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Arobas Music Guitar Pro - 6 User's Guide

1. 1 LPaul Neck Bridge 3 Jo Strat Middle Bridge D 3 600 Strat Neck a 480 Steel Mart amp Co 4 Strat Middle strinas Y Electric Guitars Humbucker L Paul L Paul Y Acoustic Guitars 12 Strings Y Strings The Audio panel With the Audio panel you will be able to load up and save or set and customize your effect chains It can contain up to 5 effects and you can save up to 4 variations per track What this means is that you have the possibility of setting up 4 different chains for any given track and you can switch from one to another just as you would on a multi effect rack Edit gt Variations menu See below for instance how this particular variation has been renamed Crunch Click on the empty boxes to add some effects on the lt and gt arrows to move the pedal within the effect chain on the little crosses to delete any effects and on the swith button below the pedal s name to bypass the effect Cello Ensemble 2 Cello Contrabass Ensemble Contrabass Harp Viola Ensemble Viola Violin Ensemble Violin Crunch Sustain Rev Time Level lt ORANGE SQUEEZE gt COMPRESSOR hip If you add a Wah Wah pedal to your effect chain it can be used as a fixed filter or to obtain j Y the genuine Wah Wah effect by adding its Open o Close positions to the score with the
2. HES E a The playing order for the bars here is as follows 1 2 1 2 3 Repetitions This adds a repetition symbol at the beginning of the active bar This tells you if the bar is meant to be played depending on the number of times it has already been played That symbol is used together with the repeat signs For instance SSS SS HH The playing order for the bars here is as follows 1 2 1 3 Directions This function will add the Coda Double Coda Segno Segno Segno and Fine symbols as well as 11 other different types of coda jumps Octave clef This little symbol means that you are to play the score an octave higher than what is actually written If you click on that button the notes will be moved down one octave on the score and a little 8va will be added The other symbol 8vb means the opposite and the two other buttons 15va and 15vb extend it to two octaves 2 Symbols related to the definition of a note A a Le r r a mM oo r b b E x bf Ppp PP p mp mf f Note s duration A note s duration can go from the whole note to the to the sixty fourth note This affects the beat on which the note is placed If you wish to place on a same beat some notes that have different duration value you can use the multi voice editing mode You can also add dotted notes double dotted notes and simple or poly rhythmical n tuplets Ties Copyright 1997 2012 Aroba
3. Minimal Requirements MIDI Playback e Administrator s rights for installation Internet connection for activation e Intel processor e 1 GB RAM with 256 MB free HD space e DVD ROM drive Minimal requirements with the RSE Realistic Sound Engine e Administrator s rights for installation Internet connection for activation e Intel Core 2 Duo 2 4GHz e 2 GB RAM with 2 GB free HD space e DVD ROM drive Possibility to active via another computer connected to the Internet B Installation on Windows 1 To install Guitar Pro e Insert the Guitar Pro DVD ROM in your drive e If the setup program does not start automatically double click on My Computer double click on CD ROM drive then double click on Windows setup exe file and follow the instructions e You will be asked to accept the terms of the license of use and will let you select the setup directory for the software e The installation of Guitar Pro creates a shortcut to the software on the desktop as well as in the Start gt Programs gt Guitar Pro 6 menu of Windows Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 4 2 To start Guitar Pro To start Guitar Pro double click on the Guitar Pro shortcut on the desktop or use the Start gt Programs gt Guitar Pro 6 menu 3 To uninstall Guitar Pro If you wish to uninstall Guitar Pro please use the menu Start gt Programs gt G
4. You may then add any changes you like anywhere on the score for tempo volume and panoramic menu Edit gt Automations gt Edit Automations or F10 or by clicking on the corresponding buttons at the bottom of the Edition panel You may choose to have those changes of parameters appear or not appear on your score Furthermore you may modify your effect chain See Audio You cannot however change soundbanks for a current track 2 GuitarPro SAS Master track Constant value Snap to grid Apply The Edit gt Variations menu allows you to swap variations in your effect chain see Audio What s more it will let you modify the variations on each of the 4 voices see Audio It is now possible to add soundbank changes into the tracks see Audio tip The status bar shows the current tempo Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 20 Adding Symbols Guitar Pro allows you to insert all of the musical symbols into the score and particularly those specific to the guitar Most of these symbols are taken into account whenever the score is being played Certain effects or musical symbols can be applied to a selection of notes e g Let Ring Palm Mute etc The symbols can be found on the Edition panel 1 Symbols related to the bar E i 3 i amp al E sa ao DG Clef
5. F6 and indicate that the C written on the score will sound as a Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 14 Bb Tip You can also apply that option for guitar that uses a capo or is set in open tuning That way you can maintain the original tonality of the piece you play while the notation of the particular track you are working on is made easier for you to read To that effect do remember to check on your Stylesheet F7 the option Capo and shifted tunings impact standard notation Click on OK to continue You can further choose a soundbank set the tuning and the capo etc in the Instrument panel You are now ready to write the score You may also add some new tracks to it Adding Tracks Guitar Pro can handle a virtually unlimited number of simultaneous tracks the limit being what your computer can handle What instrument you choose determines what type of staff you get Grand staff for piano tablature for guitar and so on Besides this also sets the range of the instrument and the notes that are out of range may appear in red See Stylesheet To add a new track use the menu Track gt Add or click on the icon above the Soundboard to the left Select your Instrument Family Instrument Guitars Bass Guitars Overdriven 7 Strings Exotic Guitars Distortion a Strings Drums and Percussions Nylon 12 Strings keybo
6. In that case it may be useful to use the Bar Arranger tool See Sound settings for more information Q Importing files The various File gt Import menus let you import other types of music files MIDI ASCII Music XML PowerTab TablEdit directly into Guitar Pro See MIDI ASCII Music XML Import PowerTab TablEdit for more information hip The C key copies the beat your cursor is on at the end of the bar This can be very useful to reproduce an arpeggio or a rhythm pattern Here are some important notions about capturing notes Triplets and n tuplets When you group some notes together in a same beat you need to attribute the same n tuplet 3 5 to each beat from that group Guitar Pro automatically links the notes together as soon as their total duration falls on a multiple value of the chosen n tuplet For more complex n tuplets you can configure the number of notes as well as the total duration of the group e a Aa na 3 notes asthe same duration as 2 notes The n tuplets are managed in the Note gt Duration menu or by using the corresponding toolbar For more information on n tuplets see Understanding Notation Ties A tie is basically a note that isn t played as such It merely indicates that the duration of the preceding note is augmented by the duration of the note tied to it The tie appears as a regular note in standard notation but it is invisible in tablature Guitar Pro fills i
7. A o o ei ER E Emo 47 48 57 CHOPS OMA OO IO O e e o Po O A 10 26 48 62 gle ge Sere ee ner ene ne es ee oia 6 10 27 57 CORES DAN ia iaa 10 CORES Palacio roba 6 a 1 AI A A E E A ID wel nuaiiin EA 6 E ne PIP UP o LE O 12 20 56 62 o ie ee Te TT rr ee Te rT er rr o A An 6 20 32 COMPPesSO dsb oncecesaaanawecencenddusasus i aaa rro tdi rta 6 COMC Cr CONS Pe I eo y ePOS o 0 A 12 COMCcart TON san clica E A toda 6 COD ri tao 6 11 30 33 44 59 e POCO POE OO O E O UA e A 40 52 59 COSO Das ds 22 o e Ine o E ane peuusne 6 24 27 32 38 42 57 58 DU EREET o II E e TTT E T TTT 55 DEEE E Oy atten sa A AE EEA A AAE E iia 22 CS lay ODEO ls aAA E EE A A 8 35 DOUQ COUN e ea E EE E E E E i 6 CCN E EEE A E E E A E AEE AE E E E EE E E E ET 8 33 36 EDL EE AEE E o A re A E ee E E A E iain 6 10 15 18 20 21 55 63 oo ais aE EEEE E o UE O A E E 10 12 16 17 19 29 o A 555 III o o O o PUED 6 o A o o A AE TTE er err re ere rere errr te ee 6 8 10 22 25 26 36 38 42 62 o A e o A 10 OU e iaetias 6 41 OO aac A o o O o oa 8 43 44 P rea 24 62 Fade o O E II ins ctsecsani 24 62 Pe 818 E POPE po Un E a PEE o Eo A nr a 6 22 57 61 eE 5 5 e A 3 4 11 12 18 30 34 40 42 43 44 52 60 63 Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 66 late R ea A E n E E E E E E 26 32 47 Pee CNW apine aar A A E a A 6 20 o O EE E O 8 1
8. E E A eed 16 20 22 23 25 57 o nn o O oo o A 8 19 23 26 34 36 39 40 41 52 59 60 PPP oO OOOO 6 A E EE IIS II E 44 54 DO DINO ataca 26 27 DOME E A Fe A E io 39 POWIE A e o E o see rneerenenedadieannanmbria 17 43 54 PEE T E ds 18 40 54 63 64 ao e eo o o eE E A A T AT 12 PONS SS E iia 13 27 35 41 55 63 O o Ann e OC O OU UE E ES edeneu nea ENA 24 CTCL DIST S PPP Agen RU POE 5 e a e UU nego 9 Rice bce Le o PORO ttm A CO PA 6 26 57 62 Re ASG Sound ENGIN O conan otitis 3 36 60 o A E en iNsen celia E Ir A 20 21 56 63 POSS SUD e P E T EET AEE EE E EE A T T E EE T io eesnants 15 bento Mis y TINO EEE A EE E E A E A EEEE E I AE E E EE TEE E aera 21 geal Ee p n e Ag E E A E A TE E E E A 3 REE O Pe eo E E E omens T E ENE A A E E A T I 6 EEE EEE RA 9 16 17 20 24 30 39 42 43 o OI no E PA A T E 3 6 26 36 39 44 60 64 AE ENS 49 50 51 59 SC E e R OE E REO TE Un O 49 50 51 score6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 34 35 36 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 57 59 60 Score POM Orio dan Elida 12 54 COTO S A E A O er O EE 0 En A RR 6 8 11 31 36 O il tre a E ERARIO 7 15 27 29 30 40 56 64 A PE E e O PS ro o E O A 23 SoN a aaaeeeseunamncaa ation ieeee ea ae 8 10 11 14 15 17 19 26 32 39 40 42 50 60 PP UA a E OO O A 9 A Or E e 00 A a 29 la o o E LCR 6 Sle Dir otra abs 6 o A oo E o ETTO 26 27 a
9. Notation Double accidentals Free time bars Simple and double simile marks Multirests Double dotting Configurable n tuplets Fermata Accented notes Left hand tapping Rasgueado Arpeggio Two types of grace notes Ornaments mordent and gruppetto Slash notation above and or within tabs Extended barre Timer Grand Staff for the piano Tablatures supporting up to 8 strings Concert tone and transposing tone Partial Capo 3 clefs Complete Stylesheet to entirely mySongBook Score Portal What is it customize your scores symbols fonts proportions etc Instant switch between classic and jazz styles Edition Improved options for multiple selection Extended copy paste special paste between tracks from multiple selection Chord Library to place chords faster on the score Simplified capturing of grace notes More intuitive capturing of accidentals Editing over 4 voices and in multi voice mode Direct clicking on the elements of the score Revised and improved automations Unlimited Undo Redo Interface Edition Panel Instrument Panel RSE Panel Mastering Panel Chords Panel Lyrics Panel Multi document interface Full screen mode Sound Over 100 soundbanks available in RSE Configurable chain of effects pedals amps racks for each track Global tuning of the master track compressor reverb equalizer 5 band semi parametric equalizer for each track Choice of playin
10. Playback Lets you adjust tempo in the Automation window See Score Playback See Inserts Events Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com Midi Input Active RSE Realistic Sound Engine Audio settings View menu 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 Window menu Next Tab Previous Tab gpx Help menu Index Launch Updater About User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 60 Activates or deactivates MIDI capturing See Adding Notes to the Score See Sound Settings Activates or deactivates the RSE When deactivated the sound is MIDI only See Score Playback See Sound Settings Opens the Audio Settings window See Sound Settings See Organizing Bars Sets the display on multi track mode See Display settings Sets the score on concert tone mode See Creating a New Score See Display settings See Display settings See Display settings Sets display on vertical scrolling mode See Display settings Sets display on horizontal scrolling mode See Display settings Enables the mini browser in the bottom left corner Activates the smooth scrolling mode during playback See Score Playback Opens the Instrument panel depending on the type of track fretboard keyboard or
11. a oe eye ro OP UE o OO oni 6 57 62 O ORAR 25 58 BO i 0 PERENE PP e EEE FL 0 E T TET 10 24 25 26 36 39 41 43 44 52 60 SOU gio 87 q PIP PPPoE A no OR O EE ieee an nen rriauuaunten anise nites 14 15 36 018 90 81513 lt ARO PO o In O OR E PO E II IA 6 19 SOMOS traia eat 11 14 19 34 35 40 43 o E E EEE E E E E e o E E 6 020 110 Aoi UU III o O E aaa 23 Standard mo caida an 12 14 15 16 17 20 24 26 Sa 14010 o gt EA TO TO e CU 05 EPE O OE O Agen 11 19 Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 68 PP UC UU o y o OA 17 27 57 a thony ase E E 8 VSS WSS o same A pt iadudent saya A E TTT TTT 6 8 14 23 24 26 32 42 48 54 63 64 SIMON ias 6 8 10 15 20 21 32 56 tabla tU Biasia eses erent einai 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 22 23 25 26 27 31 35 42 43 47 48 49 57 62 MT SS APPPOPON00oOP 0Oo K P o e o Io oO o E ET 6 34 TE aa 17 43 54 ODI i waacecoctucateasnmantueneedi RA E A A 6 23 24 26 EE DAEL ELR PO o e Po ERE o Agr EN 12 54 o A eto O O E E E E eins 9 19 20 22 39 40 42 52 59 TR POPE o o E en A Ue o A Re detent 10 11 32 WES isso a ones 17 21 a e Pe PA O SO 5 benhdais eel thou rail Anse vs 9 13 15 17 20 59 la E E EEE A E EEEE05 T ROA 6 27 57 62 A O PO Co RRA 8 10 16 49 track 6 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 22 24 27 28 30 31 33 34 35 36 38 39 40
12. and Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 39 buttons If you wish to start the Wah Wah effect at any precise point you can set up two variations with one including a bypassed Wah Wah and one with an active one Midi Sound Definition MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface This is a protocol a universal language to transmit digital musical information between computers synthesizers sequencers etc MIDI files include messages that can precisely describe a score notes rhythm tempo instrument etc The quality of the sound you produce will depend on your equipment soundcard actual or virtual synthesizer and not on Guitar Pro as such as the program will merely send information about pitch and duration to your equipment for it to transform that information into sound Similarly the list of the instruments available in Guitar Pro is defined by the general MIDI norms and is not extensible unless you use some specific equipment rroubleshooting sound Depending on your soundcard you may hear some crackling sounds during playback If so simply change the Hardware Acceleration property With Windows XP right click on your desktop then click on Properties select the Settings tab click on Advanced select the Troubleshoot tab and turn Hardware acceleration to None With Windows Vista 7 go to Start menu Co
13. can now open up to 8 files simultaneously which makes it easier to work on different versions of a same piece as well as copy paste between different files and work on different scores generally Each new opened file appears in a new tab and you can select it by way of it or by going down the View menu See Creating a new score Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 12 Using Guitar Pro Writing a Score Creating a New Score Guitar Pro 6 makes it possible to work on several files at the same time Each file will appear under a tab above the score s window To create a new score in Guitar Pro you need to follow these steps 1 New score Use the __ File gt New menu This menu first opens a new score based on the chosen template with default presets attributed to the tracks or an empty document in a new tab and then opens out the Score Information window Score Properties Enter here the general information for the score title artist Score Information etc Title Rijsel Song Subtitle Click on OK to validate and continue Artist Franck Du Album When you set your templates you can set certain values by default Words Cari Artist Lyrics Music Music Cop 2 Key signature In the Edition panel click on at to open the Tone window Select the key and the mode major or minor of the score If y
14. descending order Ionian 1st mode of major Ionian and Aeolian Mixed Ionian and Lydian Mixed Ionian and Dorian Mixed Ionian and Mixolydian Mixed Key note step C V Prefered alteration nentatanic Find scales from selection All key notes Selected key note 1 O fee Go oe ON ie NM Accuracy 100 88 88 88 88 78 78 78 Key note Scale Ionian 1st mode of major Ionian and Lydian Mixed Ionian and Mixolydian Mixed Ionian and Lydian Mixed Ionian and Mixolydian Mixed Ionian and Dorian Mixed Ionian and Dorian Mixed Ionian and Dorian Mixed hip If the scale search gives bad results it may be because the score includes a change of tones In that case you need to find that change by ear and limit your scale analysis to a range of bars with no tonal change hip Guitar Pro does not allow you to directly place a scale from the scale tool on the tablature However by displaying the scale on the fretboard it is then easy to click on it to place the notes on the tablature You can also right click to make the cursor move to the right after adding a note Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 50 Virtual Fretboard The fretboard offers many features It can be used to view the notes of the score to enter them or to visualize the scales To activate the fretboard use the View gt Fretboard menu
15. drumkit See Fretboard See Keyboard Hides the Global View to focus on the score See Score Playback See The Main Screen Sets the score s display on full screen mode See Display settings See The Main Screen Brings the next tab to the fore Brings the previous tab to the fore Brings the file named gpx to the fore Opens the Help files See Installation Opens up the Guitar Pro Updater which gives you automatic access to the latest updates See Installation Gives you general information about your version of Guitar Pro Arobas Music and the technologies at play See also Technical Support Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 61 Keyboard Shortcuts Notes and rests o WINDOWS MACINTOSH II y y Rest RO 07 7 T 9 lt z Susgestedrote fo Strongly accented mote o Stato SCS e Palm Mute onthe note p Artificial harmonic Bend V SY w Vibrato right hand heavy XW Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com L lt X gt aE T gt U T E gt gt a a O O 0 Q 0 y er er y V N y Q 5 PF M po o PF y er O gt cr lt O lt gt User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 62 fAccent fingering O wenoo ws macintosh rear ss IO e s e na ten O O IO oo o COM oo S o ooo e e S
16. engine the scale engine the guitar fretboard etc Opening out onto the world with the many import export functions allowing you to make the most of hundreds of thousands of scores available on the Internet mySongBook gives you access to a sheet music library directly from Guitar Pro 6 Improve your guitar skills with accurate totally secure and legal scores You do not have Guitar Pro No problem get access to our collection through the brand new mySongBook Player available on our website page It consists in a free and totally stand alone Player A few important points to understand how Guitar Pro works Custom display options You can work with a page type of display for your score or in screen mode horizontal or vertical SO as to make the most of the available space on your screen You can also choose a full screen mode or a 2 page mode You may change the proportions and the page settings of your document at any time with the Stylesheet You can also select whichever tracks you want to be visible Automatic page setup Guitar Pro automatically adjusts the vertical placement of the various elements of the score Note capturing is made very fast for a result that is equivalent to professional songbooks Musical accuracy Guitar Pro automatically adds the barlines and checks the synchronization of the various tracks Your score thus remains consistent in terms of musical rules Such rigour may appear constraining t
17. or copied notes or bars See Cut Copy Paste Select all notes of the current voice on the active track See Cut Copy Paste See Organizing Bars Selects one of the voices or the multi voice mode for editing See Adding Notes to the Score Opens a window to bring you directly to a selected bar See Adding Sections Opens the automation window to insert automations into the track See Inserting Events Lets you add an effect chain variation to the track See Sound Settings Adds an instrumental or percussion track to the score See Adding Tracks Deletes the active track See Adding Tracks Moves the active track up the list See Adding Tracks Moves the active track down the list See Adding Tracks Opens the active track s Properties window See Creating a New Score See Adding Tracks Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com Bar menu 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 gt Multi Rest Force Line Break Prevent Line Break System Layout User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 56 Inserts a bar before the current bar See Organizing Bars Deletes the bar s selected See Organizing Bars Opens the Clef window See Adding Symbols Opens the Key Signatu
18. person indicates which fingers pluck the strings P is for the thumb i for the forefinger m for the middle finger and so on This can be changed in the Stylesheet It is displayed before the note in standard notation or under the tablature if there is no standard notation Display string number on standard notation For any given note you can have the string number show on the staff Pickstroke The pickstroke function lets you to set the direction for your pickstroke A v means that the movement is upward from the highest to the lowest pitched string Tapping The tapping effect consists in playing a note by tapping the corresponding fret with a finger of the right hand or of the left hand often both The string is not played as it usually is The T symbol is displayed above the tablature to indicate a tapping effect In Guitar Pro a tapping effect is set for the whole chord This effect is interpreted by the Guitar Pro Audio engine Slap bass The slapping effect consists in slapping the string with your right hand thumb for a right handed person while rotating your wrist to obtain a percussive sound The slapping effect is often followed by a popping effect see below Slap bass samples are part of the bass sound banks for more realistic effect Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 27 Pop ba
19. pur rat E A 34 A o e O O on E Oo Pa 35 o A o O E E E ro E E 36 o A A y II E E E ite 40 PRINTING irrita 42 Importing SCOFO Sisi N A AAA 42 EXDOFlING SCOFOS iii AAA AAA 43 USING MYySONgBOO Kirai 45 TOOIS Tor GuUITaFiSES cima A ia 47 Chord Diagrami Generato rvcsettssieiaiidce0ccacnaalless acrilico tri a 47 a A o PA e a a 49 D lar DO re A E ese 50 Virtual A e E EE ai auenaunnuueteaa wenemenataeees oul PR O OE EE A E een E 52 Meco rca tri a lacio E 52 AA AAA gn one 54 Drop Down MCRUS scr 54 Keyboard SIO FCS soe crc dice cienctenijmaceuneusd E E ii 61 PNG CX PE o y y LL 65 Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 3 Getting started Installation A Minimal requirements depending on your Operating System 1 Windows XP Vista Win7 or Ubuntu officially supported GNU Linux distribution Minimal Requirements MIDI Playback e Administrator s rights for installation Internet connection for activation e Intel Pentium 4 type processor e 1 GB RAM with 256 MB free HD space e Soundcard DVD ROM drive Minimal requirements with the RSE Realistic Sound Engine e Administrator s rights for installation Internet connection for activation e Intel Core 2 Duo 2 4GHz e 2 GB RAM with 2 GB free HD space e Soundcard DVD ROM drive Possibility to activate via another computer connected to the Internet 2 Mac OS X 10 4 or later
20. the address you gave when you signed up Do change it as soon as you can In case the e mail address you used to create your license is no longer active do contact us directly on the Guitar Pro customer support area with a brief explanation of your problem Can I suggest a new piece for the mySongBook portal An area dedicated to suggestions will be created soon For the moment you can suggest your title artist on our community powered area GetSatisfaction Your question has not been answered Please do consult our Frequently Asked Questions or send us your message directly via the support section Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 47 Tools for Guitarists Chord Diagram Generator The Chord Diagram Generator not only allows you to make your tablature richer it constitutes in and of itself a genuine reference tool for guitarists even independently of tablature To open the chord diagram tool use the Note gt Chord A menu Just like every tool in Guitar Pro the Chord Diagram Generator automatically adjusts to the tuning chosen for the active track You may therefore generate chord diagrams even for exotic tuning modes such as cannot usually be found in chord charts The chord diagram tool is composed of several areas Falo 2auoq EX DbaugF C aug E Faddk 3 n03 Aaddb1 3 n053F ObaddkbiStnoS1F Craddb13fno51ER
21. type in the lyrics properly speaking Guitar Pro automatically distributes each syllable over a different beat The change of syllable occurs when a SPACE or a HYPHEN appears You may thus use the hyphens to separate syllables in a word If you do not wish Guitar Pro to separate two words however you can replace the space in between them with PLUS symbol If you wish to leave a blank on a given beat just add several hyphens or consecutive spaces The line breaks are considered as spaces On the other hand several line breaks constitute only one space You can thus make your text more open without problems Parts of a text set in between brackets will not appear on the score You can thus utilize the brackets to add comments or indicate the headings of various parts INTRO VERSE CHORUS Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 29 Adding Sections Sections are markers to allow you to easily get to any part of the score They can be set as letters and or names Intro Chorus Verse etc The markers are tied to the bars and are therefore linked to the master track To add sections you can Click on the button in the Edition panel Use the menu Sections gt Insert Remove You can navigate between sections by use of the shortcut keys Cf Shortcut Keys Tip You can also go directly to
22. using the various menus or the Keyboard to change tracks Display Parameters for Every File The various View menus Page 1 by column or 2 by column Parchment Vertical Screen and Horizontal Screen set the way in which the score appears If you want to work directly on the paper view use Page or Parchment mode The Parchment mode removes the page breaks With Vertical Screen Mode the bar organization is done automatically The Horizontal Screen Mode is useful in multitrack view The ES button located in the top right hand corner sets your display on Full Screen mode and thus reduces the Global View and the menus In Track gt Properties you get to chosse which types of staff you want to be visible tablature standard or slash Display Options for each File Use the View gt Multitrack menu to activate or deactivate the multitrack mode Whenever the multitrack view is activated the gt icons in the Global View let you choose to have only one track visible or all of them or a selection only Note that the active track will remain visible The tuning and chord diagrams are shown only for the tracks that have the icons activated Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 36 Sound Settings Guitar Pro proposes two different technologies useable simultaneously to play the score MIDI and the RSE The RSE Sound The RSE Realis
23. when you just want to navigate over it There are several ways to capture notes into the score OU Capturing notes on the keyboard Most of the capturing is done on the numerical pad e Move on the staff with the arrows e Use the numbers to enter the notes e Und minus keys to change the note s duration e Use the INSERT and DEL keys to insert or delete notes See Keyboard shortcuts for more information O Capturing notes with the mouse If you prefer using the mouse you can use the following tools e The virtual guitar fretboard menu View gt Instrument panel to choose the notes e The lt and gt buttons on the fretboard to move around the score e The note duration keys from the Edition panel to change the lengths of notes e The Note gt Insert and Note gt Delete menus to insert or delete notes See The Virtual fretboard and Keyboard for more information O Capturing notes with a MIDI instrument Midi Input The Sound gt MIDI Capture menu allows you ETE to use a MIDI instrument keyboard guitar Device IES Y to capture the score note by note Type Midi Guitar Delay E Start Capture You may add some latency Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 17 hip If you edit the rhythm after you have captured the notes instead of for every note it is possible that you get misplaced barlines
24. ws MACINTOSH ra nee e fe IO CUT CO CCOO CC navigator o s Coo mna o ars eta Cs rei o e Settings NDS MACINTOSH Pe arman es es IO CI CAMA A retenes fr semis i CT E ENDOWS A eee are tengths re a A oem vices feet Jn Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 65 Index CCS LEO NOLS OOOO q TS T E A E A A A etre nee adda nnn teen 22 23 61 ACCES CiMOCCS ratas 6 alealea Spee Sarco 6 9 12 17 22 61 ANS US Sr A E EEE E EE O E E A A A E EE EE E A A E E 20 56 APEC raid A AA E E a 6 26 57 62 me dle lla E voce scorers ER e et EEN naan cLitcemen E E 23 58 O e o A A Eo e 17 42 43 54 E A o e e o TTI ETTO E OONO E T E D P EEE oat 14 19 26 36 38 39 60 EO ea UL y Pe E A E E E E 0 ge E EE o o e 6 O MOLO sind ir E A AA 6 41 55 E o AA T E E A T EEEE E E 8 A atracan 8 15 17 20 Dai E OO II O va ere ee ened dere e E A 6 48 DASS S iio ico EEE TATTI TTA AIA A PE E E E E TTE TEETE EREET 8 36 DEAS a E ro A O 0D E E E 13 17 27 57 EE e i E A E E E E TEE EE 9 10 15 17 21 22 24 26 28 34 48 50 51 57 58 59 61 62 63 ao EE E E PE 9 E ESETE EEE E A E A E E E E ETE 23 24 58 Bena Release sociales ano ii A in 23 FONS a iaa 11 60 BO e APP a o E 26 57 62 Glow o e RO O O 6 o O e e E tiaeessea mimes in niet eee en petidadaun E ising teeapinaanes 33 39 43 chord didor a eo o gus mmunaieeqanuad tak 10 47 48 CGE
25. 011 24 The Stylesheet allows you to display the bend in standard notation too ge f CTS Y Here s an example of what you can do 2 oP Fade in violin effect This consists in using the volume knob on an electric guitar to raise the sound and not hear the attack of the pick on the note It can also create the impression of a reversed track Fade out This consists in turning the sound progressively off with the guitar s volume knob Volume swell This is a fade in leading directly into a fade out Grace note before the beat A Grace note is an ornamentation that consists in a very short note played before another one In Guitar Pro you can add a grace note for each string However it is not possible to set several grace notes on the same string A grace note does not count for the bar duration and for the rhythm display Grace note on the beat Same as a grace note before the beat except here it starts right on the beat thus slightly delaying the following beat Hammer On Pull Off The hammer on HO pull off PO is a transition between two notes played on the same string The first note is played normally while the second one is not played by the right hand for a right handed person 13 For a hammer on the second note is higher than the first one and it is played by tapping the tip of your finger on the string while keeping the finger corresponding to the first note on the fretb
26. 41 42 43 47 49 50 51 52 54 55 56 59 60 o e cua eat mpan nena ne nie eee a at E a O nates ames 6 8 11 12 14 31 33 35 41 44 55 59 Pan S POSH TOM uta ad evita ian uaid wea nuamcuielelaadunantases Lenteaesunmnueccartelesandsdanhanseatanenulataunas 6 12 20 SION e recreate tet E EE EET e eee ete nun ee brand hates eee Ga anointed dado anata 25 58 PENO Dd ere eral erammminti iia E 25 58 A A E E O E E o RA 25 58 ll SC OS E a UA A A A O UU A 13 aaie e POP e uo o O II 9 17 EU ici A O CCOO 5 A e y 8 An o PP E e e e o een 52 59 PPP O LAN RON 6 8 10 11 14 32 52 o eE A o eo A 25 39 52 Und ROO aro ii ida 6 18 NE le ON A e o tl EE AAE EE 19 38 55 WU ACO isin vec peep EEE EE AEE E EPE T ETERNAN E5 5 tas staae 25 26 58 o REA 6 18 22 31 55 59 64 VOM WAI aeeie AE EA AT EEE 24 Va VV Aa A E 26 38 WAV EPO nyren eia E EEEE E a E oa 6 44 54 MIA O WS o 3 6 34 39 WIFI St oda 31 ZOOM e O a Ugg ES A 11 44 Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com
27. 6 24 26 48 49 50 51 60 TE ORO A o e RUE O eee ae ota nae era eal 9 23 25 48 TRSttSd MS SNS rr abra ida cai 8 9 14 FAR CSS rin pa i sopas copia 6 A P e E E E E E T E E N TE 22 GlabDal T E E A E A E E ati 11 13 14 30 34 35 60 ECC E Eee o A A TA E E E T 24 o AI 5 6 Grand Starr cisco 6 16 so PP e deka semesters 6 25 SA AA AE E EE Tr O IO 8 25 36 Hammer Olesa delata ds ee E 11 24 PIM O Macario tidad arias dad cba 6 MODO arica nicol io atorado rT ee Te her ne ee 8 17 42 43 st ona 3 MSI Nets 12 14 15 16 39 40 41 42 48 51 asia o to no o ee Roe 10 14 16 19 33 36 39 60 64 Imstrument Pane lara daaiiiiiviada cola o iio e dadas 6 60 rc A o O A uate ee rnin eats 6 10 NV UM ii 25 OZ AEE TE EA P O o e o A 6 e re o A o OOO E 9 12 16 17 20 24 25 49 51 A 0 II ee ee Sn ee ere ee ee ee Te eT ee 9 12 20 24 25 a oo as AE TE else nee o PP EA 16 34 35 49 51 60 61 LAN VTS OSAAT o II III A 7 39 42 43 54 Pm II On A E a a TT 23 24 LSE PENN PEE 5 E oo 23 31 58 59 61 ic a e Eo O O E o eater eae neert aan 15 A eE A ee Rat OOO EO E oO ne 3 4 6 WM ea A 11 28 RP E E A E A P T A 11 28 ETOS allel ee a E 5 II E A Poo o A 6 Ma O Srita iii 3 4 a o E E E e O e O PP ER E o Ena ean ea ae 8 A T o e leo r O O O 29 34 Mei ds eee U 0O PM P o e e oi O E E O E E iden eae 6 29 36 Masterind Dallas dor loto cales tends tenes ean daean tne ceteetameuta sans an oa 10 36 Mie SUS NAG ING Lacasa E iaa 6
28. 97 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com The Main Screen User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 10 The new interface has been entirely redesigned to make it user friendlier at the same time as more comprehensive while remaining faithful to the major aspects that have constituted Guitar Pro s identity Edition Sound Tools and Sharing It now consists in a better displayed ever more readable score accompanied by 6 retractable panels that allow the user to instantaneously access all of the tools he she needs for editing sound tuning and adding chords and texts to the score ppp pp p mp x i th 1 Steel Guitar A E 3 Drumkit rasg Bar 001 012 0 00 0 39 Guitar Pro 6 Blues Jazz Acoustic Blues Blues amp Jazz Acousti Acoustic BLUES Guitar Pro 6 WTH Realistic Sound Enaine 4 2 step D Me iL a FSS Sy A TT 1100000001 vam Acoustic Blues with Realistic Sound Engine This new panel based presentation together with a generally more dynamic design constitutes the Guitar Pro 6 signature The tabs to the left allow you pull out the six panels or universes 1 The Edition panel 2 The Instrument panel 3 The Effects panel 4 The Mastering panel 5 The Chords panel Contains all of the symbols you need to write a score in standard as well as tablature notation or in rhythmical slash notation You
29. Click on OK to validate 5 The track s properties 6 Track properties Full Name Steel Guitar Short Name S Gt Transposing instrument Notated middle C sounds as m One octave higher Same octave One octave lower Two octaves lower Double click on the name of the track in the Global View to open the Track s properties window menu Track gt Properties to give it a name a short name and set which types of notations tablature Standard or rhythmic slash notation you want to be visible Managing transposing and non transposing instruments You can now change the tonality as well as the octave of a track directly in the Track Properties dialog box F6 Display the current track s information and choose the tonality you wish it to be in from those offered on the roll down list 1 The position of the notes on the staff may also be changed depending on the option you select from the roll down list in 2 If you wish to see the changes appear on the score make sure that you have un selected the option Capo and shifted tunings impact standard notation on your stylesheet F7 Systems amp staves thumb index How to use that option If you are using a transposing instrument clarinet trumpet etc and you wish to play a score that has not been written for your instrument Guitar Pro can adapt the music sheet for you For instance in the case of Bb trumpet go to the Track s Properties
30. D Filter Simple Medium Complex b HE H ffin H H iti Inversion Root hal TO nd HER C Faug Use diagram Show Fingering Remove Cancel Each part of the window is closely tied to the others and it is important to understand the way the tool works to get the best out of it A Chord building Part A allows to construct the chord by its name Thousands of combinations are possible When you click on one of the lists in A Guitar Pro displays in B the hand position for the chord you have defined a list of other equivalent diagrams in C and other possible names in D The first chord from every list is selected by default You can define a chord inversion i e in which the Bass note differs from the root or simply specify which note you want for the Bass on the lowest string B The Main Diagram Part B shows you the main diagram i e the one that will appear on the score as well as its fingering pattern its theoretical construction and its name The fingers numbers are written inside the diagram 1 for the index finger 2 for the middle finger and so on Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 48 You can build a diagram by directly clicking on the frets symbolized in it click on a fret to add or take out a note use the scroll bar to get to a different base fret Check or uncheck
31. EXC EX EX lal ulele 4 Get more soundbanks Visit the Guitar Pro website http www quitar pro com en index php pg soundbanks and discover the whole collection of sounds available for the program 5 An exclamation mark in the global view warns you if the soundbank is not available In case that bank isn t O eee installed yet a substitute soundbank will automatically be used 1 Electric Guitar B 2 Electric Bass T 3 Drumkit Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 37 You can now change the soundbank on a track via the menu Edit gt Insert a soundbank change This window opens up for you to insert a soundbank change exactly on the current beat by selecting a soundbank from the list 2 That change will be indicated on the score with a red square 1 You can modify the soundbank with a double click on that square AO 6 Insert a soundbank change event strings Y Electric Guitars Humbucker L Paul A E L Paul E N F Acoustic Guitars 12 Strings Y Strings Cello Ensemble Cello 2 Contrabass Ensemble Contrabass Harp Viola Ensemble Viola Violin Ensemble Violin To manage all of your soundbank changes use the menu Edit gt Soundbank changes This window allows you to manage all of the soundbank change events on the active track Everything can be edited there 1 The Bar column tells you which measure is
32. See MusicXML See PowerTab See TablEdit See MIDI See ASCII See MusicXML See WAV Export See PNG See PDF Opens the Score Information window See CreateNewScore See Stylesheet See Printing a Score See Organizing Bars Opens the Preferences window for the software Under the Guitar Pro menu if you re on Mac Lets you choose which language you want to have Guitar Pro in Shuts down the software entirely Under the Guitar Pro menu if you re on Mac Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com Edit menu Undo Redo Cut Copy Paste Cut Multi Track Copy Multi Track Special Paste Select all Voices gt Go to Automations gt Edit Automations Variations Track menu Add Delete Move Up Move down Properties User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 55 Cancels the very last action See Navigating around the Score Repeats the very last action Cuts notes or bars on one or several tracks See Cut Copy Paste Copies notes or bars on one or several tracks See Cut Copy Paste Pastes the notes or bars just copied onto one or several tracks depending on the type of Cut or Copy done See Cut Copy Paste See Organizing Bars Cuts entire bars from every track at once See Cut Copy Paste Copies entire bars from every track at once See Cut Copy Paste Opens a window allowing for special pasting of the cut
33. Soundboard 1 Lead Guitar Click on track s name in the Soundboard The edition cursor gets 2 Rhythmic Guitar placed on the first beat of the current bar in that track or on the B 3 Bass beat being played at the time 4 Drumkit Using the Global View To view a specific bar in a specific track just click on the corresponding box in the Global View E Using markers Letter A HA Section Name Intro The Markers represent a useful means to move between different sections of the score Use the Section menu or the keyboard Remove Cancel OK shortcuts Using the Keyboard The many Shortcuts allow you to easily navigate around your score from note to note bar to bar or track to track Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 35 Display Settings To make the most of Guitar Pro it is important to set your display options carefully In Screen modes View gt Vertical Screen and View gt Horizontal Screen menus Guitar Pro uses the whole working area by resizing the bars and by automatically selecting how much bars should be shown per Staff in vertical display mode This approach allows you to work on an score in an optimized way without having to think about bar organization which is important only for printing the score Screen Layout The Soundboard can be resized or hidden altogether In that case you ll be
34. Tablature Editor Software E Guitar Pro PEL 1997 2010 AROBAS MUSIC All rights reserved Guitar Pro 6 User s Guide Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com Table of Contents Getting Slate diia AAA A 3 o o O EE O E E E TE EE E T urea 3 New FeatUr ES isaac aid co IO UR NON dade LE Sey ode 6 AY SONGBOOK Score POr a E dad coin pia Deia nante ce casada 6 T onca SUD anios ii paddle anas 7 OS CA tai ii 8 FOUC Lo y PPP 0 o E EEE gt o ea 8 Understandlnd NOtaciO Wh anc cstuccces orde E resaca E E E E E E dotadas 9 MNS Pal SCPC xicdtatcb numa iecantarsnweceaideas wus dawdotancun A T E EE E E 10 USING GUICAF PRO aii a iaa aaa se 12 WtO A SCO Eironi ANNA Taa 12 Greeting ce NEW SCO e ER O o O o o cod 12 de a lala Mx e orotate tees eae E E T AE cece su E A een anew ee T 14 organizing Da ge ee A A ere 15 Adding MOLES tothe Neo y Ss 15 IMNsertina EVENTS urna Aaa neon eerie eevee 19 e A PROC REA 20 Aadama A o eze 28 POG SC CLON Sunccrad ancora peca 29 Cut CODY Da Srs dat a la T O iRaS 30 Udo o lt P E Eo neuen steauotatentaaern 31 The GULI Pro SD St Iesnee Eaa E EE poi cc iodo sia 32 o te biadas saan dade ioc sahihasgumeseatieees bad eueauanah hecw eee dcoueteanaancae 33 WOFKINO WINS CO iene oia 34 POO MING Tor Tabla UMCSt cucs 22 t2icadcaseretneentsainsdecneneaesdeecaecdclenversatsscetenunacaseochtennacarienncsdanetcceuaeaneiecte o a 34 Navia ung Around Wie CO urna alcaloide
35. The Clef is an indication in standard notation as to which notes correspond to the lines Guitar Pro handles 4 types of Clef G F C3 and C4 Clef as well as 4 types of octave clefs 8va 15va 8vb 15vb Whenever you change clefs you can transpose the notes to keep the same pitch Key Signature The key signature tells you which notes are meant to be altered by default unless an accidental appears next to the note on the score It thus indicates the tone in which the piece or passage is written It is the same for every track aside from transposing instruments when you are using the transposing tone mode e g Bb clarinet automatically managed by Guitar Pro Time Signature The time signature indicates the durations of beats in the bars following that signature the bottom digit corresponds to the number of divisions of the whole note and the top one gives you the number of units in a bar see Understanding Notation Whenever a bar is complete according to the time signature Guitar Pro will directly move on to the next bar if you add a note Incomplete or overlooked bars will appear in red If you have checked the Anacrusis option Edit gt Anacrusis the first and last bars will not appear in red even when they are not completed Triplet Feel Among other things the triple feel means you play in a ternary way some bars that are written in binary mode for the sake of lightness of writing Guitar Pro offers several motifs the
36. The fretboard automatically adjusts to the active track settings The number of strings and the position of the capo are set by the track settings If you change the active track the fretboard will automatically update to reflect the new track an Ga Show Beat H Auto EH sl Scales 9 JY Joel 24 111 1 1 1 0 dle el el oe ee el joel jel jel LL D a J i I O E O EN A eee Poh jel ak sk te E ak ai om a E a SE AL EE L L L L 1 J To add a new note to the score you just have to click on the fretboard To delete a note just click on it The lt gt buttons allow you to navigate in the score It is thus possible to enter the whole score with the mouse hip By right clicking on the fretboard you can capture a note and then slide it to the right thus avoiding the use of the button gt Display Options The Show field lets you select what you wish to see on the fretboard e Show Beat to see only the notes on the selected beat e Show Beat Bar to see the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the active bar e Show Beat Next Beat to see the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the next beat e Show Beat Scale to see the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the scale selected in the scale tool Displaying the note pointed at The note pointed at by the mouse is displayed You don t need to click on the fretboard Opening the Scale Engine The Scales butto
37. a given section via the Edit gt Go to menu Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 30 Cut copy paste Cut Copy on a Single Track Since you are here cutting or copying from a single track i e not in multiple selection the function will not take the structures of the bars signatures etc into account The function is multi voice however and can work over several different tracks even if the instruments are not compatible e g guitar and piano outside of percussion tracks This is useful therefore as a tool toward transposing a score If you wish to copy a great number of bars it may be useful to use a multiple selection in the Global View in order to get a better overview of the copied bars Cut Copy in multitrack Mode This takes the structures of the bars into account and will copy whole sections by extending the multiple selection to the bars included in them Cutting implies taking the selected bars out of all of the tracks at once Simple Paste This is to past the content of the Clipboard onto the current selection or by default before the selection In case the selection contains only one bar other bars get added or the current bar gets completed with the content of the Clipboard If you place your cursor on an empty bar the paste function will first fill in the empty bars and then create other bars as nee
38. a great number of scales in any tonality It can also retrieve the scale used in a score To activate the Scale Engine use the Tools gt Scales menu You will also find a Scale button in the top right hand corner of the Guitar Fretboard or of the Keyboard The display modes on the Guitar Fretboard and on the Keyboard are automatically positioned on Show Beat Scales 2 Scales Ionian 1st mode of major Search Ionian and Aeolian Mixed Ionian and Lydian Mixed Ionian and Dorian Mixed Ionian and Mixolydian Mixed Key note step C V Prefered alteration nentatanic Find scales from selection All key notes Selected key note Guitar Pro proposes over 1000 different scales To find a scale you may either check some Tags to filter your search or use the search engine based on a key word The scale will appear in the chosen tone Guitar Pro displays the notes on the scale To listen to them click on the play button Guitar Pro also shows the way the scale is constructed with an indication of intervals and semi tones between notes Just like all of the other Guitar Pro tools the way the notes are displayed on the fretboard is related to the tuning chosen for the active track Analyzing the Scale used in the Score Select part of your score and click on Find scales from selection Guitar Pro shows you a list of possible tones and scales and indicates percentage statistics of their occurrences in
39. agonia e e o Pi O E 55 e aawacss o CO sca nctamaaaieacesseanaemneeane aes 40 52 59 MO rr A pita 3 16 17 33 36 39 42 43 44 52 54 60 MO os 6 8 11 12 15 18 20 21 33 35 39 44 48 51 52 55 56 60 PP o A e eo Er o E o 6 24 25 glo e Ao Ni o A 44 A O e O rreiae ea acd ocean 6 18 21 31 55 teles ao P U U0 UPU0 Uo 0PP o nn E CP PEO o O RN REEAEN 6 18 22 30 44 56 URI E E o e O o O 6 OO AAA O EUbhED erty chubebnieseniuenetentianecnceiaat ty 8 15 35 63 PENS CMe Poo EAA ETEA O O CO A EE 42 43 54 OSES APN A o o PmE eo ro e o o N 6 17 21 natural NIMON C miras aa tidad baii 23 new Tetu taa tad 6 11 NE A E e E 6 Nota cOn talas 6 9 15 17 20 32 62 ANC MEME e E eo o O e pedi engined ianue coun outdidons T 22 OC nen 20 21 Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 67 operating SSL Mies IA ri a ia eiii 3 OCES Aria A A e O snennecansaati eee 8 OO UVES sia iaa Sais 6 62 e ER Er e 5 55 cudedemnomunawananse TE 25 FAIS E eatin brine arb E E eee eee oan E PP Io o UU E ee eee nae 10 33 36 38 Por CHIN AA e AP o IPP e ATOE EE 11 DEE A A O ANA 6 11 30 63 o o e o o 44 54 DE CUSSION AMM PE Elo o II o 5 Ia 1S 30 33 55 DIAN Oerter eeen E AE A ch placentae 6 8 14 16 58 DICK Na e PP A E E T L emer o ue E T 6 25 58 se lt A E SEO E PP E E EA 26 nt eo PP PA An 23 a O o uo o een kena A E E E
40. ah will affect playback only if you re using the RSE and you have placed a Wah Wah pedal in your effect chain See Sound settings Arpeggio The arpeggio consists in playing every note in a chord one by one The Arpeggio window lets you adjust the speed as well as the delay in playing An Arpeggio Down goes from the lowest to the highest pitched string An Arpeggio Up goes from the highest to the lowest pitched string Brush Brushing the strings means strumming the strings in an energetic manner This is much used for rhythmic guitar accompaniments In the Brush window you can adjust the speed as well as the delay The duration of a brush needs to be shorter than the beat itself so every note has time to ring out before other notes get played Rasgueado This a much used right hand technique if you re right handed in flamenco guitar Guitar Pro offers 18 rasgueado motifs that are all interpreted by the audio engine The score will indicate Rasgueado on the chords as well as the chosen motif Left Hand Fingering Left hand fingering for a right handed person indicates which fingers press on the strings on the fretboard T is for the thumb O for the forefinger 1 for the middle finger and so on This can be changed in the Stylesheet It is displayed before the note in standard notation or under the tablature if there is no standard notation Right Hand Fingering Right hand fingering for a right handed
41. ams Check Bar Duration Checks the whole score to detect bars that do not have the required number of beats Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 32 The Guitar Pro 6 Stylesheet Stylesheet Page amp Score format Systems amp Staves Header Footer Texts amp Styles _ Notation Rhythmic Symbols i Hide in tablature when using standard notation Rythmic position in tablature Voice 1 Below H Voice 2 Above Display bend effects in standard notation Voice 3 Hidden H Voice 4 Hidden Display arpeggio arrow mi Display second note for trill effect MAH instead of lt n gt above staff for artificial harmonics Alternate representation for 4 4 and 2 2 signatures Md Extend rhythmic inside tablature Always display tied notes on tablature Display circle around half and whole notes in tablature a y EI T Force horizontal beams in standard notation M Spacing between bars for coda mm 6 M Force horizontal beams on drums Add H P symbols for HOPO Right hand fingering Add sl symbol for slide effect Fingering pimac HH Colorize fret numbers in tablature Position in staff Before note E l Hide useless rests on standad notation Position in tablature Above HH Hide dynamics Left hand fingering Fingering T1234 HH Position in staff Before note H Position in tabl
42. ards Sets a Palm Mute on the selected note See Adding Symbols See Using Wizards Sets a Palm Mute on the selected beat See Adding Symbols See Using Wizards See Adding Symbols Lets you select an artificial harmonic and its type See Adding Symbols Lets you customize a bend effect See Adding Symbols Lets you customize the use of the tremolo bar See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols Sets a wide vibrato light or ample on the selected beat See Adding Symbols Lets you choose from 6 possible types of slides See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols Lets you customize a trill on the selected note See Adding Symbols Sets a tremolo picking effect on the selected note See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Using Wizards See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com Section menu Insert Remove Previous Section Next Section Tools menu 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 Sound menu Play Play from the beginning First Bar Rewind Fast Forward Last Bar Play in Loops Speed Trainer Metrono
43. ards and Synthesizers Steel Orchestral and Big Band Singers Staves Slash AE Sei U RN San ooo LAN UUM Ra A TLR het EAE Short Mame E Gt Color Standard Full Mame Electric Guitar A window then opens for you to Select your instrument and set its various attributes e Follow three steps for the choice of instrument Family Type and Instrument e Display standard notation e Display tablature for fretted instruments e Display rhythmic slashes for fretted instruments e Choose a Full Name that will appear before the first system e Choose a Short Name that will appear before every other system according to the settings of the Stylesheet e Pick a colour to use in the Global View The track s Audio attributes are set in the Instrument and Audio panels Empty bars are automatically created for the added track so that every track has the same number of bars for reasons of musical consistency To delete a track use the Track gt Delete menu or the EJ button To move a track use the Track gt Move up down menu or click on the buttons The button KA or menu Track gt Properties F6 opens up the Track properties window see above in which you can name the track as well as give it a short name appearing before the first system Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 15 You may also choose a colo
44. ature Below 4 Defaultjazz Default Classic Load style Save style Apply Cancel fox gt No nn A You can entirely customize the general outlook of your scores and give it a professional finish The chosen style is related to the type of score you have and if you download a score whose style you don t like you may always apply a default style provided by the software to it such as Default Jazz or Default Classic or else load up a style you will have saved beforehand The Stylesheet presents 5 tabs Page amp Score Format To customize the page settings and the global spacing of notes Systems amp Staves To customize the system layout and the symbols related to it tuning clefs etc Header amp Footer To change font family and font size the placement of texts in relation to the properties of the score author title etc See Create a New Score Texts amp Styles To change the font family and sizes of the main texts in the score Notation To customize the musical symbols so as to set up a score exactly as you d like it to look size of chord diagrams visible or invisible H P symbols indications of fingering and so on Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 33 Drums and Percussions You can use the Shortcuts to capture notes into a drums percussion track Each line can present
45. ave bought a score you will have unrestricted access to it in the mySongBook area of Guitar Pro You can then play it change its tempo loop some passages to practice them mute some tracks or display the notes on a virtual fretboard or keyboard If you wish to bring your score along with you you will only need to print it out mySongBook Player mySongBook Player gives you free access to the sheet music portal Discover the player by downloading it directly off of our Product page Do make sure that your computer meets the system requirements for the player to run Technical Support Before you contact our online Tech Support you should always make sure that you have registered your license on the Guitar Pro website www guitar pro com and that you have already installed the latest version To download the latest versions of the user s manual language packs and the software in general just use the Guitar Pro Updater This top left logo lets you know that an update is available for download Simply click on it If no update is available the logo you see is Please also make sure that what you are looking for isn t already in this manual as it has been designed to address most of the requests coming from GP6 users If your problems persist or if you are having problems installing Guitar Pro please log into the SUPPORT section of the Guitar Pro website www guitar pro com E Please note The distributor of your country ma
46. blature without specific software It is commonly used on the Internet In general the file extension is txt or tab Guitar Pro is able to analyze the ASCII text files to extract the musical information It is possible to get a Guitar Pro score you can play modify or print from a symbolic score Guitar Pro imports notes rhythm effects and bar changes The import is done on the active track So it is possible to successively import several files corresponding to the different instruments The imported file can contain comments or misc text Guitar Pro is able to extract the tablature whatever the content of the file is The only rules to respect for the import to work are Lines have to be represented by series of hyphens gt Bar changes have to be indicated by a vertical bar on each of the strings gt No empty line has can be present between two strings of a same line of tablature Comments inside the tablature lines are prohibited Once an ASCII import is complete it is often necessary to review the rhythm so the bars be complete The Check Bar Duration tool can come in handy in that case If the score is played and the bars are not complete the rhythm will be false and the notes beyond the bar duration will not be played MusicXML Import The File gt Import gt MusicXML menu allows you to import standard and compressed MusicXML files into Guitar Pro Created by Recordare MusicXML is a XML description of a
47. ble under File gt Open recent Troubleshooting download on Windows When you download a file using Microsoft Internet Explorer you will be asked if you want to open or save the file to your hard disk A checkbox allows you to always execute the same action If you choose to check the Open option any Guitar Pro file you will download will be automatically opened in Guitar Pro and you will have problems saving them to your hard disk they will actually end up in your Windows temporary directory To solve this problem follow this procedure 1 In Windows explorer select the Tools gt Folder Options 2 Click on the File Types tab 3 Delete the GP3 GP4 GP5 and GPX extensions by selecting them and clicking on the Delete button 4 Close this window by clicking the OK button 5 Restart Guitar Pro This will re assign the extensions to Guitar Pro and remove the default action in Microsoft Internet Explorer You can now download files and Microsoft Internet Explorer will ask you if you want to open them or to save them to your hard disk Navigating Around the Score Moving around a score in Guitar Pro is extremely easy and you have several ways to do so ERII By Clicking on the Score d Clicking on the score moves the edition cursor to the pointed a position You can even move in the score during the playback to restart from 8 6 the pointed position without stopping the playback 5 3 Using the
48. concerned p with a soundbank change ALY 2 0 L Paul Neck Bridge 2 The Position column corresponds to the time value expressed in Ticks relative to tempo The value gt o Strat Middle Bridge corresponding to a 4 4 quarter note is 480 ticks 60 fa Strat Neck 3 The SoundBank column gives the name of the e l l 480 Steel Mart amp Co soundbank used the position of the pickup selector is aak indicated 1440 Strat Middle 4 Just double click on the field to edit it here as an example the time value for the selected bar 5 The plus button allows you to change soundbanks exactly where you have placed your cursor on the score 6 The cogwheel symbol allows you to delete one or all of the selected items except for the first item which cannot be deleted ES Cancel OK Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 38 An editing test case wish to change the Strat guitar MB pickup to another soundbank on bar three first beat will double click on the button to the right of the instrument s line 1 and will directly access the window Insert a soundbank change event The search field allows me to quickly find the soundbank need can then replace the Strat guitar with a stringed instrument 2
49. ctory 2 To start Guitar Pro To start Guitar Pro click on the Guitar Pro icon in the dock if you have created it or else double click on Applications GuitarPro 3 To uninstall Guitar Pro If you wish to uninstall Guitar Pro you simply need to drag the Applications GuitarPro directory to the trash E To install soundbanks Launch Guitar Pro In the menu file choose open Select the soundbank file and click open A window warns you that you will have to restart Guitar Pro 6 after the soundbanks have been installed Do NOT restart Guitar Pro 6 before the installation is complete Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 5 F Updating Guitar Pro The updates for Guitar Pro 6 x are free for registered users of version 6 All you need to do is launch the Updater via the Help gt Launch Updater menu You can also directly download the updates and soundbanks from the www quitar pro com website Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com New Features User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 6 The 6 version of Guitar Pro is a complete rewrite and is natively Windows Mac Linux compatible The interface has been entirely redesigned for better ergonomy to make writing and editing easier still and to offer a better display of the score Here is a list of the new features by categories
50. dding Lyrics L1 From bar verse This is an e xam ple a li ttle e xam ple You can add lyrics to the score with the Lyrics panel Lyrics get automatically inserted into the chosen track This way you can edit your text easily with cut copy paste for instance and organize it into sections Verse Chorus and so on we gto J fe TV IIe This 15 an e xam ple a li ttle g ple 1 Choosing a Track For the lyrics to appear on the score you first need to select a track The text will automatically get distributed over that track following syntax see Point 4 below As a general rule lyrics will be attributed to a vocal track i e the track with the song s melodic line You can Nonetheless choose to place them on an instrumental track but you will then have to check the syntax as it is unlikely that the melody s rhythmical beats correspond to the syllables in the lyrics Note also that you can choose to not attribute the lyrics to any track and write them on the Lyrics panel only for information In that case you just need to uncheck the Display on Track option below the white box 2 Lines You can type up to 5 lines of text The lines will be displayed one under the other on the selected track 3 The First Bar For each line you can determine a first bar after which the lyrics will be distributed This is to avoid having to type spaces in before the lyrics 4 The lyrics The capture area is to
51. ded Special Paste Number of pastes This allows you to choose what you are going to paste and how many times C Insert the clipboard in the current bar Paste the following bar attributes SO Chords Text Timer Automations PCancei C ok gt How can I insert or delete bars on a single track Considering the musical rigour of Guitar Pro 6 see the Manage Bars section inserting or deleting bars from one track only makes little sense as a bar is meant to be present on every track at once If you really need to insert or delete a bar on a single track you may use the Copy Paste functions as follows E g Inserting a bar before bar 10 on the active track 1 Select the whole range of bars from bar 10 to the end 2 Place your cursor on bar 11 and Paste 3 Empty the content of bar 10 delete the notes Follow the same principle to insert several bars hip Guitar Pro allows you to Cut Copy Paste from one file onto another as well as from a track onto another outside of percussions Guitar Pro will then transpose the notes and place the fingers Si your copy from a pitched onto a percussion track Guitar Pro will copy the rhythm and replace the notes with rests Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 31 Using Wizards Guitar Pro includes many wizards to help you work faster when creating your scores These wizards ar
52. e available from the Tools menu Note Related Wizards Let Ring Options 2 Let Ring Options Sets the Let Ring attribute for each string over a selected range of SC SHES bars or notes Selection FromBar 1 to 24 E Al voices a Strings Palm Mute Options E let ring Sets the Palm Mute attribute for each string over a selected range E let ring of bars or notes l H Using the wizards can save you lots of time For example in one fl let ring step you can let Guitar Pro know that you want the Let Ring hanged function turned on for all of the notes on the four highest strings L unchange L unchanged J Cancel Wizards for Organizing the Score You can use these Wizards when you compose after you have imported a track or while you are capturing notes in standard to get the best possible arrangement of the tablature Bar Arranger Checks and arranges bars according to the notes durations Complete Reduce Bars with Rests Adds rests in bars that are empty or too short and deletes the extra rests in bars that are too long Automatic Finger Positioning Places the notes on tablature without changing the tune so as to simplify the chord positions and movements of the hand Move Swap Voices Reorganizes the voices over a multi voice track Other Wizards Transpose Transposes the active track or all the tracks a given number of semitones up or down This function does not transpose chord diagr
53. e CAPO button allows to place a capo on any fret noted O if there is no capo The X suppresses the tuning mode from the list Co lt CAPO The Y button applies the chosen tuning mode to the current track transposing that track according to that tuning The other button next to it only applies the tuning without transposing which can make the track AE A sound out of tune Standard E A D G B E The digital Tuner You can tune your guitar by plugging it into the soundcard s input or by using a microphone Make sure the input volume is set on high enough Unlike the MIDI Tuner the digital Tuner produces no sound To access the digital Tuner use the menu Tools gt Free D3 53 Digital Tuner Input SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio E000 In Free mode the tuner recognizes the note played as well as its octave and it lets you know when the tuning is accurate in the top right hand corner You can also select the name of the note you want and play the corresponding string on your guitar The finger will stand upright with the green light when the note is accurate If the finger isn t moving when you play the string on your guitar you need to adjust the settings of your soundcard and make sure that the input you are using is open Metronome To activate the Metronome use the Sound gt Metronome menu y or click on PS You can also get a one bar Countdown before playback by clicking on am The metronome gives you the temp
54. e voice to edit If you are working on a mono voice track the other three voices are greyed out The last one of those buttons activates the multi voice mode which allows you to move around the bar without having to worry about the voice you re on You may thus change a note even if you don t know which voice it is part of The multi voice mode displays all notes in black The Tools gt Move Swap voices menu helps you reorganize the voices over a multi voice track Move Copy Swap Yoices Move bo voice 1 Copy to voice 1 Swap with voice 1 2 3 4 4 Multiple selection The multiple selection allows you to make actions on a group of notes or bars To select complete bars press Ctrl when making the selection Actions are applied to both voices when you select complete bars else they are applied to the current voice only hip The File gt Preferences menu allows you to set an automatic save after every n actions done This save is done in a temporary file and allows Guitar Pro to recover the file in case of abnormal termination hip You may Undo Redo your editing actions without limitations See the drop down Edit gt Undo Redo menu Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 19 Inserting Events With the Soundboard and the Instrument panel you can define the settings for playback right from the beginning of the score
55. ed tutorial You are not using Guitar Pro mySongBook Player gives you free access to the sheet music portal Discover the player by downloading it directly off of our Product page Do make sure that your computer meets the system requirements for the player to run What about navigation around mySongBook Search engine find any music score by typing in the name of the artist or the song s title you are looking for Special tags to refine your search you can focus your search for scores on specific musical styles playing levels or playing techniques Available links on the homepage in each category score artist or songbook you get to view the most downloaded scores the latest additions to the portal and an alphabetical classification How to register Sign into the mySongBook portal and click on the tab Create an account Fill in the required information and agree to our terms and conditions of sale You will then be e mailed the confirmation for your registration with a 4 digit code You will need to provide that code after you have validated your personal information in order to confirm the registration of your account How to buy a score You have not created a mySongBook account yet Click on the score you wish to purchase and select Buy A window will open for you to click on Create an account Fill in the information required including your bank card details Once your purchase is validated you wi
56. for faster scrolling over the score See Display settings design active voice play rewind tempo zoom mode or multivoice fast forward countdown coria 100 H _ e 2 34 2 i lt lt PY p gt Pi A JP 163 J _1 00 display oe speed trainer metronome tempo mode or multitrack display The Soundboard and Global View The Soundboard together with the Global View allows for an audio tuning of each track and a synthetic view of the score being played in which you can click directly to access a bar You can also select multiple tracks in the Global view which is useful if you want to copy paste easily many bars See Sound settings and Moving around the score 5 track semi parametric equalizer global view instruments volume of the current score panoramic global detune LEE aD ne aD 0 a T 1 5 i Bar 002 049 44 T os Tempo 163 Rse 0 Demo for Guitar Prp 6 Franck Duhamel age active current osition in time pag ak i p tempo rhythm selected RSE score s title signature note consumption The status bar Below the soundboard see image above a status bar gives some information about the current score Place your cursor on the fields to see a balloon tell you if there is an error and if so what it is Hammer On between two identical notes note out of range 5 quarter notes in a 4 4 bar etc The document tabs This is one of the great new features in Guitar Pro 6 you
57. for the main diagram Click on any of those names for Guitar Pro to reconstruct it in A and update the list of possible diagrams in C Miscellaneous Check Use diagram to make the diagram visible on the tablature If you choose to leave the box unchecked only the name will appear on the tablature Check Show Fingering for the fingers numbers to appear under the diagram on the score Click on the Clear button to delete the chord on a selected beat hip When you open the Chord Diagram Generator the notes of the active beat are automatically placed on the main diagram if no other diagram has been defined for this beat hip When you validate the chord diagram tool the notes from the main diagram are automatically added to the tablature if no other note was written on that beat hip You can change chord sizes and placement options in the In short the chord diagram tool can be used for many things Adding diagrams to your tablature Learning the different positions possible on the fretboard for a given chord Knowing the name of a chord you found on your instrument and learning other possible positions or fingerings for that chord Retrieve the positions of the standard chords with exotic tunings of your instrument Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com Scale Engine User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 49 The Scale Engine allows you to view and listen to
58. g styles slap picking Humanization of playing styles stresses autobrush Perfected WAV Export Tools Revised tuner more precise Possibility to swap voices and copy from one voice to another Scale search engine over multiple selection Transposing part of a score via multiple selection mySongBook is a portal for sheet music that is accessible via Guitar Pro The music scores made available to Guitar Pro users have been created and certified by music teachers and professionals With two mouse clicks you will get access to a high quality secure and legal offer of sheet music in the gpx i e Guitar Pro 6 format Navigation Search engine Look for any score by typing in the name of the artist or of the song you want Tags Refine your search by music style playing level or playing technique Top Lists Whether you are looking for single scores artists or songbooks you can see which ones have been the most downloaded the latest additions to the portal or their alphabetical classification Purchases Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 7 Navigate around the mySongBook portal and freely browse our sheet music library Preview and pre listen to any scores before you make your choices You will just need to create your account and fill in your personal information in order to make a purchase Once you h
59. he selected beat s into slash es in the tablature See Adding Symbols Lets you edit the barr or semi barr indication on the score See Adding Symbols Adds a timer above the staff to indicate the time elapsed since the beginning of the score See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols Converts the selection into ottavia by adding the corresponding symbol above the staff and shifting the notes on the score Lets you customize the direction of stems and links between beams See Adding Symbols Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 58 Effects menu Unless otherwise stated every effect is set directly onto the selected note Dead Note Grace Note gt 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 See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols Will work only for certain types of instruments piano e g See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Using Wiz
60. herefore possible to create a different arrangement of bars for each track and another for the multitrack view To justify the last bar of the score to the right you may simply add a line break to that last bar Adding Notes to the Score You can write your notes either by way of tablature or of standard notation The slash notation is Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 16 merely a representation of rhythm and is therefore not designed for writing as such but if you add a chord on the staff a slash will appear and you can then modify the rhythm Every note added into one kind of notation is instantaneously duplicated into the other The edition cursor is symbolized by a yellow green blue or grey square depending on the voice it is on a C Whenever it is on a note the corresponding note in the other notation appears in a grey square The TAB key allows you to switch back and forth from tablature to standard notation If you are using a piano Grand Staff the same key switches from left hand staff to right hand staff a 6 54 3 thip The Note gt Shift Down Up menu allows you to shift the notes up and down the tablature from string to string without changing its pitch Clicking on the score doesn t add any note but it places your cursor where you want it to be This is to prevent accidental modifications of the score
61. how Beat Scale to see the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the scale selected in the scale tool The note pointed at by the mouse is displayed You don t need to click the keyboard Opening the Scale Engine Click on the Scales button to the right to open the Scales Engine The display mode is then automatically set on Show Beat Beat and will remain so even after you have closed the Scales window You can thus continue to see the selected scales as you capture notes into the score To hide the scale just select a different display option Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 52 Tuner Guitar Pro allows you to tune your guitar in many different ways by ear or by plugging your guitar into your computer or by using a microphone Whichever way you choose what Guitar Pro takes into account is the tuning of the active track To adjust the tuning of the active track open the Instrument universe The MIDI Tuner The MIDI Tuner lets you tune your guitar by ear string by string Select the tuning mode you need from the list or change it with the buttons located next to the tuning keys The button lets you hear the sound of any given string If no string is selected then it plays every one in turn By checking the flat box you can choose to name the note with flats rather than sharps Db instead of C by instance Th
62. id e C S e pone ao eo IO LIRA CCA CUA ove TI COSTRA nove up at COSTA E Brushed chords Y wenoo ws MACINTOSH OO am ICI e ION TIO CECI CT Cs Cd aescio ue o e regenera O O ere note before the bea Ss IO TIN CON CON Eectric eterte O wenoows MACINTOSH e ee ION e G G ee A CS o a sed ae e Notation O wrnoows MACINTOSH e aa si tve rato SC a me e e ooo e o CA ection ins pesan rooms macINrOSH O irevent tne wrapping e Yr ine wrapping cee me Barstructure S roo ws MACINTOSH Oo w o o e T T Prime signature ice er Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 63 ES Score information ES styesnect oo int preview Es TO Copy the beat at the end of the C bar li S o gt 38 g6 7 MACINTOSH do db db 0O 2 d6 T 36 S Tl 1 N UI de SQ MACINTOSH 6 Z d 36 36 lt Q X 36 TX gb C 36 TV de gt 6 1 2 3 4 de 36 lt Track 36 Properties Navigation Playback SS Sa Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com MACINTOSH d6 N d User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 64 Tsing tar Home a CC oo e a pre s n O ae e nese secton COS E pa cenar Sacaba pra om egg ernrSpacevar spacebar INN TIO CES CS e T CES CE roo tner ira ir Display options wenoo
63. igned to channel 10 a MIDI norm You may choose to activate the force 11 16 option to make Guitar Pro use one MIDI channel for each string for a given track which is useful if you have several different bends on a same beat Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 40 Score Playback Guitar Pro has been designed to facilitate the learning of a score Many playback options are available Launching Playback To start playing a score you can use the options under the Sound menu the space bar or the Sound toolbar m abno EA ET If you only wish to play part of a score you just need to select it first with the mouse i hip You can also use the keyboard shortcuts Alt Tab and Alt Tab to move from marker to marker during playback Playing in loops and or faster and faster Use the Sound gt Play in loops Speed trainer F9 to repeat a selection from the score To play in a loop a specific section of the score you must first select it using the mouse a Simple loop Repeat the countdown O Speed trainer From 50 lt to 100 Step 10 Repeat 1x The Simple Loop option plays the score without modifying the tempo The Speed Trainer increases the tempo for Cancel GO each loop depending on the initial tempo final tempo and y increase tempo values The Repeat option will let you set the number of times
64. just need to click on a button for the corresponding element or attribute to be affected to the note or notes you have selected For the symbols demanding some precisions a dialog window opens up for you to select the desired symbol Read Adding symbols On this panel you can adjust the various parameters for the track tuning sound bank capo humanization etc This panel allows you to attribute all kinds of effects to the current track as well as save your effect chains Guitar Pro offers over 70 effect and amp modelisations See Sound settings On this panel you can work on the signal coming out of the mixer with effects such as compression equalization and reverberation See Sound settings This panel creates a chord diagram library via the chord window and lets you add chords to the current beat with one simple click Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 11 Edit lyrics in sync with the melody line The texts are automatically inserted as you type them in See Add lyrics 6 The Lyrics panel The score can be displayed in various ways You can choose to have you score displayed in in 1 or 2 page mode as parchment horizontal or vertical screen or in full screen You get several degrees of zoom and a mini browser inserted in the bottom left hand corner of the score which you can hide via menu View gt Enable browser
65. ll find it in the My purchases area You will be e mailed a confirmation of purchase when we debit your payment within 1 to 7 days You already have a mySongBook account Sign into your mySongBook account with your e mail address and password Then click on the score you wish to purchase and select Buy Your purchase is validated and you can find your music score in My purchases You will be e mailed a confirmation of purchase when we debit your payment within 1 to 7 days Where do I find the music scores I have bought All of the scores bought by the user remain available in the My scores area of mySongBook You can browse them easily thanks to the various display options and the integrated search engine Access to your scores is immediate and unlimited in time Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 46 Your music scores are available via your Guitar Pro software We are working on designing new tools to make your sheet music library available via your web navigator or your mobile phone Due to issues pertaining to copyright protection the scores bought by users cannot be saved on their personal computers I have lost my password how can I retrieve it In case you have lost or forgotten your password you can find the option I have forgotten my password on the Sign in thumb index You will be e mailed a temporary password at
66. me Countdown Tempo User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 59 Insert or remove a section Go to the previous section Go to the next section Opens the Digital Tuner Opens the Scale Engine Transposes one or all or the tracks See Using Wizards Optimizes the placement of the fingers over the strings for the selected notes See Using Wizards See Using Wizards See Adding Symbols See Using Wizards See Adding Symbols Checks the bars time values over every track relative to the time signature See Using Wizards Re assigns the bar lines over the active track based on the notes time values See Using Wizards See Adding Notes to the Score Completes bars that are too short and reduces bars that are too long See Using Wizards Lets you swap copy and move notes between different voices See Using Wizards See Adding Notes to the Score Plays the score from the current position See Score Playback See Score Playback Places the cursor on the first bar s first beat See Score Playback Places the cursor the bar s first beat or on the bar before in case it already is the bar s first beat See Score Playback Places the cursor on the following bar s first beat See Score Playback Places the cursor on the last bar s first beat See Score Playback See Score Playback Uses a metronome during playback See Score Playback See Metronome Adds a one bar countdown before playback See Score
67. most common being the triplet feel 8 which lets you play a 4 4 signature in blues style for instance Free time Free time bars are bars that are played freely in terms of rhythm and tempo The barlines then appear as dotted lines and the time signature is in parentheses Double bar lines A double bar line indicates a change of parts of signature or any other major change in the score Guitar Pro inserts them automatically at every change of signature You can also add more bar lines with the button here to the left whenever you consider a change in the score to be important enough Simple repeat sign This symbols means that the bar is meant to repeat exactly the bar preceding it This makes editing and reading lighter and will not work on the first bar of a score Double repeat sign This symbol means that you are supposed to repeat exactly the two preceding bars It will not work if placed on the first two bars of a score Repeat open Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 21 This symbol replaces an opening bar line and means that every bar that follows it will be played again a certain number of times depending on the Repeat close sign see below Repeat close This symbol replaces a closing bar line and sends you back to the last Repeat open sign A dialog window will open up for you to indicate the number of repeats you want
68. music score This is a universal exchange format that is now available in most music softwares programs Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 43 PowerTab Import The File gt Import gt PowerTab menu allows you to import from PowerTab format PowerTab is an excellent tablature editor similar to Guitar Pro but with a different approch It is available at http power tab net TablEdit Import The File gt Import gt TablEdit menu allows you to import from TablEdit format TablEdit is an excellent tablature editor similar to Guitar Pro but with a different approch It is available at http www tabledit com Exporting Scores MIDI Export Definition MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface It is a protocol a universal language allowing the communication of musical information between computers synthesizers sequencers MIDI files consist of messages describing the score very precisely notes rhythm instruments The quality of the sound depends on your sound card The File gt Export gt MIDI menu exports the score into a MIDI format 1 file mid To choose not to export a track just mute it on the Soundboard hip Guitar Pro allows you to use 2 channels for a single track to enhance the sound restitution Some software does not support this functionality So if you have a problem opening Guitar Pr
69. n in the upper right of the fretboard opens the Scale Engine The display of the fretboard is then automatically set on Show Beat Scales and will stay on it even after you shut down the Scale Engine You will be able to visualize the chosen scale while you enter your score To remove the scale s display just chose another display option Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 51 Virtual Keyboard Just like the fretboard the keyboard allows to view and to enter the notes of the score It can also show the scales To activate the Keyboard go down the View gt Keyboard menu on a track corresponding to a non fretted instrument Qe a Show Beat H Keyboard HH Scales To add a note on the score just click on a key To delete a note click on that note The lt gt buttons let you move around the score avoiding the use of the computer s keyboard if you prefer to capture notes with the mouse hip Right click on a key to add a note and then move your cursor to the right So you don t have to use the button A Display Options Select what you want to see on the keyboard e Show Beat to see only the notes on the selected beat e Show Beat Bar to see the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the active bar e Show Beat Next Beat to see the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the next beat e S
70. n the empty space with intermediary notes between a given note and the note that will be linked to it Guitar Pro will not fill in empty spaces with intermediary tied notes if the first note is part of the anacrusis e Use the Note gt Tie note to add a tie to the preceding note on the same string e Use the Note gt Tie beat to add ties to every note on the preceding beat Accidentals flats sharps and naturals in standard notation To add or delete accidentals in standard notation you need to use the Note gt Accidentals menu or the button from the Edition panel For notes captured in tablature form it is possible to change the accidental by using the Note gt Accidentals gt Change accidental menu Displaying rhythm Guitar Pro automatically manages rhythm display and the directions of notes tails based on the notes durations and time signature You can also manually change the directions of the beams and the stems in the Note menu Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 18 The direction of the notes tails can be defined individually for each voice on the Notation tab of the Stylesheet The beams can also be forced to show horizontally for the drums see Stylesheet options Voices Guitar Pro handles up to four voices Each voice is captured independently of the other three The 7 2 am mae 3 4 7 buttons let you select th
71. ntrol Panel Appearance and Personalization Adjust screen resolution click on the Advanced settings button select the Troubleshoot tab click on the Change settings button and then move the Hardware Acceleration slider to None Audio Settings Once you have set up your soundcard s in the Audio settings Sound gt Audio settings menu this reflects into the Instrument panel and can be modified there only if you re in MIDI mode Sound gt RSE menu F2 MIDI Output Guitar Pro can use up to 4 simultaneous MIDI ports You can assign a different MIDI device to each of those ports It is recommended to choose the best MIDI device for port 1 as this is set as the default one when a new track is created in Guitar Pro MIDI Capture You can capture notes via a MIDI instrument See Capturing Notes Ports and Channels In the Instrument panel you can choose which port and which channel s to use for each track By default Guitar Pro assigns 2 channels to every track in order to better the effects playback the effects get played on a separate channel so as not to affect the notes that bear no effect If two tracks are using the same channels on the same port roll down the list to get the tracks numbers their audio properties instrument volume pan will be tied It is therefore advisable to use only one channel per track if your score contains a great number of tracks By convention the percussions tracks are always ass
72. o exported MIDI files use a single channel per track ASCII Export Definition The ASCII format is a textual representation of tablature in which the lines are represented by dashes This format though not very attractive is the only one that allows you to share tablature without specific software It is commonly used on the Internet In general the file extension is txt or tab The File gt Export gt ASCII Tab menu lets you export the active track into ASCII format MusicXML Export The File gt Export gt MusicXML menu lets you export the score into MusicXML format Created by Recordare MusicXML is a XML description of a musical score This universal exchange format is now available in most music software Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 44 WAV Export Use the File gt Export gt WAV to save an audio copy of your score so you can listen to it by use of any regular audio player You can also burn that audio file onto a CD using for instance a burning software such as Nero or EasyCD Creator You can also convert it into mp3 via the appropriate software E g if you play the file with Tunes Advanced gt Create mp3 menu To export into WAV you need to be using the RSE sound banks MIDI tracks will not be exported If you wish to export only part of your score do a multiple selection of the corres
73. o the beginner but it proves very pedagogical in the end and is essential anyway for the score to be played correctly Interactive tools Each Guitar Pro tool relates to the attributes of the active track Whether you are using the chord engine the scale analyst or the tuner all the results you get will thus be consistent with the tuning chosen for the current track Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 9 Understanding Notation It is recommended that you know how to read tablature and have a few notions of rhythm before you use Guitar Pro Following is a quick overview of some basic notions 1 Reading tablature Tablature notation was created to make music easier to read for fretted instruments It can be learned quickly and you do not really need to know any musical theory What it shows are the strings that are played which actually is important since any given note can be played on different strings Each guitar string is represented by a line The numbers indicate on which frets the fingers must press to play the notes O means that the string is played open that is without pressing on any fret The lowest line represents the lowest pitched string low E while the top line represents the highest pitched string of the guitar high E This actually corresponds to what you see when you lean over your guitar as opposed __u
74. o while your score is playing You can also use it as a regular metronome for practice 1 Create a new non empty file menu File gt New 2 Set the desired tempo menu Sound gt Tempo 3 Activate playback in loops menu Sound gt Play in Loops Speed Trainer Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 53 4 Play the score menu Sound gt Play from the Beginning The first empty bar will then be played indefinitely over with the tick of the metronome Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com References Drop Down Menus File menu New Open Open Recent Close Save Ctri S Save As Save As Template Import gt MIDI Import gt ASCII Import gt MusicXML Import gt PowerTab Import gt TablEdit Export gt MIDI Export gt ASCII Export gt MusicXML Export gt WAV Export gt PNG Export gt PDF Score Information Stylesheet Print Preferences Language Quit User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 54 Creates a new score from a template See Creating a New Score Opens an existing score See Looking for tablatures Gives a list of recently opened files Closes the active score Saves the active score Saves the active score under a new name Saves the structure of the active score to use it as a template later See MIDI See ASCII
75. oard TIn the case of a pull off the second note is lower than the first and is played by taking the finger off the first note Guitar Pro determines automatically which effect is being used based on the notes values You can use the Stylesheet to customize the way the H P will appear or not on the score It is common enough for a series of hammer ons and pull offs to be linked together over two notes to play them legato Upper Mordent An upper mordent is a melodic ornament in the form of a fast beat between the main written note and the higher note relative to the key signature Lower Mordent A lower mordent is a melodic ornament in the form of a fast beat between the main written note and the lower note relative to the key signature Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com 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
76. oke Down Accidentals gt One Semi Tone Down One Semi Tone Up Left Hand Fingering Right Hand Fingering Shift Down Shift Up Chords Slash Barr Timer Text Ottavia gt Design gt See Adding Notes to the Score Deletes selected beats See Adding Notes to the Score Copies selected beats at the end of the bar See Adding Notes to the Score Creates a tie to the preceding note See Adding Notes to the Score Creates a tie to the preceding beat See Adding Notes to the Score See Adding Notes to the Score Replaces the selected note s with a rest Sets the time value of the notes in the active voice See Adding Notes to the Score See Adding Symbols Sets the dynamic for the selected note or a crescendo decrescendo See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols Adds the chosen accidental on the selected note See Adding Symbols Lowers the selected note by one semi tone See Adding Symbols Raises the selected note by one semi tone See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols See Adding Symbols Drags the note to the next string down on the tablature without change of pitch See Adding Notes to the Score Drags the note to the next string up on the tablature without change of pitch See Adding Notes to the Score Opens the Chord Diagram Generator See Chord Diagrams Converts t
77. ou do not know which it is you can leave the default value C major as it will not change the standard notation Click on OK to continue The View gt Concert Tone menu lets you activate the concert or transposing tone e The concert tone is what a conductor uses the notes displayed are the ones you actually hear e the transposing tone is what the musicians use it is mostly used for wind instruments and refers more to the position of their fingers than to the actual melody For instance for someone playing a Bb clarinet the Bb will appear as a C with every other note being correspondingly shifted and the key signature as well the Bb tone signature will bear no accidentals just like a C tone 3 Choosing a clef What instrument you select for the track will automatically set a G or F Clef but you can also change it by clicking on MA in the Edition panel Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www quitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 13 4 Setting the signature and triplet feel Click on 4 or menu Bar gt Time Signature to open the Time Signature window Choose a signature for the score it is set by default on 4 4 The time signature determines the number of beats in each bar In that window you can also choose how to link the beams by default Click on OK to continue rq Click on rr to choose a triplet feel for the score Guitar Pro 6 offers 6 different kinds
78. ove the edition cursor to the right it will automatically move on to the next bar if the current bar is complete according to the time signature chosen for example 4 beats for a 4 4 time signature See Understanding Notation In case the bar isn t complete yet Guitar Pro creates a new beat whose duration is the same as that of the preceding beat Whenever a bar is incomplete or too long Guitar Pro displays it in red unless of course it is the bar you are currently editing The Status Bar shows you the actual duration of the current bar as well as its theoretical duration Whenever you move your cursor over that part of the Status Bar a balloon will let you know which voice is incomplete Bar design and setting In Page or Parchment mode it is possible to manually manage the number of bars per line To do so you must use the Bar gt Force Line Break and Bar gt Prevent Line Break menus The Bar gt System layout lets you choose the default number of bars per system It resets the line breaks The Start from current system option tells the program how to apply the changes If the option is checked the layout will be applied only to the bars that follow the current system Otherwise the layout will be applied to the whole document ee The Design mode lets you change the sizes of bars inside a system as well as the number of bars for each system Line break functions only affect the active track or the multitrack view It is t
79. peggios for example The Tools gt Let Ring allows to attribute a Let Ring to each string over a group of bars Dead note A dead note is short and more faint than a normal one These notes are used with the Guitar to give a particular rhythmic effect To make notes be dead notes you have to put the right hand palm for a right handed person on the strings near the bridge or else just put the left hand fingers for a right handed person on the string without pressing it Natural harmonic The natural harmonic consists of playing the string open while you lightly touch it with the left hand for a right handed person above a fret The left hand finger has to be taken off at the same time that the right hand plays it 5 7 and 12 frets harmonics are very commonly used while the others are quite difficult to obtain Artificial harmonic Several types of harmonics are available A H Artificial Harmonic For the artificial harmonic the left hand finger presses the string like a normal note It is the forefinger of the right hand that lightly touches the string several frets higher The right hand has to play the note too so it may be difficult T H Tapped Harmonic The tapped harmonic is an artificial harmonic obtained by tapping quickly on the string several frets higher P H Pinch Harmonic The pinch harmonic is produced with a pick and consists in playing the string by letting the thumb that holds the pick lightly touch
80. ponding bars in your score and use Export gt WAV MM Export Wav File Ed Options Complete Score Selection PNG Export The File gt Export gt PNG allows you to save the score in the form of a picture file This function is handy if you plan to publish your creations on a web page for example The image you get from the export is exactly the same as the image you see in the Guitar Pro editor The Export button saves the image Ihip The size of the image is affected by the zoom value You can therefore obtain images of various sizes depending of what you want to use them for hip The PNG format is adapted to computer screens If you wish to insert your score into a document for print we recommend you use warning PNG Export is really only useful in Page mode PDF Export The File gt Export gt PDF menu allows you to export the entire score into the Adobe PDF format readable and printable by anybody who uses the free Adobe Reader software or any other PDF reader Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 45 Using mySongBook Which version of Guitar Pro allows you to have access to the portal mySongBook You are using Guitar Pro Version 6 1 and higher of Guitar Pro 6 gives you access to the portal To update your software or see if you already have version 6 1 installed please read our dedicat
81. r all of the melodic tracks with the global detune button to be found on the Master track Smooth Scrolling This function lets you read the score without any sudden jumps between pages The score smoothly scrolls down at every page change Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 42 Printing Printing a Score Go down File gt Print to get a printout of your score Use the Stylesheet File gt Stylesheet to customize fonts page setup margins and all other page settings Importing Scores MIDI Import Definition MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface This is a protocol a universal language used to transmit digital musical information between computers synthesizers sequencers etc MIDI files include messages that can precisely describe a score notes rhythm tempo instrument etc MIDI files include messages that can accurately describe a score notes rhythms tempo instruments etc The audio quality of a MIDI file thus depends on what soundcard your computer is equipped with Go down File gt Import gt MIDI to import MIDI files into Guitar Pro Guitar Pro supports MIDI O and 1 formats ASCII Import Definition The ASCII format is a textual representation of tablature in which the lines are represented by dashes This format though not very attractive is the only one that allows you to share ta
82. re window See Adding Symbols Opens the Time Signature window See Adding Symbols Opens the Triplet Feel window See Adding Symbols Converts the bars chosen via multiple selection multi track into Free Time See Adding Symbols Adds a double bar line to the active bar See Adding Symbols Converts the first and last bars into anacruses See Adding Symbols Adds a starting repeat bar line to the active bar See Adding Symbols Adds a repeat section to the active bar See Adding Symbols Adds an ending repeat bar line to the active bar See Adding Symbols Adds a musical direction sign Coda See Adding Symbols Inserts a single or double simile mark See Organizing Bars Lets you insert multi rest symbols over all of the empty bars or bars containing only rests See Organizing Bars Forces the Line Break after the active bar in Page mode See Organizing Bars Prevents the Line Break after the active bar in Page mode See Organizing Bars See Organizing Bars Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 57 Note menu Unless otherwise stated each action below is directly inserted on the selected beat Inserts a beat Delete the Beats Copy Beats at the End Tie Note Tie Beat Fermata Rest Duration gt Dynamic gt Brush Downstroke Brush Upstroke Arpeggio Down Arpeggio Up Rasgueado Pickstroke Up Picstr
83. right 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 41 Furthermore whenever a track contains no volume automations you can actually adjust the volume during playback In the picture above for instance you cannot adjust the volume for track 2 during playback as the blue frame around the volume cursor together with the A next to it mean that the track has already been configured with automations You would therefore need first to take out the volume automations F10 before you can adjust volume on that particular track The equalizer can also be adjusted during playback You may start playback click on a track s instrument and select from the available instruments one by one to hear which sound better The Soundboard includes a S for Solo case and a M for Mute for you to play one or several tracks without the others or to mute one or several tracks If you only want to listen to one or two tracks it is faster to use the Solo option However if you want to mute one or two tracks in order to play them yourself it is faster to use the Mute option You can hide the equalizer s knobs by clicking on the ca icon Click on to add a track Click on to delete a track Click on EN to open the Track Properties window Click on to move tracks up or down i Tip Mute tracks will not be exported into WAV i Tip It is possible to change the tone fo
84. s Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com e KG Sa ME User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 22 A tie links the note to the note preceding it It lengthens the duration of that preceding note therefore by the duration of the tied note Multiple ties You can also tie an entire beat to the beat preceding it Fermata The fermata is also known as a hold or a pause and what it means is that you are to pause on that particular beat at the discretion of the conductor It is therefore a multi track symbol A window opens up to let you choose the symbol and the duration of the pause by adjusting the tempo Accidentals Those buttons let you add any of the 5 different types of accidentals sharp double sharp flat double flat and natural to a given note Changing the accidental This is to change the accidental without modifying the note s pitch Augmenting or diminishing by a half tone You can raise with this button a note or an entire multiple selection by a half tone The next button allows to similarly lower a selection by a half tone This is a useful tool to transpose an entire track when used with Edit gt Select all Nuances The nuance or note dynamic defines the intensity with which a note is to be played ppp pp p mp mf f ff 0 The buttons allow you to choose a dynamic for each note from very faint pep to very strong In order to get different dynamic
85. s on a same beat please use different voices Crescendo Decrescendo This attributes to a beat or group of beats via multiple selection a progressive rise or fall of the volume 3 Symbols corresponding to effects e P det LA ill T e A AS al al HF tap slap po PS tap slap po RO Li y t i 4 rie M ir E tf Aw on oo dl yu w Ghost note A ghost note is a faint note The dynamic of a ghost note is automatically decreased The note is displa yed between round brackets on the tablature Accented note Contrary to a ghost note an accented note is played loudly The dynamic of an accented note is automatically increased Heav al A ily accented notes Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 23 A heavily accented note follows the same principle as an accented note except in a more pronounced manner Staccato A staccato indicates a very short note independently of the note s duration on the score The note is displayed with a dot below Legato The legato applies to several notes One speaks of legato phrasing It means that as many notes as posssible are to be tied so the way they are played is as fluid as possible Let Ring The Let Ring option means that you let a note ring beyond its theoretical time value as indicated on the score This is used a lot for ar
86. several articulations e g the charleston can be open semi open or closed and you can use the 1 2 3 keys from the numerical pad You can also use the Instrument panel menu View gt Instrument panel Show Beat Keyboard shortcuts Tom low hit Share rim shot snare side stick Tom high hit Tom very high hit Hihat closed Hihat open Splash hit Cow bell high hit Tom very low hit Tom medium hit Cow bell medium hit Cow bell low hit You can choose which types of sticks you use with the drums and the RSE will interpret the different types of strokes In MIDI mode the percussion tracks are always attributed to channel 10 hip The Cut Copy Paste functions behave slightly differently from the other types of tracks as one can copy only from a drum track onto a percussion track because of the various articulations Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 34 Working with a Score Looking for Tablatures Finding Guitar Pro files Guitar Pro files are recognizable from their GP3 versions 3 x GP4 versions 4 x GP5 versions 5 x and GPX versions 6 x and later extensions Version 6 x can open all of those Guitar Pro files whichever version they were made with from version 3 and higher TO open a Guitar Pro file use the menu File gt Open The list of recently opened files is availa
87. ss The popping effect consists in popping one of the two highest strings with amplitude with the right hand forefinger for a right handed person The popping effect is often preceded by a slapping effect see above 4 Symbols related to annotation and design Chords A Ari See Chord Diagrams Slashes This is to integrate slash notation into the tablature it convert the selected notes into slashes while keeping all information about the notes Very useful to capture rhythmic motifs with transition notes You can also ask for an entire slash track See Track Properties Extended Barre This is an indication above the staff to let you know if you need to maintain a full or a semi barr on a fret for an extended chunk of the score This is particularly used in classical guitar Timer At any given point this tells you the number of minutes and seconds min sec that have elapsed since the beginning of the score Section To add a section See Adding sections Prevent Force Line Break This is to prevent the next bar from shifting to the next line or forcing it to do so Stem Directions nn J AAA f 2s al e ALTO TA The last 7 buttons allow you to customize the directions in which the notes stems will get drawn and the way the beams will connect Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www guitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 28 A
88. the boxes to the right to force or to prevent a barre click on the intervals number 1 3 in the bottom left area to take out some notes from the chord You may change the name suggested by Guitar Pro It will be displayed on the tablature To prevent Guitar Pro from renaming the chord type an apostrophe in before the beginning of the name Important When you click on the main diagram the A area switches to Custom mode and the name of the chord is erased so that you can enter one It is then advised that you choose the name in the list of Alternative Names Guitar Pro will then be able to automatically name the chord and to define its construction in A It will allow you to view the other positions possible in C for the chord you constructed A circle O above the chord diagram represents a string played open an X represents a string not played C The Diagram List The C are display the list of all possible diagrams for the chord built in A You can filter the list to display more or less diagrams depending on their complexity by checking the Simple Medium or Complex mode in C Click on one of these diagrams for it to become the main diagram in B You may also scroll between the diagrams by using the horizontal scrollbar below the main diagram To listen to the selected diagram press the play button below the main diagram in B D Various Chord Names D lists alternative names
89. 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 fe first note is played and then the finger slides to the second one which is not played e first note is played and then the finger slides to the second one which is played Bn note is played while coming from a lower fret undefined A note is played while coming from an upper fret undefined a note is played and then the finger slides to a lower fret undefined a 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
90. the string This harmonic is best obtained with a distortion effect S H Semi Harmonic The semi harmonic is similar the pinch harmonic except you keep the natural resonance of the string in addition to the harmonic You can obtain those in Guitar Pro in two different ways see Stylesheet Bend The bend effect consists of pushing the fretted string sideways with the left hand for a right handed person to bend it so the pitch of the note changes The Bend window allows you to precisely set the type of the bend you want by adjusting its points For sophisticated bends you need to use ties in order to keep the score consistent in terms of audio playback The Bend Bend Release buttons allow you to define the base type of the bend This choice is also reflected by a different symbol on the tablature Bend You can set the maximum level of the effect from a value of Ya to 3 The term Full is equal to a whole tone This also affects how it is displayed on tablature t Prebend Prebend Bend PrebendiRelease You can modify the curve by dragging its points with your Remove cursor Whenever two notes are tied the bends extends to the entire duration It is still possible to edit a bend on a tied note and place a hold on it for instance whose motif EE isn t there by default Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2
91. tic Sound Engine is a unique technology It relies on sound samples made from genuine guitars basses drums and about a hundred other instruments recorded in professional studios The RSE allows for some extremely realistic playback of scores You can activate the RSE via the Sound gt RSE menu Choose a soundbank in the Instrument panel Instrument panel and tune your effects for each track in the Audio panel In the Mastering panel you can adjust the sound for the master track The effects have been created by The samples have been realised by Overloud www overloud com Chocolate Audio www chocolateaudio com Guitar Amp Effect and Stompbox modelisations The Ultimate source for samples Choose the soundbank RSE Soundbanks 1 The search field allows you to filter and select the soundbanks based on their names Whichever a E guitars soundbanks is already activated remains visible on the Y Electric Guitars Single Coil score Strat a Ee Str 2 The selected soundbank is highlighted in blue The ree soundbanks have been grouped by types of Strat i Strat instrument to make them easier to use Y Electric Guitars Humbucker 3 You may set the pickup selector in blue if active for the L Paul a f MET selected instrument whenever possible Paul Jazz ES Jazz ES Jazz ES Y Acoustic Guitars 1 Neck position ESI Middle position EEJ Steel Mart amp Co 2 3 Bridge position 4 Intermediate positions A
92. to what you see when you are facing it 2 Understanding Rhythm Notes can have different durations A note s duration is not expressed in seconds but as a multiple of the tempo A quarter note is one beat The tempo is expressed in bpm beats per minute So if the tempo is 60 a quarter note lasts 1 second If the tempo is 120 the quarter note is Y second The other notes are defined relative to the whole note on the staff below are a whole note bar 1 then two half notes bar 2 four quarter notes bar 3 and eight eighth notes bar 4 SS ee eee mf o ur When a note is dotted its duration is one and a half times its original value x1 5 0 0 0 T A B EA 2 N tuplets triplets quintuplets sextuplets consist in playing a certain number of notes in a given time spam For example a triplet of eighth notes 3 x beats 1 5 beat is played on one beat or a quintuplet of eighth notes 5 x beats 2 5 beats also on one beat as illustrated by 0 the following 7 el gt 0 O Time and key signatures The time signature sets the number of beats per bar For example for a time T T signature of 3 4 the 4 indicates that the reference time is the quarter note and the 3 po 3 indicates that there are 3 beats per bar In this case there are 3 quarter notes in a 4 bar e The key signature tells you what accidentals sharps or flats are systematic in the score Copyright 19
93. uitar Pro 6 gt Uninstall Guitar Pro 6 C Installation on GNU Linux 1 To install Guitar Pro e Insert the Guitar Pro DVD ROM in your drive e If the setup program does not start automatically double click on My Computer double click on DVD ROM drive then double click on the DEB file This launches the package installer e Click on Install the package and type in your user s password e You will be asked to accept the terms of the license of use and will let you select the setup directory for the software 2 To start Guitar Pro To start Guitar Pro go down the menu Applications gt Sound and video gt Guitar Pro 6 3 To uninstall Guitar Pro e Use the menu System gt Administration gt Synaptic package manager This launches the uninstall application e Click on Status then on Installed Find guitarpro6 in the list e Right click on the green square and click on Select for complete removal e Click on Apply D Installation on Mac OS 1 To install Guitar Pro e Insert the Guitar Pro DVD ROM in your DVD drive e Double click on the GP6FULL DVD Rom that has appeared on your desktop then double click on the Mac Setup dmg file and follow the instructions e You will be asked to accept the terms of the license of use and will let you select the setup directory for the software e You may create a shortcut to the software in the dock by dragging the Guitar Pro icon into it from the Applications GuitarPro dire
94. ur for the bars that will appear in the Global View see the Main screen and the type s of notation you wish to use slash standard or tab a i Tip Once the instrument has been selected you won t be able to change it for that particular track nor can you change the number of strings You can however convert an instrument into another instrument by use of and the notes get automatically transposed It is also possible to change the soundbank attributed to the track thus associating any soundbank to any instrument outside of percussions Organizing Bars In Guitar Pro there will necessarily be at least one bar per track Thus any given bar B will bear the same tone and signature on track T1 T2 etc Similarly adding a repeat sign to open or close a section will necessarily affect every track at once This guarantees the musical consistency of the score and a satisfactory result when you play it On the other hand you will have to precisely define each track You won t be able to create a hundred bar guitar track for instance and a percussion track with only one bar playing in loops You will have to reproduce the percussion bar on the 100 bars either by using Copy and Paste or by resorting to repeat symbols See Adding symbols Just as well using the menu Bar gt Insert Bar Delete Bar will cause a bar to be added or deleted on every track Barlines Guitar Pro automatically manages barlines When you m
95. 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 Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com DO B PASE 3 User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 26 Wide Vibrato Tremolo Bar The wide vibrato is stronger than the simple vibrato and is obtained by using the vibrato bar This effect is applied to the whole chord The wide vibrato is displayed as a big wave above the tablature and ends as soon as a new note is played Wah Wah The Wah Wah is an effects pedal Possible options are On Off and Opened Closed The Wah W
96. y offer additional technical support via the Internet telephone or postal mail In that case a document will be included in the software s package with instructions to access that support E Please note Technical support for any given version of Guitar Pro is guaranteed for one full year after the end of the distribution of this version Copyright 1997 2012 Arobas Music All rights reserved www qguitar pro com User s Handbook for Version 6 updated Oct 2011 8 Overview Introduction Welcome into Guitar Pro Guitar Pro is a complete workshop for all guitarists beginning or advanced who wish to improve write music or simply use a virtual backing band Guitar Pro 6 supports all fretted instruments from 4 to 8 strings guitars basses banjo mandolin and so on as well as all and any instruments that can be in your band or orchestra Here s what Guitar Pro offers you A complete yet user friendly multitrack tablature centered score editor for stringed instruments which includes all the usual symbols and specificities of those instruments Optimized screen display options and a powerful audio engine designed to yield faithful playback of the sounds and effects of all types of guitars as well as of a hundred other instruments bass strings piano drums etc from samples and modelized sounds of amps and effect units recorded in a professional studio Everyday tools for practice such as the tuner the chord
97. you want to repeat before the tempo gets increased Tempo The d Sound gt Tempo menu defines the initial tempo of the score You can program tempo change in the middle of the score During playback the current tempo appears in the Status Bar and the Playback Bar The Relative Tempo button to the right of the tempo lets to assign a coefficient to the current tempo to speed up ro slow down playback without modifying the file The coefficient varies from x0 25 4 times slower to x2 twice faster To deactivate that function set the value back to 1 00 Metronome and countdown The Sound gt Metronome enables the metronome during playback In Guitar Pro gt Preferences you can adjust the metronome It can also be used on its own The Sound gt Countdown menu will have Guitar Pro play an empty bar before starting the score That way you can get set to play by hearing the tempo first If you wish to have the countdown repeated before every new loop if the loop option is enabled simply check the Repeat the countdown option The Soundboard x i th M Vol Pan tet 1 Steel Guitar O a an E EN PA D 3 Drumkit i mn sama Oooo ooo O T ee ame gt 9700 0 I Master F4 camm The Soundboard allows you to set the track s audio parameters such instrument volume panoramic These parameters correspond to the initial settings of the score but you can add changes to the parameters in places Copy

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