

This can be combined with palm mute or golpe, all the way to whammy bars and wah-wah pedals.

This is an area in which for a long time I have felt Sibelius would do well to expand its capabilities. There are options for the margins, text styles, staves, headers and footers, and moreĪnother feature Guitar Pro gets right is the various playback interpretation options. Guitar Pro has grown more robust with its notation capability compared to earlier versions. I can join the band of my choice On the opening screen we see both notation and a mixing board (clearly a drummer set the levels) Getting to work I can easily imagine “shredders” to finger style acoustic guitarist reaching for this program and finding much to like. It’s not an easy task to notate music, and hating the work environment won’t help. This is important considering how much time is required making music notation. The program just makes guitar players feel at home. OK, the last one was a “Stoner Band” joke. Others: Slide ( S), Palm mute ( P), Bend ( B) Doritos ( 7-11). Want to know the keyboard shortcut for “hammer-on”? It’s H.

At the risk of offending my guitar playing brethren, Guitar Pro feels a bit like “Stoner Band” was a beta-tester. Right at the outset I can join my dream “Stoner Band” (no reason at all why that is my dream). One of the things Guitar Pro gets right is that the “tone” of the program screams guitar player. This is an important point for laptop owners as often the larger DAWs like Logic, Cubase, and Digital Performer are only optimized when the user has at least two computer screens to navigate between the mixer and editor mode seamlessly. Looping, changing tempo, and mute/solo tracks are all easy to access within a single screen window. It’s a clever move around piracy to entice the user to buy the sheet music by offering the user more features. The video overview of mySongBook can be viewed online. The full tab, and backing tracks are then downloaded right into Guitar Pro. Guitar Pro offers a companion product called mySongBook where users can buy an authorized version of fully tabbed guitar songs. OverviewĪlthough my review is going to focus on the notation capabilities of Guitar Pro, there are many other features guitarist will find immensely useful. How well does Guitar Pro 7.5 accomplish this mission? Can an easy and intuitive software also deliver the goods when heavy lifting is required? Let’s find out. In theory, by having them under one roof, your workflow can be streamlined, and a more intuitive experience for the user. Its hybrid nature means it has many features familiar to users of a DAW and of notation programs, as well as various practice apps (metronome, backing tracks, etc.) Its appeal is to synthesize these into a single software program that is solely dedicated to fretted instruments such as a guitar, bass, or ukulele. Guitar Pro can best be described as a Swiss Army knife for the practicing guitarist.
