do you have any tutorials for showing how to loop one section to practice it over and over? This is pretty advanced for a tutorial for beginners.
There are multiple extensions for Guitar Pro files. The latest is ".gp" but you can open any Guitar Pro file made in a previous version in the most current version. For example, you can open .gp3, .gp5, or .gpx files in Guitar Pro 8 and then when you save it it will save as a new .gp file.
You'll want to check out this video that is exactly about how to loop one section to practice it over and over: ua-cam.com/video/b0XXf3jcWWU/v-deo.html
What other things would you want to see in a beginner tutorial? What am I overlooking?
@@SimpleGuitarDotCom, thank you for the explanation. There are those students such as I who have never heard of this product before.
1. The first thing to do for someone who is learning to play the guitar, would be to go over the different extensions, the different ways to open the files, there is more likely than one way to open it, and explain the shortcuts to open such files.
2. Someone who is learning to play the guitar, should only focus how to open the files and how to loop one bar at a time, two bars, etc. until the student is able to play all the bars of a song, so that you are looping the entire song.
3. How to use the metronome on Guitar Pro, and how to sync it to a song.
Learning to make your own tab in Guitar Pro, should be an intermediate lesson. If you had Patreon, I would suggest making PDFs to go along with your tutorials, and they would be Tier Rewards. Thank you for the link, I shall save that video. :)
@@ravenshadowz2343 as someone who has played for years & used Guitar Pro for years it's really easy to overlook things like this. Thank you so much for pointing these out to me. I'll make a video going over all of this.
missing the Lyrics in guitar pro 8 after download tabs from Ultimate-Guitar
Those have to be added manually to a melody line and most guitar players never take the time to do that because they're only worried about the guitar part.
This is just what I needed. I've been meaning to tab some of my original songs I wrote years ago and my covers I have been releasing for my Patreons. Thank you so much!
Nice job! Wish this available when I started playing 50 years ago, but I'd still probably suck.
Thank you! Even after 50 years you can continue to improve and get better! You’ve got this! Are there any other things I can help you with that have been bugging you?
can i hook my guitar to this so i can play along and hear my guitar on there
Yes you absolutely can, but you're going to need a simple audio interface to go between your guitar and computer. So you plug the audio interface into your computer, then plug your guitar into the audio interface. I just found this helpful article that Guitar Pro has on this very topic right here: support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000779397-GP8-Discover-the-Line-In-feature
Let me know if that helps or if you have any other questions!
Great, thanks!
You’re welcome!
Hey Jim! Do you have any specific questions or things that you'd like to see future videos on with Guitar Pro 8?
@@SimpleGuitarDotCom Brad, sorry to take so long to get back. A main challenge is that 'I don't know what I don't know'. My main use for now is developing Electric Bass lines as well as transcribing Bass lines from songs. I'd really like to know about hotkeys to make this process faster and anything else you might throw in for 'someone who doesn't know what they know', i.e., practical use while transcribing. Also, would like to know about page format and entering text above and below staff ... Thanks!
Lmao the comment on the Master of Puppets tab at the 3:45 mark
I still use guitar pro 5...um yeah, only reason i use it is because my dad had it on his external hard-drive
What I stuggle with is I can't make Guitar Pro 8 sound like the good old Guitar Pro 5. That sound is soo damn good and I don't know how to make it sound like the 5
I only briefly used GP5 before they changed to 6. I just found that I can download it and maybe I'll mess around with it and with the soundbanks to see if there's anything that can be done to make it sound better. The primary purpose of the sounds in Guitar Pro seems to be more supportive than anything like getting a high quality recording. I use Logic for stuff that I actually want other people to hear that's more than just a simple backing track to practice with.
TOP!
love the video sir, but you really don't need to show people how to buy it lol. if someone cant figure out how to purchase a program, they have bigger problems then how to use the software XD
I don't think Guitar Pro has the ability to provide any come of support to users. We are supposed to slog through the 300+ pdf doc.
Dude did you grow up in Southern California? You sound and look familiar 🤔
I did not. I grew up in Utah. But I will take it as a big compliment that you think I grew up in SoCal because I always really like the folks I meet from there. I loved the week I spent with a band in San Diego recording, too. Great place.
annoying that you cant move the play button to the bottom of the page
That's why I mostly just use the space bar instead
You forgot to mention that when you click download, you have to log in. Suprise, suprise
It shouldn’t do that at all.
Wait, download what? Guitar Pro?
LOL the Master Of Puppets tabs are wrong. Sorry couldn't help myself.
If you are not "PRO" musical, do not buy this piece of crap software... it's can't transcript your melody mp3 file to the tab automatically... when you use this scam software it will make you feel like: you play CD player and you take a piece of paper and pen to write your melody of you hear from CD player to paper manually...😐
Does guitar pro 8 support left handed players please?
I'm poor and can't afford this and then I was like, oh yeah, I can download a cracked version as a torrent for free. I'm so silly sometimes.
Very awesome. Thank you!