Guitar Tablature Software?

[CPtAJ]

Is there such a beast in the linux world? I need something like guitar pro or powertab that can not only view those formats but also play them. Any ideas?

I tried running guitar pro with wine and it barely worked. I couldnt use it. Is it a configuration problem or does wine simply not support it? Maybe I did something very wrong...](*,)

[IYY]

KGuitar might be what you're looking for. It can edit... Tab, midi, Guitar Pro 3 and 4, and XML.

[GarethMB]

Tux guitar is the best I've found. It needs Java though. They all suck in comparison to GP5.

[Gargamella]

Tux guitar is the best I've found. It needs Java though. They all suck in comparison to GP5.

yes they do

[GarethMB]

Someone should write a good one...any volunteers?

[TLE]

How many of these programs allows you to import from midi and support bass also ?

[ComplexNumber]

Is there such a beast in the linux world? I need something like guitar pro or powertab that can not only view those formats but also play them. Any ideas?

I tried running guitar pro with wine and it barely worked. I couldnt use it. Is it a configuration problem or does wine simply not support it? Maybe I did something very wrong...](*,)
try denemo
http://denemo.sourceforge.net/

[matthew]

try denemo
http://denemo.sourceforge.net/Good news: it's also in the repositories (v0.7.5 is in Edgy) so you can use Synaptic, apt-get, aptitude, etc. to install it. I just installed it and am playing around with it now. Cool little program! Thanks for the referral.

[ComplexNumber]

Good news: it's also in the repositories (v0.7.5 is in Edgy) so you can use Synaptic, apt-get, aptitude, etc. to install it. I just installed it and am playing around with it now. Cool little program! Thanks for the referral.
no worries :). i've been using it(on and off) for about 6 months now.

[CPtAJ]

Hey guys, thanks for the responses. I'm trying out KGuitar and it looks neat. Cant get it to play any sound though. Sound is working fine in other applications so I have no idea what could be wrong...

denemo looks good as well, but it cant open gp3-4 files so I cant use it.

They're all great, the thing is I dont need them to be particularly fantastic, I just need them to play the tabs so I can learns some songs. No need to compose yet.

Any ideas on getting kguitar working properly?

[matthew]

Hey guys, thanks for the responses. I'm trying out KGuitar and it looks neat. Cant get it to play any sound though. Sound is working fine in other applications so I have no idea what could be wrong...

denemo looks good as well, but it cant open gp3-4 files so I cant use it.

They're all great, the thing is I dont need them to be particularly fantastic, I just need them to play the tabs so I can learns some songs. No need to compose yet.

Any ideas on getting kguitar working properly?I haven't had much luck with any of the tab programs on linux, but I admit I haven't really tried too hard. I still have a tendency to grab a piece of paper and a pencil.

I have also found "gnometab" and "songwrite" in the repos and played with them just a little bit along with kguitar. I have yet to get any of them to successfully import ASCII tabs (of which I have hundreds going back to the founding of the OLGA (http://www.olga.net/) in the early 1990's). If you get that to work, tell us all how you did it. I think any of these would be useful for writing and hearing your own tabs, though.

[jem7v]

It's probably not playing because MIDI playback isn't enabled by default in Ubuntu Linux. If you have a sound card that supports hardware MIDI playback, this should help you:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=30963
If not, you could always look at timidity.

[ComplexNumber]

I haven't had much luck with any of the tab programs on linux, but I admit I haven't really tried too hard. I still have a tendency to grab a piece of paper and a pencil.

I have also found "gnometab" and "songwrite" in the repos and played with them just a little bit along with kguitar. I have yet to get any of them to successfully import ASCII tabs (of which I have hundreds going back to the founding of the OLGA (http://www.olga.net/) in the early 1990's). If you get that to work, tell us all how you did it. I think any of these would be useful for writing and hearing your own tabs, though.
no luck with denemo then?

as for kguitar, i couln't get any sound out of it either.

[matthew]

no luck with denemo then?
To be honest, I've installed it but I haven't had time to test it out other than to look at all the menu options.

[wonkycross]

tuxguitar opens and plays gp3,4, and 5 and powertab files. i've tested it on several of my tabs and they all play nicely.

[CPtAJ]

Hey, tuxguitar looks great. I just tried it out. Now all I need to do is figure out how to get midi sound working... I've been putting this off for so long.


It's probably not playing because MIDI playback isn't enabled by default in Ubuntu Linux. If you have a sound card that supports hardware MIDI playback, this should help you:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=30963
If not, you could always look at timidity.

Some of the links on that guide are broken. It hasn't been maintained since 2005. I'll try to figure it out for myself later and send some revisions to the author. What soundfont do you guys recommend for guitars?

[wonkycross]

i think this is the guide i used to get timidity set up --> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MidiSoftwareSynthesisHowTo

as for the soundfont, i use Unison.sf2 thats mentioned in the above howto and i think it sounds pretty nice.