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1. Guitar Pro 4 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Last update 04 26 2004 http Awww guitar pro com Table of Contents Table of Contents Part Part Il Part Ill oa 5p o Nw General Information 4 EC Ep E 4 Ht CUNO wes cence 6 Improvements and New Features cceseeeccceeeeeceseeneeeeeeeneeseseeneeseseeneeseseenenseseeneeseseeeneeseenanes 7 IzuucEDISm 8 Understanding Notation eeeeeseeeeeeesseeenee seen nnne nnn nein nnn an nennt n innen nr nannten an nnns 9 METIRI ra eR 11 Using Guitar Pro 13 Write a SCore cit it let ele leis dst M de sie eee Create a New Score Lon CIMC D cera Manage Ball s REESE LEID aa LLL Enter D Il e Add Symbols t insert Parameter Changes e 28 Ad LVTICS E E 29 Add Marker aE E 31 Use Cut Copy Paste cec mitat tenia aadar aapi etes tiet ite tese ocaecat 32 UEA ae i PErCUSSION iniaa Work with the Score Find Tablatures Move in the Score me C
2. 66 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 1 Table of Contents 3 Thie FretbOGaEG iiid caes sno r ava oe eun SB an nex s E BEC Hao noU E A E E RR Na OE ERE CRna RE FRE R E EPEUEERUE 68 4 The Keyboard m 70 5 The ela NERO MEICEI 71 AX depppncitrge c 72 Part IV Reference 74 1T LEE EE LE ENIM 74 The Flle Mentre titat ES Ind II DIDI DI EI MI 74 Mhe Bar Ment ere EE E 76 The Track Men nc c 78 The Note Menu RR 79 TheEffects Mendel eae E aaa ar acca LL MILI 82 The Markers Menlo Dua MI M EE 84 The Tools Menu The Sound Menu TE VIC MENU ee The Options Menu unrdX ldinmee 2 Keyboard Shorcuts Index 95 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 2 General Information Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved General Information Installation I 1 General Information Installation Before installing Guitar Pro If you had installed a demo version of Guitar Pro before purchasing the complete version we advise you to uninstall the demo v
3. Il 1 Il 1 1 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score Create a New Score In order to create a new score in Guitar Pro you have to follow the following steps 1 New Score Use the 2 File gt New Ctri N menu This menu closes the current score then creates a new one and opens the Score Information F5 window Infi afi This window allows you to enter information like the title the artist Segia Iu You can enter the Lyrics 29 too R X 070708080 08 Score Information Lyrics De EI XD The Shuffle rhy J JJ J checkbox allows you to indicate a triplet Title Demo for Guitai feel So you do not have to indicate Triplets everywhere Subtitle The Default Properties tab allows you to define default values used when you create a new score Artist Franck Duha Album Click on the OK button to continue Author Franck Copyright Tal Key Signature i Use the U Bar Key Signature menu to open the Key Signature window Select the key and the Mode major or minor of the score If you do not know these information you can leave the default value C major because they do not change the standard notation display Click the OK button to continue Clef The clef Bass or Treble is automatically chosen from the Track Tuning 15 guitar or bass Time Signature 4 Use the 4 Bar gt Time Signature menu to open the Time Signature window Select the time signature of
4. busy v Format PCM Attributes 44 1 00 kHz 16 Bit Stereo 172 kb sec The larger the kbits per second the better the quality will be but the file size will be larger also It is possible to save a setting with the upper part of this window The next window allows you to select the directory and the file to save to Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 58 Using Guitar Pro Export a Score You just have then to click on the play button Ld to begin the recording The recording stops when you click the stop button L or when the play stops by itself end of the score for example The recording is only done once You have to reuse the WAVE exportation procedure to record again Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 59 Using Guitar Pro Export a Score 1 5 4 BMP image Exportation The e File Export BMP File image allows you to save the score in the form of an image file This function can be handy if you plan to publish your creations on a web page for example EP UP tauri The image resulting from the exportation is exactly the same as the image you see in the Guitar Proeditor You can adjust the monotrack multitrack display standard notation display as well as the other Display Parameters 421 to control the image output The Export button saves the image Guitar Pro 4 1 User Man
5. Screen Organization There are many toolbars in Guitar Pro but you can choose which ones you want to see by using the IBE View gt Menus amp Toolbars menu The Mix Table 461 can be resized or set invisible In this case use the menus the Track toolbar or the Keyboard Shorteuts 831 to change track The score and the table mix can be swapped by using the View Toggle View menu 8 ES EE DERE EIEE HEURE HEELS et jm eS desen quem m te Let examples of mix table configuration Display Parameters for Every File The Display tab of the zi Options gt Preferences F7 menu allows you to set the display parameters applied to every file you open You can set the margins the printing zone the size and PTETETENTES position of each element of the score but also the colors the fonts and the visible elements Lastly it is possible to set the General Display Printing spaces between notes and the rhythmic proportionality 7 coefficient Left margin 15 Chord fe Three custom settings can be saved by clicking on the disks Right margin 5 Chord User 1 in User 2 El I User 43 9 Space bet lines 10 Space b staffs 100 Notes font Chord nam Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 42 Using Guitar Pro Work with the Score Display Parameters for Each File p Guitar Pro allows you to view only
6. The ig Pref open the Printing Settings Window 48 The 9 Print button Prints 5 the partition Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 49 Using Guitar Pro Print a Score 11 3 3 Print The File gt Print CTRL P prints the score It is possible to select which page you want to print This command is also accessible from the Print Preview 491 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 50 Using Guitar Pro Import a Score 1 4 Import a Score 11 4 1 MIDI Importation Ed Definition MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface It is a protocol an 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 of the sound card The amp File Import MIDI file into Guitar Pro Guitar Pro is able to import MIDI formats 0 and 1 After selecting the MIDI file mid to import Guitar Pro opens the MIDI importation window The different MIDI tracks of the file are displayed on the left It is possible to listen to them or to open another file MIDI import D GP Dey GP 4 Demo Files All In Hands mid MIDI tracks Vr mc Quick import Nylon strings Guitar This mode imports the selected tracks in a new file Flute Tuning is automatic
7. 23 Port 44 Print 48 49 50 Print Preview 49 Printing 48 49 Pull Off 15 R Rasgueado 23 Register your Licence 4 8 Relative Tempo 46 Repetition 17 Rhythmic 19 Right Hand Fingering 23 oe Scales Tool 66 68 Score Information 13 Screen 42 Scrolling 42 Sharp 19 Signature 13 17 Silences 19 Slapping 23 Slides 23 Sound 44 Sound Problems 44 Speed Trainer 46 Staccato 23 Standard Notation 19 Step by Step 46 Stroke 23 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 96 Index T Tablature 19 Tapping 23 Technical Support 8 Tempo 28 46 Text 23 Ties 19 Time Signature 13 Track Properties 13 Transpose 35 Tremolo Bar 23 Tremolo Picking 23 Trill 23 Triolets 23 Triplet Feel 13 Tuning 15 U Understanding Notation 9 Uninstall Guitar Pro 4 Use Cut Copy Paste 32 Use Wizards 35 2M Version 8 Vibrato 23 W WAVE audio Exportation 58 Wide Vibrato 23 Wizards 35 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 97
8. End Last Beat of the Bar Ctrl Left Previous Bar Ctrl Right Next Bar Shift Ctrl Left First Bar Shift Ctrl Right Last Bar Ctrl Home First Bar Ctrl End Last Bar Ctrl Down Next Marker Ctrl Up Previous Marker Shift Ctrl Down Last Track Shift Ctrl Up First Track Shift Left Previous Marker Shift Right Next Marker Page Up Scroll Upward Page Down Scroll Downward SOUND Space Play Stop F9 Speed Trainer MISC Ctrl N New Ctrl O Open Ctrl B Browser Ctrl S Save Ctrl P Print F1 Help F7 Preferences F8 Check the Duration of the Bars F11 Display Hide the Let Ring Notes F12 Display Hide the Note Dynamics color gradient Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 94 Index Index A Accentuated Note 23 Accords 72 Add Lyrics 29 Add Markers 31 Add Symbols 23 Add Tracks 15 Alternate Endings 17 ASCII 53 57 ASCII Exportation 57 ASCII Importation 53 Audio 55 58 Automatic Finger Positioning 35 B Banjo 15 Bar Arranger 35 Bars 17 Bass Line 19 Beat 19 Beat Duration 19 Bend 23 BMP image Exportation 60 Browse 39 Burning 58 C Capo 15 Channel 37 44 Check Bar Duration 35 Chord Diagram Tool 63 Complete Reduce Bars with Resets 35 Configure the Display 42 Configure the Printing 48 Configure the Sound 44 Copy 3
9. use the m View gt Keyboard menu ES xi Scales M HER EE i To Add a note to the score you just have to click on a key of the keyboard To Delete a note just click on it The s buttons allow to navigate in the score So it is possible to enter the whole score with the mouse lt gt v Show Beat Bar Ef Tip a right click on a key will add a note and then move to the right So you don t have to use the button The Display Modes The Show button you to select what you want to see on the keyboard Show Beat Shows only the notes of the selected beat Show Beat Bar Show the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the active bar Show Beat Next Beat Show the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the next beat Show Beat Scale Show the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the scale selected in the scale tool Display of the Pointed Note The note pointed by the mouse is displayed You don t need to click the keyboard Scales Tool The Scales button in the upper right of the keyboard opens the Scales Tool 663 The display of the keyboard is then automatically placed on Show Beat Scales and will stay on this option even after the closing of the scales tool You will be able to visualize the scale chosen while you enter your score To remove the scale display just chose another display option Ef Please note The keyboard is a toolbar So you can attac
10. 23s Pickstroke Down Indicates a pickstroke down for the selected beat See Add Symbols 31 gt Pickstroke 231 i Up one Semitone shift Makes the pitch of the selected note up one semitone See Enter Notes 191 bi Down one Semitone shift Makes the pitch of the selected note down one semitone See Enter Notes 181 ns 5 Shift Up Shift Up Moves the note to the string above on the tablature without changing the note See Enter Notes 19i HO ds Shift Down Shift Down Moves the note to the string below on the tablature without changing the note See Enter Notes 1 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 81 Reference Menus IV 1 5 The Effects Menu Q b H F 1 3 Dead Note X Inserts a dead note at the edition cursor position See Add Symbols 2 gt Dead Note 23 Appoggiature G Inserts a grace note at the edition cursor position See Add Symbols 31 gt Grace Note 31 Ghost Note 0 Inserts a ghost note at the edition cursor position See Add Symbols 31 gt Ghost Note 231 Accentuated Note Inserts an accentuated note at the edition cursor position See Add Symbols gt Accentuated Note 23 Let Ring I Indicates that the note is in Let Ring See Add Symbols 31 gt Let Ring 24 See Use Wizards 351 Harmonic Indicates an harmonic on the selected note See Add Symbols 2 gt Ha
11. Guitarist The Chord Diagram Tool Liste G Library The G list Library allows you to create your own chord library independent from the file opened The porga buttons allow you to add delete update or sort the diagrams of the list When the mouse pointer is on an element of the list the corresponding diagram will be shown in a hint window Other Elements The checkbox Use diagram makes the diagram visible on the tablature If the checkbox is not checked only the name is displayed on the tablature The checkbox Fingering makes the fingering visible under the diagram The Undo button deletes the chord of the selected beat Ef Tip When you open the chord diagram tool the notes of the active beat are automatically placed on the main diagram if no diagram has been defined for this beat Ef Tip When you validate the chord diagram tool the notes from the main diagram are automatically added to the tablature if no note was present for this beat Bf Tip The sizes of the diagrams for the screen and for the printing can be set in the Options gt Preferences menu Display and Printing tabs Ef Tip To open a chord diagram from the score just double click on it To conclude 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 pos
12. Pro uses 2 channels for a single track in order to enhance effects rendering effects are played on a separate channel in Solo Guitar 3 4 order not to affect notes played without effect If two tracks use the same channel and the same port their audio properties will be linked 5 6 instrument volume panoramic It can be handy to use a single 10 10 channel per track if your score contains many tracks By convention Percussioni3h are always played on the 10th channel MIDI specification Percussions Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 45 Using Guitar Pro Work with the Score 11 2 5 Play the Score Guitar Pro has been designed to ease the work on a score Many options are available for playing the score Play the Score To play the score you can use the Sound 8 menu the Space Bar SPACE of the keyboard or the Sound toolbar Play X B ee i E do 4 165 xoso The starting point of the play can be to your choice b From the current position Be From the beginning of the score b From the beginning of the current bar plays only the current bar le From a Marker 3f Guitar Pro memorizes the last play mode chosen except marker It affects it to the toolbar play button and to the space bar You do not need to use the menu to obtain the chosen play mode Play Looped The La Sound gt Play Looped plays a part or the whole partition looped depending on the p
13. allows you to select the duration for the stroke This duration must be shorter than the stroked notes duration or the notes may be displayed incorrectly The checkbox in the Stroke window allows you to set a rasgueado The rasgueado is a flamenco technique which consists in stroking the strings consecutively with several fingers of the right hand The R letter is added under the stroke arrow Pickstroke The pickstroke allows you to set the direction for the pick indicates that the movement is from the bass string to the highest string Q Ghost Note 0 A ghost note is a faint note When a note is ghosted its dynamic is automatically set to mp mezzo piano The note is displayed between round brackets on the tablature Warning Other tablature writing conventions use round brackets to indicates ties Ties are displayed differently in Guitar Pro see the Ties 19 topic y Accentuated Note Contrary to a ghost note an accentuated note is played loudly When a note is accentuated its dynamic is automatically set to fff forte fortissimo The gt symbol is added above the score Dead Note X 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
14. bar Use the E Bar gt Copy Ctrl C menu select a range going from the 11th bar to the last one click on the OK button Go to the 10th bar Use the Bar gt Paste Ctrl V menu click on the OK button Go to the last bar u x Use the EZBar gt Clear menu click on the OK button The method is the same for deleting several bars Ef Tip Guitar Pro allows to cut copy paste between two Guitar Pro sessions So it is easy to take a track from another file and paste it in your current file Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 34 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score 1 1 10 Use Wizards Guitar Pro includes many wizards to help you work faster when creating your scores These wizards are available from the Tools menu Note Definition Wizards R Let Ring Options Sets the Let Ring 31 option for each string on a specific range of bars To make Let Ring notes visible use the View gt Show Let Ring Notes F11 Let Ring notes are then followed by Palm Mute Options Sets the Palm Mute 31 option for each string on a specific range of bars Dynamic Options Sets the Dynamic 23 for each string on a specific range of bars To make note dynamic visible use the View Show Dynamic Notes F12 menu Notes are then darker or lighter the darker the louder Using wizards can save you lots of time For example in one step you can set tell Guitar Pro that you
15. duration The grace note dynamic The transition type slide bend This transition cannot be heard in Guitar Pro Staccato A staccato indicates a very short note not linked to the note duration on the score The note is displayed topped by a dot Fade In F The Fade In effect applies to the whole chord and indicates that the volume of the notes will progressively go up This can be done on a electric guitar by turning the volume potentiometer directly on the guitar or by using a volume pedal Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 23 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score ty Left Hand Fingering The left hand fingering for a right handed person sets the finger that presses the string on the fretboard T is for the thumb 0 for the forefinger 1 for the middle finger The left hand fingering is displayed circled under the tablature 4 Right Hand Fingering The right hand fingering for a right handed person sets the finger that plays the string T is for the thumb I for the forefinger M for the middle finger The right hand fingering is displayed under the tablature T stroke Ctrl D Ctrl U The stroke effect consists in stroking the strings one after the other instead of playing them all together The downstroke goes from the bass string to the highest string and the upstroke from the highest string to the bass string The Stroke window
16. menu right click on the tablature e The lt and gt buttons of the fretboard to move in the score e The Duration o Al Al p A buttons to modify note duration e The amp Note gt Insert a Beat Ins and El Note gt Delete a Beat Ctrl Del menus to insert or delete beats More information The Fretboard 68 The Keyboard 78 Using a MIDI Instrument The W sound gt MIDI Input menu offers the possibility to use an external MIDI Instrument keyboard guitar to create a score note by note The activation of the menu opens the MIDI input port selected in the Options gt MIDI Setup menu and starts the capture You will still be able to use the computer keyboard or the mouse to enter notes if needed Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 19 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score The captured notes on a MIDI instrument are added on the current beat in the score then the edition cusor moves to the next beat So the rhythm has to be setup manually in the software The MIDI input of a complete sequence with rhythmic recognition is not yet available but this feature will be added in the next version Eg Tip If you change the rhythm at the end of the capture and not after each note bars can appear at the wrong place In this case the Bar Arranger tool can be useful More information Configure the Sound 4 Importing Files The amp File Import MIDI and am
17. notes fixed in the current bar See Enter Notes 19i 1 Show Let Ring Notes F11 Displays Let Ring notes followed by See Add symbols 2 gt Let Ring 23 See Use Wizards 35 s Show Dynamic Notes F12 Diplays the notes in a color depending of their dynamic See Add Symbols 31 gt Dynamic 23i See Use Wizards 351 WH Standard Notation Activates the standard notation See Configure the Display 42 See Configure the Printing 481 See Create a New Score 13 See Enter notesi1 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 89 Reference Menus E Percussions Displays the Percussion window only for percussion tracks See Percussion 3A See Add Tracksl15 See MIDI Importation 5 E Fretboard Shows the fretboard See The Fretboard 683 See The Scales Tool 66 See Enter Notes Mn Reyboard Shows the keyboard See The Keyboard ti See The Scales Tool 66 See Enter Notes 1 amp IBL Menus amp Toolbars Toolbars list Allow you to select the toolbars you want to see All Make all the toolbars visible None Make all the toolbars invisible Default position Make all the toolbar visible and moves them to their default position Old GP3 Glyphs Uses the Guitar Pro 3 glyphs for menus and toolbars See Main Screen 1 i See Configure the Display 42 See Move in the Score m Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manua
18. same properties on all tracks So a bar will have the same time signature on the track 1 as on track 2 When adding a repeat open a repeat close is automatically made on all the tracks The musical coherence of the score is therefore guaranteed and playing the score will give the desired result On the other hand you must define each track completely It s not possible to create a hundred bar guitar track and a percussion track with only one bar played looped You will have to reproduce the percussion bar on the 100 bars by using Copy Paste T The use of the E Bar gt Insert Ctri Ins or Bar gt Cut ctri X menus will insert or remove bars on all tracks To force the insertion or the removal of a bar on a single track consult the Use Cut Copy Paste 32 topic The E Bar gt Clear menu allows you to empty one or more bars on the active track or on all tracks Bar Lines Guitar Pro automatically manages bar lines When you move the edition cursor to the right it changes bar automatically is the duration of the current bar corresponds to the time signature chosen for example 4 beats for a 4 4 time signature see Understanding Notation 9 If the bar is not full Guitar Pro creates a new beat with the same duration as the previous one If a bar is not full or too long Guitar Pro display this bar in red except when it is the currently edited bar The status bar displays the real duration of the active bar its duration an
19. score Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 51 Using Guitar Pro Import a Score Step by Step Importation The step by step importation offers more control It should be used when the quick import does not give you the desired result for example specific tuning of a track no support of the percussion track on the 10th channel or when you want to merge several MIDI tracks on a single Guitar Pro track The step by step importation in contrary to the quick importation does not delete the existing tracks So you can use this mode to add a track percussion for example to an existing score The importation method is 5 Use the L File gt New Ctri N menu to create a new file except if you want to add tracks to an existing partition Click on the Import Title and Time Signature Changes button if you want to import this information h Click on the Add a Track in Guitar Pro button Select the type of track you want instrument or percussion and then set the track tuning to the desired tuning mh You can also use an already existing track and set its tuning using the HEl Track gt Properties F6 menu Select the tracks you want to import from the MIDI tracks list If you select several they will be merged Click on the amp Import the Selected Track s on the Current Track in Guitar Pro button Go back to the 3rd step until you ve imported every
20. support pitch variations higher than 1 tone MIDI Input Note by Note Device String Affectation using Channel Detection hone O First Channel for the Highest String Sensitivity First Channel for the Lowest String 100 vi ms delay to separate 2 notes No Channel Detection Automatic Fingering Tips Use the menu Sound MIDI Input Active to capture the notes played with your MIDI Instrument Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 44 Using Guitar Pro Work with the Score MIDI Output Guitar Pro allows you to use 4 MIDI ports at the same time You can set a different MIDI device on each port You should choose the best MIDI device for the first port since it is the default one when you create a track in Guitar Pro Speakers q buttons play a sound sample on the selected device If you hear no sound the device may be unusable or muted For the last case use the V Options Windows Volume Control menu to unmute the device or use another port Depending on the selected device you may choose a different instrument patch Instrument patches are files containing a list of instruments The General Midi gpp file is provided with Guitar Pro but you can create your own list for the device you use synthesizer expander These lists have no incidence on the sound and are just for display The Limit pitch variations checkboxes forbid pitch variation
21. the base type of the bend This choice is also reflected by a different symbol on the tablature Click to add or remove some points right click wibsatos You can set the maximum level of the effect from Ya to 3 tones The Full term is for a full tone This choice is displayed on the tablature Note duesiion 1 000 The curve can be modified by clicking on the grid To delete a point just click on it a right click adds a vibrato Several successive right clicks change the vibrato level 3 levels are available The vibrato effect can also be obtained on the whole bend effect using the vibrato effect Effects Vibrato menu as a complement to the bend effect This method has the advantage of adding a vibrato symbol on the tablature See also Configure the Sound 44i x 4 Tremolo Bar The tremolo bar is a bar used on electric guitars to modify the pitch of all notes by rotating the bridge The vibrato bar is used with the right hand for a right handed person The Tremolo Bar window operation is identical to the Bend 231 window Slides s The slide effect consists in sliding the finger of the left hand for a right handed person on the frets of the guitar Several types of slides are available in Guitar Pro Z2 The first note is played and then the finger slides to the second one which is played es The first note is played and then the finger slides to the second one which is not played i The note is
22. the next bar without stopping the play Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 47 Using Guitar Pro Print a Score Il 3 11 3 1 Print a Score Configure the Printing In Guitar Pro print settings are globally defined for all files You can save the print configuration and obtain similar printings in the style you have chosen Also saving the configuration allows you to wait till the last minute to choose how the score will be printed You can change the way it prints quickly without having to reenter the whole score Printing Parameters The Printing tab of the zi Options gt Preferences F7 menu allows you to set the printing parameters You can set the margins the printing zone the size and PIPIETenceS position of each element of the score but also the colors the fonts and the visible elements The Global proportions omer ee General Display Printing parameter acts on the whole score This parameter allows m you to reduce a long score in order to make it only a few pages Left margin 15 Chord fe Lastly it is possible to set the number of bars of the staff If Right margin 15 Chord this parameter is not set Guitar Pro automatically chooses when to begin a new line Space bet lines 10 Three custom settings can be saved by clicking on the disks Space b staffs 100 9 y g qT User 1 ei User 2 um b uses d Notes fo
23. the partition default value is 4 4 The time signature determines the number of beats in a bar Click the OK button to continue Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 13 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score 5 Track Settings ah Use the Track gt Properties F6 menu to open the Track Properties window This window allows you to enter the Track Information 15 like the name the color the tuning Click the OK button to continue Audio parameters are set directly from the Mix Table 461 You can choose which MIDI instrument to use set the volume and the panoramic 6 Display Settings Set the Display Settings 45 to your liking El Ej Use the EL View gt Vertical Scrolling and EL View gt Horizontal Scrolling menus to set the scrolling mode If you want to enter a single track the vertical scrolling is best However for more tracks the horizontal one is better If you do not use the standard notation you can remove it by using the View gt Standard Notation You are now ready to Enter the Score 19 You can Add New Tracks 151 too Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 14 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score 11 1 2 Add Tracks Guitar Pro handles up to 256 tracks at the same time Tracks can be of two types W Instrumental guitar bass piano W Percussion To insert a new track use the amp Tr
24. the string without pressing it 1 Let Ring I The let ring effect consists in letting the notes ring more than usual It is often used with arpeggios There is no specific notation for a let ring note However the View Show Let Ring notes menu adds after the let ring notes The Tools Let Ring Options menu allows to set the let ring effect for each string and a given range of bars Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 24 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score AH Harmonics Using a specific finger placement harmonics allow you to obtain a very high sound in comparison with the played note A harmonic is indicated by a little diamond full or empty before a note on the tablature A symbol for example N H for an natural harmonic is added on the tablature On the standard notation the head of the note is changed to a diamond Several harmonics are available N H 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 5th 7th and 12th frets harmonics are very commonly used while the others are quite difficult to obtain A H 4t Artificial Harmonic 5 7 12 For the artificial harmonic the left hand finger presses the string like a normal note It is the forefing
25. track you want Whatever the importation mode Guitar Pro allows you to precisely define the way it selects the position as well as the duration of the notes It also allows you to transpose the imported notes one octave lower Some remarks on the MIDI importation Quitar Pro imports the MIDI track parameter changes tempo volume instrument changes MIDI files don t include the fingering information necessary for the guitar Guitar Pro uses its Automatic Finger Positioning 35 tool to obtain the best fingering possible After importing a file the Guitar Pro file may sound different from the original file Several reasons are possible Some notes of a track have not been imported because of the chosen tuning for the Guitar Pro track too low or too high Some notes are too short and have not been imported The MIDI file uses pitch variations not supported in Guitar Pro Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 52 Using Guitar Pro Import a Score 11 4 2 ASCII Importation 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 c
26. you want to be sure that other users will be able to listen to your scores Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 38 Using Guitar Pro Work with the Score 1 2 Work with the Score 1 2 1 Find Tablatures Guitar Pro Files Guitar Pro files can be recognized by their GTP 1 x and 2 x versions GP3 3 x versions and GP4 4 x versions extension The 4 x version can open all Guitar Pro files whatever their version is Ed Warning Make si able to open all GP4 fi To open a Guitar Pro file use the o File gt Open Ctri O menu The recently opened files list is available by clicking on the arrow to the right of the menu item or of the Open button Browse Guitar Pro Files on your Computer The a File gt Browse Ctrl B menu allows you to quickly find and listen to Guitar Pro files available on your computer The Q buttons scans the subfolders of a given folder So you can find and listen to all the files available on your hard disk with a single click EE amp hb Jump after 1 bar d Disquette 3 4 we System C so EEE Xs Media E Xs Backup F 2 H The b button plays the selected file It is possible to set the number of bars to play before jumping to the next file EE EE EF EJ Search Guitar Pro files on the Internet The a File Search on the Web menu allows you to find Guitar Pro files on the Interne
27. 2 Electric Snare 58 Vibraslap Low Floor Tom 53 Ride Cymbal 2 Closed Hi Hat 60 High Bongo High Floor Tom B1 Low Bongo Pedal Hi Hat amp 2 Mute Hi Conga C Use electric sounds when available Open Hi Conga 81 Open Triangle Low Conga 82 Shaker High Timbale 83 Jingle Bell Low Timbale 84 Bell Tree High Agogo 85 Castinets Low Agogo 86 Mute Surdo Cabasa 87 Open Surdo Maracas Short Whistle Long Whistle Short Guiro Long Guiro Claves Hi Wood Block Low Wood Block Mute Cuica Open Cuica Mute Triangle Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 37 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score To listen to the available sound click on the numbers in the 1 zone To add a sound double click on the corresponding number You can also click on the 2 zone to select a sound from its notation When two sounds are possible for the same notation the Use electric sound when available checkbox allows Guitar Pro to choose the most electric sound MIDI percussion sounds do not always have a corresponding symbol in the drum notation If you use one of these sounds Guitar Pro will display the sound with a little square in the center of the tablature 3 Eg Warning Some sound cards only allow sound going from number 35 to number 82 If you choose other sounds no sound is produced So it is advised to stay in this range if
28. 2 Count Down 46 Cut 32 D Dead Note 23 Default Properties 13 Degree 66 Digital Tuner 72 Display 42 Download 39 Drum Kit 37 Dynamic 23 35 Es Enter Notes 19 Export 56 57 58 60 61 F FadeIn 23 Find Tablatures 39 Fingering 63 Flat 19 Formats 39 55 Fretboard 68 70 G General Midi 44 Ghost Note 23 GP Online 4 Grace Note 23 Guitar Pro 3 Exportation 61 Guitar Pro Updates 4 H Hammer On Pull Off 23 Harmonics 23 Help Center 8 Help Language Menu 4 Image 60 Import 51 53 55 Impression 50 Improvements 7 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 95 Index Initial Startup 4 Insert Parameter Changes 28 Installation 4 Installing Guitar Pro 4 Instrument 15 Internet 39 Interval 66 Introduction 6 K Key Signature 13 17 Keyboard 70 Keyboard Shorcuts 93 L Language 4 Left Hand Fingering 23 Let Ring 23 35 Looped 46 Lyrics 29 Main Screen 11 Manage Bars 17 Markers 31 Metronome 46 71 Microphone 72 MIDI 44 51 56 MIDI Exportation 56 MIDI Importation 51 MIDI Input 19 44 MIDI Setup 44 MIDI Tuner 72 Mix Table 28 44 46 Move in the Score 41 N Natural 19 New Features 7 New Score 13 Note 19 Note Duration 19 Note Played Following 46 N tuplets 19 P Palm Mute 23 35 Paste 32 PDF 60 Percussion 15 37 Pickstroke 23 Pitch 44 Play 46 Play Looped 46 Play the Score 46 Popping bass
29. 23i 1 Vibrato 23s Fade In 2 s Harmonics 2h Wide Vibrato 23s Left Hand Fingering 23 T Tapping 23 tr Trill 28 Right Hand Fingering 231 5 Slapping bass 25i A Tremolo Picking 231 T Stroke 23 p Popping bass 23 PM palm Mutel25 Pickstroke 23 7 Hammer On Pull Off 235 Ut Text 23 2 Ghost Note 2h J Bend 2h Bi chords s Dynamic This option allows you to set the dynamic of the note The ZFF P mpm f E ny buttons allow you to choose the dynamic of each note from very faint PPP to very strong m The button allows you to set the dynamic for the whole chord so that you do not have to set it for each note The A button allows you to set the current dynamic as the default for every new note Dynamics are not displayed on the score to lighten it However the View Show Dynamic Notes menu allow you to display the note using a gradient of color the lighter the fainter the darker the stronger The Tools Dynamic Options menu allows you to set the dynamic for each string for a given range of bars Grace Note G A Grace note is an ornamentation which 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 The Grace note window allows you to select The grace note pitch fret or x The grace note
30. 45 amp Print Ctrl P Prints the score See Print 504 See Configure the Printing 48 a Print Preview Opens the print preview window See Print Preview 49 See Configure the Printing 48 El Exit Closes Guitar Pro Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 75 Reference Menus IV 1 2 The Bar Menu First Shift Ctrl Left Moves the edition cursor to the first bar See Move in the Scorel4h amp Previous Ctrl4 Left Moves the edition cursor to the next bar See Move in the Score 4 i 3 Next Ctrl Right Moves the edition cursor to the next bar See Move in the Score 4h E Last Shift Ctrl Right Moves the edition cursor to the last bar See Move in the Scorel4ti Insert Ctri Ins Inserts a bar on all tracks See Manage Bars 1A See Use Cut Copy Paste 32 Cut Ctrl X Cut one or several bars on all tracks See Use Cut Copy Paste 32 See Manage Bars A Ei Copy Ctrl C Copies one or several bars on all tracks See Use Cut Copy Paste 32i See Manage Bars E Paste Ctrl V Pastes the cut or copied bars on one or all tracks See Use Cut Copy Paste 32 See Manage Bars 1A B Clear Removes all notes from one or more bars on one or all tracks See Manage Barsiiti Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 76 Reference Menus U Ke
31. Screen B Gar Po Denn es pt F e Bar Track Note Effects Markers Took Sound View Options Help 20 868 doc PARE AaB Rw ns AA h Jen os Vibt 4lkkkhkhmwszweram he JI le x 4 2 x W amp 1 7 SEMEF AO fO p s 9 ER rk a Da uns P ws nua uo HEERE eS Fa Score JIT edition zone 12 345 a Pan ChoRevPh SNR M HM ER j 1 7 8 52 ChorAah sl 0 00 Rhythm Guitar 1 1 2 23 Overdg S j 0 0 Mix table i Solo Guitar 1 3 A A Bass 1 5 amp 34 Electic Bas 1 10 10 0 Drumke0 028 049 4 000 4000 dg Bar completed Solo Guta Demo for Gutar Pro 4 Franck Duhamel Toolbars can be moved detached floating and can be visible or invisible according to the user choice The IE view gt Menu amp Toolbars menu offers the possibility to choose which toolbars are visible to replace them to their default position and possibly to use Guitar Pro 3 style buttons Each zone of the screen can be resized using the splitters 1 and 2 The status bar at the bottom of the screen shows information about the active score such as the title the author the position bar and track the name of the active track and an indication on the active bar duration Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 11 Using Guitar Pro Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved Using Guitar Pro Write a Score
32. a single track at once all the tracks or only some of them The El View Multitrack View menu allows you to activate or deactivate the multitrack display When the multitrack display is active a checkbox is added to the Mix Tablel48i next to the track number The box is green if the track is visible or red if not You just have to click on the box to change this The active track is always displayed E h Eh The El View Vertical Scrolling and El View Horizontal Scrolling menus allow you to set the scrolling mode The vertical scrolling mode is pleasing for one or two tracks but starting with three tracks the horizontal scrolling may be better When in the vertical scrolling mode the Zi Options gt Preferences F7 menu General tab allows you to set if the scrolling during the play is made staff after staff or screen after screen The 3 View Standard Notation menu allows you to display or disable the standard notation Please note that the tablature cannot be hidden It is needed to define the notes position on the tablature choice of the string and many other notation elements like the effects are linked to the tablature Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 43 Using Guitar Pro Work with the Score 11 2 4 Configure the Sound Sound Quality Guitar Pro uses the MIDI output of your sound card to render the score Eg Definition MIDI Musical Ins ent Digital Int
33. ack gt Add Shift Ctri Ins menu Select the track type and its position compared to other tracks and then click on the OK button Pyrguarii2z uf the iris Name of the track Solo Guitar hi v Strings Library tunings 5 Guitar Standard EADGBE D Tuning d Lg d E3 L3 4b 4b 4b 4b 4 4 Frets Capo a Simulate 12 stringed Guitar m o Y Particular for Banjo 5th string The Track properties window opens in order for you to set the track parameters Name of the track Color in the global view Number of strings Tuning from the library use and buttons to change the library Customized tuning Fret number Capo position 0 if no Capo 12 stringed guitar option 5th string banjo option this string starts at the 6th fret Audio parameters are set directly on the Mix Table 461 Empty bars are automatically created on the added track because in Guitar Pro each track has the same number of bars to keep the musical coherence In order to delete a track use the 2 Track gt Delete Shift Ctri Del menu For more information about percussion consult the Percussion 83h topic Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 15 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 16 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score 11 1 3 Manage Bars In Guitar Pro each bar has the
34. ally chosen depending on the name of Guter ses 1 the MIDI track Guitar solo 2 Bass C Use 2 channels per track Sj Import Acoustic guitar Drums Step by Step Importation This mode gives you more control on the importation and allows fusion of tracks IS S amp RRI Ri amp Chord Position Quantize 9 d O d e 2 O a ry Import Title and Time Signature Changes Note Durati ti O TE PRIM UN O a Add a Track in Guitar Pro Import the Selected Track s on the Current Track in Guitar Pro C Transpose to the lower octave Eg Tip The MIDI importation window allows you to continue to manipulate the score Also it can be reduced by clicking the button button in the lower right of the window Two importation modes are available Quick Importation The quick importation is automatic The creation of the file is very fast but you have less control over the process For each track selected in the MIDI tracks list a Guitar Pro track is created The tuning of the track is chosen from the name of the MIDI track The title and the signature changes are automatically imported The Use 2 channels per track checkbox tells Guitar Pro to use two MIDI channels for each track This option is handy if you plan on adding bend or slide effects to the tablature For more information consult the Configure the Sound 44 topic The Quick import erases the existing
35. always execute the same action If you choose Open and click this checkbox 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 are in fact in your Windows temporary directory To solve this problem follow this procedure In Windows explorer select the Tools gt Folder Options Click on the File Types tab Deletes the GTP GP3 and GP4 extensions by selecting them and clicking the Delete button Close this windows by clicking the OK button Restart Guitar Pro This will reaffect the extensions to Guitar Pro and remove the default action in Microsoft Internet Explorer Ur ME 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 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 40 Using Guitar Pro Work with the Score 1 2 2 Move in the Score Moving in the score is extremely simple and there is many ways to do it a By Clicking on the Score Clicking on the score moves the edition cursor to the pointed position You can even move in the score during the Playing 46 to restart from the pointed position without stopping the play wu Byusing Menus and Toolbars Bees The Bar 76 and Track 7 menus allow you to move in the score 2222 oe ee x The Track toolbar allows you to access tracks Bex ByUsing
36. an 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 importation to work are Lines have to be represented by dashes Bar changes have to be indicated by a vertical bar on each of the strings No empty line has can be present between two strings of a same line of tablature Comments inside the tablature lines are prohibited The File Import ASCII Tab opens the ASCII importation window It contains a text zone allowing you to paste the tablature to import It is also possible to open a file or to print it with the upper left buttons and 9 ES Scl Tau iniuurt gra luda 211 Uu r2 ur tlU Import with zl E Alois JO made an the scie bak Pr lude en Do majeur rrangement pour guitare V es It is possible to modify the tablature before importing in order to correct some problems that may hinder the importation Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 53 Using Guitar Pro Import a Score The scrolling box Import with allows to choose the default rhythm If the variable value is chosen Guitar Pro tries to import the rhythm in the best way it can by taking into account the number of intervals chosen in the second list for the spacing between two quarter notes After the ASCII importation it is often necessary to review the rhythm in order for
37. any fret The lowest line is the fat string low E while the upper line is the high E string thin string This is what you see when you are playing the guitar and not when you are in front of it 2 Rhythm Notation Notes can have different durations A note 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 v2 second The other notes are defined in terms of quarter notes o dJ JUAN When a note is dotted its duration is one time and a half its original one x1 5 J J Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 9 General Information Understanding Notation n tuplets triplets quintuplets sextuplets consists of playing a certain number of notes in a defined time For example a triplet of eighth notes 3 x V beat 1 5 beat is played on one beat LL 3 LL 3 The Time Signature The time signature sets the number of beats per bar For example for a time signature of 3 4 the 4 indicates that the reference time is the quarter note and the 3 indicates that there are 3 beats per bar In this case there are 3 quarter notes in a bar Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 10 General Information Main Screen 1 6 Main
38. bas Music All rights reserved 57 Using Guitar Pro Export a Score 1 5 3 WAVE audio Exportation The e File gt Export gt Wave File audio saves an audio file from the MIDI sound produced during the play of the score The WAVE export allows you to listen to your scores without using Guitar Pro You can also burn the file on a CDROM using a burning software like Nero or EasyCD Creator When you choose WAVE exportation Guitar Pro asks you to select the audio input line to use wine Export Senp WAVE Input Line to use to record the MIDI output Synth MIDI Tip If the WAVE exported file has no sound test another line a Do not select an external input like the microphone which records the ambient sound i e the sound coming from your speakers which creates noise Test the different inputs to find the good one If no input works you have to modify your sound parameters in Windows by following these instructions In Guitar Pro use the Options gt Windows Volume Control menu Select the Options gt Properties menu In the Adjust Volume for area select Recording Make sure all the devices have a check mark in them and click OK Verify that the volume is not off for each device The selected device is not important because you select it directly in Guitar Pro when you use the Wave Export After selecting the input line a window appears to define the encoding to use Salser ruri Name
39. bols 2 gt Slapping bass 25 Pop Bass Indicates a popping effect on the selected note See Add Symbols 231 Popping bass 23 Fade In F Indicates a fade in effect on the selected beat See Add Symbols 31 gt Fade In 23 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 83 Reference Menus IV 1 6 The Markers Menu E Insert Shift Ins Inserts a marker on the active bar See Add Markers 3h m List Display the markers list See Add Markers 3 E Previous Shift Left Moves to the previous marker See Add Markers 3i See Move in the Scorel4t m Go To Moves to the selected marker See Add Markers 3t See Move in the Scorel4h See Play the Score 46 h Next Shift Right Moves to the next marker See Add Markers 3i See Move in the Score 41 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 84 Reference Menus IV 1 7 The Tools Menu ba Digital Guitar Tuner Opens the digital guitar tuner See The Digital Tuner 72 Scales Opens the scales tool See The Scales Tool 66 a Transpose Transposes one or several tracks See Use Wizards 35 ds Automatic Finger Positioning Recalculates the positions of the notes string of the note of the selected track See Use Wizards 38 R Let Ring Options Opens the Let Ring Options window See Use Wizards 351 See Add Symbol
40. change the active track the fretboard will update to reflect the new track lt gt Show Beat Bar v Name for Beat gt Acoustic lt gt G Scales 2 iH EEEEEE CE E ALL 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 7 buttons allows you to navigate in the score So it is possible to enter the whole score with the mouse Ef rip A right click on the fretboard allows you to add a note and then to move to the right You don t have to use the button 2 The Display Modes The Show button allows you to select what you want to see on the fretboard Show Beat Shows only the notes of the selected beat Show Beat Bar Show the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the active bar Show Beat Diagram Show the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the last chord diagram encountered Show Beat Next Beat Show the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the next beat Show Beat Scale Show the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the scale selected in the scale tool For the notes of the scale you can choose to view o The name of the note o The interval o The degree Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 68 Tools for the Guitarist The Fretboard Naming of the Notes The 7 Name buttons allows you to select how the notes display
41. consists of playing the same note over and over very fast As for the trill this effect is displayed with only a single note PM palm Mute P The palm mute effects consists in muffling the sound by lightly touching the strings near the bridge with the right hand palm for a right handed person The palm mute effect is symbolized by the PM symbol above the tablature Ut Text T The text function of Guitar Pro allows you to add free text above the tablature You can use it to indicate elements not displayed in Guitar Pro like tempo changes If you wish to enter Lyrics 281 for a song it is better to use the File Score Information menu Lyrics tab E Chords A Consult the Chord Diagrams e3 topic Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 27 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score 11 1 6 Insert Parameter Changes The Mix Tablel48i and the Tempo 4 amp allow you to define track parameters at the beginning of the play However it is possible to insert parameters changes at any time in the score volume panoramic tempo modification Parameter changes apply to the active track or to all the tracks depending of your choice You can also set the transition duration as a number of beats For example you can lower the volume on all the tracks at the end of the score Use the El Note gt Mix Table F10 menu or double click to add a parameter change Maple Choose th
42. d a symbol indicating if it is complete Q9 too short or too long o The Bar gt Double Bar replace the bar line at the end of the active bar by a double line A double line indicates a new section in the score and has no incidence on the play in contrary to repeats as explained below Repeats The 1 Bar Repeat Close menu replaces the bar line at the end of the active bar by a repeat close and asks you the number of time it should be repeated A repeat close sign indicates that the score has to go to the previous Repeat open sign for the number of times specified This menu is always used in conjunction with the Bar Repeat Open For example 1 4 3 57 3 5 1 0 0 3 Bar play orderis 1 2 1 2 3 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 17 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score m The Bar Alternate Endings adds a repetition symbol at the beginning of the active bar An alternate ending allow you to indicate if the bar has to be played depending on the number of times the bar has been repeated This menu is used in conjunction with repeats For example A Bar play orderis 1 2 1 3 Time Signature and Rey Signature Changes in the Middle of the Score 4 The L Bar gt Key Signature and 4 Bar gt Time Signature allow you to set the key signature and the time signature at the beginning of the score but also t
43. e Score 46 See WAVE audio Exportation 58 en Play Looped Indicates that the play must be looped See Play the Score 46 amp Metronome Adds the metronome during the playing See Play the Scorel48 See The Metronomel71i h Count Down Adds a one bar count down before playing See Play the Score 46 d Tempo Sets the initial tempo See Play the Score 46 See Insert Parameter Changes 281 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 87 Reference Menus 8 MIDI Input Activate or not the Midi Input See Enter Notes 19 See Configure the Sound 44i Playback During Editing Make the notes be played when your enter them See Play the Score 48i Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 88 Reference Menus IV 1 9 The View Menu B Multitrack View Activates the multitrack display mode See Configure the Display 42 See Configure the Printing 48 See Create a New Score Ejh El Vertical Scrolling Activates the vertical scrolling See Configure the Display 42 See Create a New Score P Horizontal Scrolling Activates the horizontal scrolling See Configure the Display A See Create a New Scorel1 El Toggle Vievv Toggle the display betvveen the edition zone and the mix table See Configure the Display 43 Fixed Spacing between Notes Make the spaces between
44. e parameters to change from this beat and when these changes shall be 3 applied C Instrument Fran Volume J All tracks C Pan i C Chorus The volume will be Reverb The tempo will lowered progressively immediately during 8 beats C Phaser change to 165 bpm only on the selected track C Tremolo i Tempo Immediately All track A parameter change is indicated by a little red rectangle on top of the score H9 5 1 No textual indication is added by Guitar Pro If you want to add information about the change use the text function via the Note Text T menu A Tip If you start the play in the middle of the score Gu added since the beginning of the score and takes it into account imm Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 28 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score Il 1 7 Add Lyrics To add lyrics to a score use the e File Score Information F5 menu Lyrics tab Guitar Pro handles lyrics under a textual bloc form and these lyrics are automatically dispatched on the selected track This allows you to easily work on the text copy cut paste and to organize it into sections Refrain Verse Seuye nfurritiur Score Information Lyrics Default Information F a If vou modify the score go back to this Apply to Track n9 window and press OR to update the lyrics Line 1 Line 2 Line3 Line 4 C25 E D B S
45. e scale with the interval and the number of semitones between each note As for every tool in Guitar Pro the display of the notes on the fretboard is a function of the active track Tuning 183 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 66 Tools for the Guitarist The Scales Tool Research of the Scale Used in the Score The Scale Finder button makes the search function active a Scan from Bar to F Be Bop Scale 0 C Minor 13th Arpeggio 2 F Major 13th Arpegaio 2 G Minor Scale 2 G Ethiopian Scale 2 Spanish 8 Tone Scale 2 A Major Scale 2 Select the range of bars you want to analyze and then click on the Find button Guitar Pro then display a list of Tonality Scales possible with the number or incidents between square brackets 0 The incidents correspond to notes that are not in the scale The list is sorted by increasing incidents Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 67 Tools for the Guitarist The Fretboard 11 3 The 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 6 To activate the fretboard use the B view Fretboard menu 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 151 If you
46. ed on the fretboard are named No Name No name is displayed Name for Beat Only the notes of the selected beat are named Name for Beat Every note is named Fretboard Type Guitar Pro proposes 4 different fretboards Electric Acoustic Classical Bass The choice of the fretboard type is purely esthetical Reversing of the Fretboard Left Handed Right Handed The gt buttons allows to reverse the fretboard This is to be used for left handed users Display of the Pointed Note The note pointed by the mouse is displayed You don t need to click the fretboard Scales Tool The Scales button in the upper right of the fretboard opens the Scales Tool 661 The display of the fretboard is then automatically placed on Show Beat Scales and will stay on this option even after the closing of the scales tool You will be able to visualize the scale chosen while you enter your score To remove the scale display just chose another display option Eg Please note The fretboard is a toolbar So you can attach it to the main screen below or above the score or make it floating to move it to any part of the screen Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 69 Tools for the Guitarist The Keyboard Ill 4 The Keyboard Just like the fretboard the keyboard allows to view and to enter the notes of the score It can also show the scalesie81 To activate the keyboard
47. er of the right hand that lightly touches the string 5 7 or 12 octavado 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 12 frets higher PH Pitch Harmonic The pitch harmonic is done with a pick and consists in playing the string by letting the thumb that holds the pick lightly touch the string This harmonic is best obtained with distortion effect S H Semi Harmonic The semi harmonic is similar the pitch harmonic except you keep the natural resonance of the string in addition to the harmonic T Tapping The tapping effect consists of 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 like it is usually 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 not rendered by Guitar Pro 2 Slapping bass The slapping effect consists in slapping the string with the right hand thumb for a right handed person while you rotate your wrist to obtain a percussive sound The slapping effect is often followed by a popping effect see below P Popping bass The popping effect consists in popping one of the two highest strings with amplitude with the right hand forefinger for a right handed perso
48. erface It is a protocol an universal anaua A al information between computers synthesizers sequencers escri the score very precisely notes rhythm instruments The he sound gen ja of the sound card s of tl The sound quality is closely related to the quality of your hardware sound card software or hardware synthesizer and Guitar Pro has nothing to do with it Guitar Pro is only sending pitch and duration information to your hardware and the hardware produces the requested sound In the same way the list of available instruments in Guitar Pro is defined by the General MIDI specification and is not extensible without using specific hardware Eg Sound problems Depending on your sound card you may hear cracks during the play In this case go to the display properties of Windows right click on Windows desktop Properties menu select the Settings tab and click on the Advanced button select the Troubleshoot tab and turn Hardware acceleration to None MIDI Setup Use the W Options gt MIDI Setup to setup your MIDI output and MIDI input MIDI Setup MIDI Outputs Port Device Instrument Patch een eM El 8 General MIDI E C Limit pitch variations none v J none iv C Limit pitch variations none J none C Limit pitch variations none J none C Limit pitch variations Use the option Limit pitch variations if the bend or slide effects sound wrong Basic sound cards don t
49. ersion by using the Start gt All Programs gt Guitar Pro 4 Demo gt Uninstall Guitar Pro 4 Demo menu If you have purchased an updated version of Guitar Pro from the v3 for example it is not necessary to install the previous version to install Guitar Pro 4 Also version 4 is able to open every file created using a previous version so you may want to uninstall the previous version The minimum requirements in order to install Guitar Pro 4 is Pentium 500 MHz or equivalent 64 Meg of RAM Sound card 20 Meg of free space on the hard drive Installing Guitar Pro Insert the Guitar Pro CD ROM in your drive If the setup program does not start open My Computer open the CD ROM drive named GPAFULL and then double click on the Start exe or Start file The setup program will allow you to Install Guitar Pro 4 Start the Video Presentation Open the User Manual PDF Install Adobe Reader needed to open PDF The installation of Guitar Pro will ask you to accept the terms of the license of use and will allow you to select the setup directory of the software The installation of Guitar Pro creates a shortcut to the software on the desktop as E well as in the Start gt Programs gt Guitar Pro 4 menu of Windows puis pe ein d Initial Startup To start Guitar Pro double click on the Guitar Pro shortcut on the desktop or use the Start Programs gt Guitar Pro 4 gt Guitar Pro 4 menu During the first s
50. h it to the main screen below or above the score or make it floating to move it to any part of the screen Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 70 Tools for the Guitarist The Metronome 11 5 The Metronome To activate the metronome use the Sound gt Metronome menu The metronome gives you the tempo when you Play 46 a score However there is a way to use the metronome without having a score y Create a new file menu File gt New d Set the chosen tempo menu Sound gt Tempo Activate the looped play menu Sound gt Play Looped TUO Mee Be Play the score menu Sound gt Play from the Beginning The first and empty bar will be played again and again Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 71 Tools for the Guitarist The Digital Tuner Ill G The Digital Tuner Guitar Pro provides several ways to tune your instrument by ear by connecting the guitar to the computer or with a microphone Each way is based on the active track tuning To configure the tuning of the active track use the Es Track Properties F6 menu The MIDI Tuner The MIDI tuner allows you to tune your instrument by ear string after string To access the MIDI tuner use the E Track gt Properties F6 menu Select the number of strings and then a tuning from those present in the list You can use a custom tuning by manually setting each s
51. he current 2 track G Place the clipboard at the selection Insert the clipboard before the selection Add the clipboard at the end of the score Number of pastings E E How can I insert or delete bars on a single track Given the musical rigour of Guitar Pro see the Manage Bars 17 topic inserting or deleting bars on a single track is not advised because a bar exists on all tracks A coherence problem could appear if you tried to delete the 5th bar of the first track while there is a time signature change at the 10th bar The first track would change its time signature at the 9th bar while the second one would change it at the 10th one The problem is the same with inserting If you really need to insert or delete a bar on a single track you just have to use the Copy Paste functions like this Insert a Bar Before the 10th one on the Active Track 1 Goto the 10th bar 2 Usethe E Bar gt Copy Ctrl C menu select a range going from the 10th bar to the last one click on the OK button 3 Goto the 11th bar Use the B par gt Past Ctrl V menu click on the OK button 5 Goto the 10th bar ra 6 Use the EZBar gt Clear menu click on the OK button The method is the same for inserting several bars Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 33 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score Delete the 10th Bar of the Active Track Go to the 11th
52. ing Guitar Pro Write a Score 11 1 11 Percussion Percussion tracks are special tracks in Guitar Pro In order to add a percussion track use the amp Track gt Add shift Ctrl Ins menu and select Percussion Percussion tracks can only be linked to the 10th channel MIDI specification You can choose the Drum Kit in the Mix Tablel481 to select the set of sounds to use Many sound cards offer only a single drum kit Entering the notes is the same as for a guitar track except that the numbers on the strings represent the MIDI sound numbers and not the fret number The choice of the string has no importance and it is possible to play up to 6 different sounds at the same time one for each string of the tablature The standard notation uses a percussion specific representation Guitar Pro includes an assistant for entering the percussion To activate it use the s View Percussion menu This assistant is available only when the active track is a percussion track Using the Percussion Assistant Vayetssing High Q 45 Low Tom Slap 46 Open Hi Hat Scratch Push 47 Low Mid Tom Scratch Pull 48 Hi Mid Tom Sticks 49 Crash Cymbal 1 Square Click 50 High Tom Metronome Click 51 Ride Cymbal 1 Metronome Bell 52 Chinese Cymbal Acoustic Bass Drum 53 Ride Bell Bass Drum 1 54 Tambourine Side Stick 55 Splash Cymbal Acoustic Snare 55 Cowbell Hand Clap 57 Crash Cymbal
53. ion Some tablature writing conventions represent tied notes between round brackets but there may be confusion with Ghost Notes 23 which are true notes played lower Use the Note gt Tied note L to add a tie with the preceding note on the same string Use the Note gt Lier le temps Ctrl L to add ties to all preceding notes amp Accidentals sharp flat natural in Standard Notation To add or remove accidentals from the standard notation you have to use the 1 Note gt Up one semitone Shift et bl Note gt Down one semitone shift menus Accidentals are automatically added in compliance with the chosen key signature Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 21 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score En i ea Rhythm Display Guitar Pro automatically manages rhythm display and note tail direction from note durations and time signature Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 22 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score 11 1 5 Add Symbols Guitar Pro allows you to insert many musical symbols in the score and particularly those specific to the guitar Most of these symbols are taken into account during the play of the score The following symbols are available in the Note and Effects menus s Dynamic 23 Accentuated Note 23 Tremolo Barl 23i 2 Grace note 2 Dead Note 23i V Slides 23i 5 Staccato 23i 71 Let Ring
54. l Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 90 Reference Menus IV 1 10 The Options Menu Zi Preferences F7 Opens the Preferences window See Configure the Display 4 See Configure the Printing 48 MIDI setup Open the MIDI setup window See Configure the Sound 4 i Windows Volume Control Opens Windows volume control window See Configure the Sound 44i See WAVE audio Exportation 58 See The Digital Tuner 7A E Language Sets the language for the software A lire Installation 4 E Help Language Sets the language for the help A lire Installation 44 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 91 Reference Menus IV 1 11 The Help Menu 9 Index F1 Opens the help file See Installation 4 ss Register your Copy Opens Guitar Pro online registration window See Installation 4 See Technical Support 8 GP Online check for new versions Opens GP Online to obtain information about the last version available See Installation 44 Guitar Pro on the Web Opens Guitar Pro web site See Technical Support 84 R About Opens the About vvindovv See Technical Support 8 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 92 Keyboard Shorcuts IV 2 Keyboard Shorcuts EDITION Enter Add a Note in Standard Notation Divide the Duratio
55. lay mode chosen a b Plays the score to the end and then restarts from the beginning ei be Plays the score to the end and then restarts from the beginning a be Plays the current bar looped a le Plays the score between the chosen marker and the next one repeatedly This last mode is good for playing a precise section of the score repeatedly Le menu a Sound gt Speed Trainer F9 menu plays a precise section of the partition repeatedly and modifies the tempo each time it plays it The parameters are the starting bar the ending bar the initial tempo the final tempo and the step for each time it plays it This function is really handy to learn a delicate passage by starting from a lower tempo to the real tempo progressively Bf Tip You can use the Speed Trainer to play a section of the score repeatedly without any tempo change 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 by using the Parameter Changel28i function During the play the current tempo is displayed in the Guitar Pro title bar The Relative Tempo 0 50 button to the left of the tempo allows you to affect a coefficient to the tempo at any time to accelerate or to slow down the play without modifying the file The coefficient can be set to a value beginning at x0 25 4 times slower and ending at x2 2 times faster To deactivate this function you just have to click on
56. markers aanas Lisi Markers are more than a visual reference they also allow to move quickly in the partition or to play a part of the score repeatedly 46 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 31 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score 11 1 9 Use Cut Copy Paste The Cut Copy Paste functions work on full bars u Cut Bars The gl Bar gt Cut Ctri X menu cuts one or several bars on all tracks Bars EB to B This function cut the bars on all tracks To cut a bar on only one track use the Copy Paste functions Copy Bars The Ei Bar gt Copy Ctri C menu copies one or several bars on all tracks or only on the active track Bars i B to mm All the tracks Only the current track Paste Bars The E Bar gt Paste Ctrl V menu pastes previously cut or copied bars If the bars were copied paste functions like the copy type all tracks or single track If you want to copy paste a single track the source track and the destination one must have the same number of strings Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 32 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score While pasting you can choose whether you want to insert bars or replace the existing ones You can also choose the number of repetitions to quickly copy a bar to the whole track handy for percussion tracks Confirm the pasting of 1 bar s to t
57. n The popping effect is often preceded by a slapping effect see above Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 25 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score HeP 2 Hammer On Pull Off H 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 HO For a hammer on the second string higher than the first one is played by tapping with a finger 1 3 on the string while keeping the finger corresponding to the first note on the fretboard P O For a pull off the second note lower than the first one is played by removing the finger of the 3 1 first note after having pressed the fret corresponding to the second one Guitar Pro automatically determines if the effect is a hammer on or a pull off P O H O P O H O P O H O P O Hn HI pI It is common for hammer on pull off to be linked together for two notes 3 131515 4 Bend B 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 It is also possible to set the amount of bend and add vibrato effects on some sections x The Bend Bend Release buttons allow you to define
58. n diagram To listen to the selected diagram use the C button in the lower right of the main diagram Liste D Alternative Names The D list Alternative Names displays the different names possible for the main diagram Click on one of these names to make Guitar Pro construct this name in the A zone and update the list available in the C zone Liste E Used The E list Used displays the diagrams used in the score Use this list when the same diagram is present several times in the score So it will save you the time needed to reconstruct it This list is automatically updated but each time you load a file it is reset The III buttons allow you to add delete update or sort the diagrams of the list When the mouse pointer is on an element of the list the corresponding diagram will be shown in a hint window Liste F On Top The F list On Top allows you to select which diagrams you want to see on top of the score This list of diagrams is only used on the printout In general either these diagrams are directly on the tablature or these diagrams are on top of the partition and you only use their names on the tablature The pongo buttons allow you to add delete update or sort the diagrams of the list When the mouse pointer is on an element of the list the corresponding diagram will be shown in a hint window Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 64 Tools for the
59. n of the Notes by 2 Multiply the Duration of the Notes by 2 Ctrl Divide the Duration of the Current Note by 2 Ctrl Multiply the Duration of the Current Note by 2 or Dotted Beat Ctrl or Ctrl Dotted Note R Rest Triplet Beat Ctrl Triplet Note L Link the Note Ctrl L Link the Beat C Copy the Beat at the End of the Bar Ins Insert a Beat as Rest Del Delete the Note Ctrl Del Delete the Beat Shift Up Move the Note to the Next String Upward Shift Down Move the Note to the Next String Downward Shift Up one Semitone Shift Down one Semitone Ctrl X Cut Bars Ctrl C Copy Bars Ctrl V Paste Bars Ctrl Ins Insert a Bar Shift Ctrl Ins Insert a Track Shift Ctrl Del Delete a Track Shift Ins Insert a Marker F5 Score Information F6 Track Properties F10 Mix Table Change Events EFFECTS H Hammer On Pull Off S Shift Slide B Bend A Chord T Text V Vibrato F Fade In X Dead note I Let Ring G Grace Note Oo Ghost Note P Palm Mute Ctrl U Brush Up Ctrl D Brush Down Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 93 Reference Keyboard Shorcuts NAVIGATION Enter Next Note on the Tablature Home First Beat of the Bar
60. nt The Il Preview button opens the Print Preview 49 Chord nam I RS Multitrack Printing Guitar Pro prints the tracks on the basis of what is displayed If your display is set to monotrack only the active track will be printed In multitrack mode only the visible tracks will be printed see the Configure the Display 42i topic Tablature and or Standard Notation Printing The tablature notation is always printed However the standard notation is optional To remove standard notation from the printout just make it invisible Z View Standard Notation menu Printing Chord Diagrams on Top of the Score Guitar Pro is able to print chord diagrams on top of the score For more information see the Chord Diagram Tool 63 topic Configure the Printer g The z File gt Printer Setup allows to select which printer to use and the size of the paper Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 48 Using Guitar Pro Print a Score 11 3 2 Print Preview The File gt Print Preview allows you to preview the printing on the screen EP Vrint Preview aa ales Demo for Guitar Pro 4 Melody Franck Duhamel A oe ts tp pr OO a a 1 7 Pg toot al I eS nn o n IJ ILL The and buttons are for zooming in and out The m and HS buttons are for recentering the page
61. nu Guitar Pro Updates The Guitar Pro 4 x updates are free for the registered customers of the Guitar Pro 4 version If you registered your licence on the web site you will be notified by email of each update available You may verify there is no update available by checking the Help GP Online check for new versions To download the latest version of Guitar Pro go to the Help Center Registered Customers section It is of no use to register each update Some updates may replace the whole program In this case your settings will be erased and you will be asked your licence number again You can save your settings by making a backup of GPro400 ini in the data directory before installing the new version and then replacing the file installed by the one you backed up Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 5 General Information Introduction l 2 Introduction Welcome to Guitar Pro Guitar Pro is the ultimate workshop dedicated to the beginner as well as the advanced guitar player It is aimed to helping the user to progress to compose or simply to accompany himself with the guitar Guitar Pro has been designed for 4 to 7 strings instruments guitar bass banjo mandolin Here is what Guitar Pro offers you A multitrack score editor focused on tablature It s easy to use includes most notation symbols and it s specifically designed for stringed instruments It allows y
62. o modify them in the middle of it Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 18 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score ll 1 4 Enter Notes In Guitar Pro you can enter notes either on the tablature or on the standard notation display Each note added in a notation is automatically added in the other one The edition cursor is the yellow rectangle When it is on a note the corresponding note in the other notation is surrounded by a grey rectangle i 4 The TAB tabulation key allows you to switch notation I 4 0 0 Eg Tip The 15 35 Shift Down Up buttons allow you to move a note from one string to another one without changing its pitch These shortcuts also work when you use the standard notation so you do not have to switch notation everytime Clicking on the score does not add any note but moves the edition cursor to the position pointed So you can not modify the score by mistake There are many ways to enter notes on a score Using the Computer Keyboard Almost everything is done from the number pad Arrow keys move you around the score Number keys enter notes The and keys modify note duration The Insert and Delete keys add or remove notes More information Keyboard Shortcuts 93 Using the Mouse If you prefer to use the mouse you will use the following elements e The fretboard E View gt Fretboard to enter the notes e The Note gt 0 to 30 menu popup
63. o signal isolating each instrument and then analysing the frequencies in order to extract the notes Some software like Digital Ear are able to do that In general the analysis works well if the file contains only one monophonic instrument a single melody When the analysis is done the score can be saved in a MIDI file You can import this file into Guitar Pro Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 55 Using Guitar Pro Export a Score l 5 Export a Score 1 5 1 MIDI Exportation A The e File gt Export gt MIDI menu exports the partition to a MIDI format 1 file mid The zi Options gt Preferences F7 menu General tab allows you to set if the effects and the repeats should be exported or not To choose not to export a track just mute it M button on the Mix Table 4 1 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 56 Using Guitar Pro Export a Score 1 5 2 ASCII Exportation E The e File Export ASCII Tab allows you to export the active track to an ASCII file A window appears allowing you to preview the output and to configure the number of columns ep Sel Tug Egi Demo for Guitar Pro 4 El 2 6 td Er A The amp Print button prints the ASCII partition The Export button saves the ASCII tablature to a file of your choice tab Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Aro
64. ol is closely linked to the others and it is important to understand the way the tool works to get the best out of this tool Zone A Chord Constructing The A zone allows to construct the chord by its name Thousands of combinations are possible When you click on one of the lists of the A zone Guitar Pro displays the name of the chord in the B zone and displays a list of corresponding diagrams in the C zone The first diagram of the list is by default selected as the main diagram of the B zone It is possible to define an inversion bass note different from the fundamental one or to indicate the bass note on the lowest string The zi Options gt Preferences F7 onglet G n ral permet de choisir d afficher ou non la note basse dans le nom de l accord lorsque celle ci est diff rente de la fondamentale Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 63 Tools for the Guitarist The Chord Diagram Tool Zone B Main Diagram The B zone displays the main diagram ie the one which will be added to score as well as its fingering its construction and its name The fingering is indicated in the black circles 1 for the index finger 2 for the middle finger and is reindicated under the diagram in order to modify it You can construct a diagram by clicking directly on it Click on a string to add or delete a note Usethe scrollbar to modify the base fret Click
65. on Improvements and New Features 1 3 Improvements and New Features Here are the Main Improvements and New Features of Version 4 Standard Notation 191 displaying capturing and printing Drum Notation 3 New Notation Items 31 various harmonics stressed Notes staccato rasgueado pickstroke left and right hand fingering New Effects 231 advanced tremolo bar trill palm mute various slides tremolo picking MIDI Input 19 Multitrack Printing 48 Fretboard amp 8 amp Keyboard 70 Lyrics 25 Scales Tool 66 Digital Guitar Tuner 72 Chord Diagrams 63 for 4 to 7 strings with fingering and management of barred chords NVAVE 58 and BMP 6 exportations Undo Redo Buttons Cut Copy Paste 32i between 2 Guitar Pro sessions Search Engine 39 for finding tabs on the Internet Auto Backup Restore Possibility to add Custom Tunings Improved Interface Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved General Information Technical Support 1 4 Technical Support Before contacting tech support be sure to read this User Manual It was designed to answer every question asked by users If you have problems installing or using Guitar Pro go to the Help Center on the Guitar Pro Internet site The latest version of the User Manual will be downloadable there and you will be able to contact the technical support team by e mail To gain access to the Technical Support you have to W Regi
66. on the checkboxes on the right to force or to forbid a barre The barre is automatically displayed by Guitar Pro Click on the numbers under the diagram to define the left hand fingering A fingering is automatically displayed but if you modify it Guitar Pro will memorize it and use it for any similar chord it encounters You may click on the checkboxes 1 3 to omit some notes in the chord You may change the name suggested by Guitar Pro It will be displayed on the tablature Important When you click on the main diagram the A zone 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 Alternative Names list Guitar Pro will then be able to automatically name the chord and to define its construction in the C zone for the chord you constructed On top of the diagram a circle represents a string played open without any finger pressing the string and a cross represents a string which is not played Zone C Diagrams List The C zone display the list of all diagrams possible for the chord constructed in the A zone You can filter the list to display more or less diagrams depending on their complexity by selecting the Simple Medium All modes in the A zone Click on one of these diagrams for it to become the main diagram in the B zone It is also possible to scroll between the diagrams by using the horizontal scrollbar below the mai
67. onfig re the Display z cciieiii i mmimi naanin ia E eraai paara daera fobyenuedeteesuedevuuezededdegeiieteenuedeceeseeteueeze 42 Configure the Soundi xissini i 44 Play the SC Ore lm 46 xil cA SCore e R 48 Configure the Printing c 48 Print Previevv uud c cata Import a Score MIDI Importation E 51 fle ganipcuMeece c 53 import Other Formats cc 55 EXpott a SCONG eene eie temes edere iaceo cate ce tutte ence E 56 MIDI EXDOrtatONn p 56 Pez Ig 57 WAVE a dio Exportatori 58 BMP image Exportation 5 dasaran itosona daroa isase a darniai ataa diaras idiari dakia iS 60 Guitar Pro 3 eIICiiEme 61 Tools for the Guitarist 63 The Chord Diagram Tool m22e a22222a2222aa2nnenanaaaaamaaananenamnananmaaaenmaamenenannenanaaaenannneneenere 63 The Sal s Tool ssis
68. ou to view and listen to the song with an accurate rendering of guitar effects and an optimized display for the computer screen Tools aimed to assist the user on a day to day basis such as the digital guitar tuner the chord diagram engine the scales tool the fretboard display and more Midi and ASCII Import Export Midi and ASCII Import Export gives you the opportunity to take advantage of the thousands of scores available on the Internet in other formats Important Points Customizable screen In Guitar Pro the screen display is fully customizable and independent of the paper view This allows you to use the space available on the screen in the best way by selecting the tracks on which you want to work Customizable printing Guitar Pro s printouts are fully user customizable and the printing style can be changed with a few clicks Synchronization Guitar Pro automatically adds the bars and provides synchronization between the tracks of the score This strict synchronization is needed for proper sound rendering of the score and it can also be educational at the same time Interactive tools Each tool within Guitar Pro is closely linked to the active track properties For example if you opened the guitar tuner it would give you the tuning chosen for that specific track This makes Guitar Pro very powerful and easy to use Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved General Informati
69. p File Import ASCII Tab menus allow you to import external music files directly into Guitar Pro More information MIDI Importation 5 ASCII Importation 5 Eg Tip The C key copies the selected beat to the end of the bar This can be very handy to reproduce an arpeggio The 8 View gt Fixed Spacing between Notes menu allows you to force a fixed spacing between notes in the currently edited bar independently from the rhythm This function can be handy in case if very short notes hinder the visibility Here are some important tips to help you enter notes amp Beat Duration and Note Duration bass line It is important to understand these two terms to best use Guitar Pro Beat Duration sets the space between notes on the selected beat and for the next notes Note Duration sets the proper duration of each note By default each note duration is equal to the beat duration It is only necessary to alter this when the note duration is different from the beat duration It is the case when you write a bass line Here is an example 7 T T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M A M A M I Tae r 3 4 pat emn q dependent note duration Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 20 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score Durations are managed using the Note gt Beat Duration and Note gt Note Duration Ctrl menus or using the corresponding toolbar
70. played while coming from a lower fret undefined 7i The note is played while coming from a upper fret undefined 31 The note is played and then the finger slides to a lower fret undefined ge 4 The note is played and then the finger slides to a upper fret undefined Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 26 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score 1 Vibrato V The vibrato consists of quickly moving the left hand finger for a right handed person on the string The movement creates a pitch variation The intensity as well as the speed of the vibrato are variable but Guitar Pro do not allow you to enter these parameters The vibrato effect is displayed with a little wave above the tablature and lasts until the note ends Wide Vibrato The wide vibrato is stronger than the simple vibrato and is obtained 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 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 A Tremolo Picking The tremolo picking effect
71. rmonics 23 Hammer On Pull Off H Indicates a HO or a PO on the selected note function of the following notes See Add Symbols 231 gt Hammer On Pull Off 231 Bend B Indicates a bend effect on the selected note See Add Symbols 31 gt Bendl 3i Tremolo Bar Indicates a tremolo bar effect on the selected beat See Add Symbols 3 gt Tremolo Bar 231 4 Slides S Indicates a slide effect on the selected note See Add Symbols 2 gt Slides 3 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 82 Reference Menus 1 Vibrato V Indicates a vibrato effect on the selected note See Add Symbols 23i gt Vibrato 23 Wide Vibrato Indicates a wide vibrato effect on the selected beat See Add Symbols 3 gt Wide Vibrato 3 ir Trill Indicates a trill effect on the selected note See Add Symbols 23 gt Trill 231 Tremolo Picking Indicates a tremolo picking effect on the selected note See Add Symbols 2 gt Tremolo Bar 23 Palm Mute P Indicates a palm mute effect on the selected note See Add Symbols 23 gt Palm Mutel23i See Use VVizardsi38 Staccato Indicates a staccato effect on the selected note See Add Symbols 2 i gt Staccato 23 Tapping Indicates a tapping effect on the selected note See Add Symbols 3 gt Tapping 23 Slapping Bass Indicates a slapping effect on the selected note See Add Sym
72. s xi JJ JS SA Beat duration Note Duration Ed J Note duration For more information about rhythm consult the Understanding Notation 9 topic Ef Please Note if you want to let a note ring for an arpeggio for example you can use the Let Ring 231 effect instead of setting the note duration to a longest value making the score musicaly incorrect Ea Ed Managing the Triplets and n Tuplets To regroup notes you only have to set the same n tuplet 3 5 to each beat of the group Guitar Pro will automatically link them as soon as their total duration is a multiple of the chosen n tuplet LL 3 3 N tuplets are managed using the Note gt Beat duration and Note gt Note duration Ctrl menus or using the coresponding toolbars For more information about n tuplets consult the Understanding Notation 95 topic Ea vu Rests In Guitar Pro a rest is automatically defined for a full beat Rests on only one voice the melody for example must not be used This limitation will be removed in the next evolutions of Guitar Pro by a multivoice system replacing the time note duration system Use the 3 Note gt Rest R menu to add a rest amp Ties A tie is a note which is not played It only indicates that the tied note duration is added to the previous note A tie is displayed on the standard notation as a normal note but is not displayed on the tablature notat
73. s 23 gt Let Ring 23i Palm Mute Options Opens the Palm Mute Options window See Use Wizards 38 See Add Symbols 2 gt Palm Mute 3 R Dynamic Options Opens the Dynamic Options window See Use Wizards 38 See Add Symbols 231 gt Dynamicl21 Di Check Bar Duration F8 Checks that bar durations corresponds to the time signature on all tracks See Use Wizards 381 2 Bar Arranger Repositions bar lines on the active track to match the time signature See Use Wizards 38 See Enter notes 191 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 85 Reference Menus Complete Reduce Bars with Rests Completes too short bars and reduces too long bars See Use Wizards 381 See Enter notes 1 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 86 Reference Menus IV 1 8 The Sound Menu b Play from the Current Position Space Plays the score from the current position See Play the Score 46i P Play from the Beginning Space Plays the score from the beginning of it See Play the Scorel48 k Play the Current Bar Space Plays the current bar See Play the Score 48 le Play from the Marker Plays the score from the selected marker See Play the Scorel48 See Add Markers 3i sp Speed Trainer F9 Opens the speed trainer tool See Play the Score 46 L Stop Space Stops the playing See Play th
74. s 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 The volume panoramic chorus reverb phaser and tremolo parameters can be displayed under the form of a potentiometer or by a simple numeric value 13 In this case click on the upper part of the value to increase it and in the lower one to decrease it The instrument can be changed too To switch between potentiometers and numeric value click on the parameter title The buttons above the track number allow you to reduce or restore all parameters Ef rip Some sound cards do not understand chorus reverb phaser and tremolo In this case these parameters have no effects on the sound Note Played Following The zi Options gt Preferences F7 menu General tab allow you to set the played note following method Several options are possible Rectangle around the bar Note highlighted Triangle under the note played These options can be combined Depending on the power of your computer the following of the played note can be behind the sound In this case use only the played bar following Step by Step Mode The and 6 buttons allow you to play the score note after note During the play these buttons change to and P and allow you to go to the previous or
75. s of more than one tone The low quality sound cards are often limited to such a variation If bend or slide effects do not sound good you may check this option The effects that use a greater variation will not be played MIDI Input The MIDI Input allows you to capture notes with a MIDI instrument The instrument must have a MIDI input driver installed in Windows and selected in the Device area The Sensitivity allows you to change the maximum delay between two notes of a same chord in milliseconds When the duration between two played notes is more important than the sensitivity the second note is placed on a new beat The String Affectation using Channel Detection zone allows you to determine how to place captured notes If you use a MIDI guitar you can send each string to a different channel select one of the two first choices the first channel is on the highest string or on the lowest string If you do not use a MIDI guitar or if this one does not allow you to allocate channels to strings select the last option No Channel Detection In this case Guitar Pro automaticaly chooses the notes position on the fretboard like a MIDI importation Use the W Sound gt MIDI Input Active to start or stop the capture of notes menu More information Enter Notes 19 Ports and Channels Name Port Ch Ch2 You can choose the Port and the Channels used for each track in the Mix Table 46 Melody n pr m m Rhythm Guitar 112 By default Guitar
76. sible positions or fingerings for that chord Retrieve the positions of the standard chords with exotic tunings of your instrument Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 65 Tools for the Guitarist The Scales Tool I 2 The Scales Tool The scales tool allows you to view and listen to a great number of scales in any tonality It can also retrieve the scale used in a score To activate the scales tools use the Tools gt Scales You can also access this tool by using the Scales button on the upper right of the Fretboardis i Keyboard 70 The opening of the scales tool triggers the opening of the keyboard To view the scales on the fretboard use the E View Fretboard before opening the scales tool The display modes of the keyboard and fretboard are automatically positioned on Show Beat Scales You can customize the fretboard display to view for each note of the scale the name the interval the degree a Pentatonic Major Scale Blues Major Scale Minor Scale Melodic Minor Scale Harmonic Minor Scale Pentatonic Minor Scale Blues Minor Scale Augmented Scale Be Bop Scale E D E F G s B Scale Finder gt gt To display a scale select the chosen tonality C C and then the name of the scale Guitar Pro shows the notes of the scale To listen to them you just have to click on the notes Guitar Pro also shows the construction of th
77. ster your license on the Guitar Pro s Internet site m Use the latest 4 x version available on Guitar Pro s Internet site updates are free for v4 customers To know which version of Guitar Pro you are using use the menu Help gt About Eg Please note The distributor of your country may propose additional technical support by Internet telephone or postal mail In this case a document is included in the software s package with the instructions to access this support Eg Please note The technical support for a given version of Guitar Pro is guaranteed for one full year after the end of the distribution of this version Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 8 General Information Understanding Notation 1 5 Understanding Notation In order to get the most out of Guitar Pro you need to Know how to read tablature m Have some knowledge of Rhythm Notation Here is a rapid introduction to these notions 1 Reading Tablature Tablature notation was created to make music reading easier on stringed instruments It can be learned quickly and you do not need to know any music theory It shows which string to play which is quite important since the same note can be played on several strings U WU Each string of the guitar is represented by a line Numbers indicate the fret the finger has to press The 0 means the string has to be played open that is without pressing
78. t You have to be connected to the Internet to use this tool Susi UI the 2t Search 1 Enter some simple text like satriani or elise 2 MySongBook The Ultimate Guitar Pro T ablature Archive 2 Update the Search Site List Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 39 Using Guitar Pro Work with the Score In order to use this function simply enter a simple text like Mozart or Elise in the 1 zone select a search site from the ones available in the 2 list and then click on the Search button Guitar Pro will automatically open a browser on the chosen site with the results The Update the search site list button connects to the Guitar Pro site that became partners after your last update The Guitar Pro format is becoming more and more popular Thousands of files are available on Internet tablature sites Search engines like Google or Yahoo can help you to find these sites which the search engine integrated in Guitar Pro may not know of Eg Warning When you download or upload a file on the Internet make sure you do not infringe the potential copyright on this file The partner sites are not under our responsibility Please do not contact us if you encounter problems with these sites Download problems When you download a file using Microsoft Internet Explorer it asks you if you want to open or save the file to your hard disk A checkbox allows you to
79. tar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 78 Reference Menus IV 1 4 The Note Menu amp Insert a Beat Ins Inserts a rest at the edition cursor position See Enter Notes 1 El Delete the Beat Ctri Del Deletes the notes of the selected beat See Enter Notes 1 Copy Beat Triplet at the End C Copies the notes of the selected beat at the end of the bar See Enter Notes 191 Tie Beat Ctri L Creates ties with all previous notes See Enter Notes 19 Tie Note L Creates a tie with the previous note See Enter Notes 1 i Rest R Replaces the notes of the selected beat by a rest See Enter Notes 194 A Beat Duration gt Sets the duration of all the notes of the selected beat See Enter Notes 19 Beat Duration Dotted lorie Sets a dotted note for of all the notes of the selected beat See Enter Notes 1 ae X Beat Duration gt Indicates a n tuplets for all the notes of the selected beat See Enter Notes 121 zl Note Duration Ctrl Sets the duration of the selected note See Enter Notes 181 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 79 Reference Menus Note Duration gt Dotted ctrl or Ctrl Makes the selected note a dotted one See Enter Notes i i X Note Duration gt n tuplet ctr Indicates a n tuplet for the selected no
80. tar Pro to divide two words replace the space by a PLUS sign To insert blank beats simply add several spaces or dashes Line breaks are considered like spaces However several line breaks count only as one space So you can edit your text without any problem Text between SQUARE BRACKETS are not displayed on the score You can use square brackets to add comments or titles to paragraphs INTRO REFRAIN P mw Th The 9 Ll B buttons allow you respectively to cut copy and paste text Eg Warning If you modify any note on a track which has lyrics attached to it you will have to go back to the lyrics window and click on the OK button in order for Guitar Pro to recalculate the position of the lyrics on the modified track Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 30 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score 11 1 8 Add Markers Markers are visual references displayed in the global view that allow to identify the various parts of the score Intro Solo Chorus Markers are linked to bars and are in no way liked to the track You can display them in several colors gt Theme b Solo N43 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 a ue DS VA DS DA DV un To add a marker you can Double click in the marker zone of the global view Use the El Markers gt Insert Shift Ins menu The m Markers List menu presents you a windows allowing you to manage the
81. tart from Bar 1 Nu VERSE Here is an ex am ple of ly rics Read help file to use special symbols and Here is an em Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 29 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score 1 Track Choice In order for the lyrics to appear on the score you have to select a track The lyrics will be automatically dispatched on this track Guitar Pro works with a specific syntax in order to manage this see the 4th point below In general lyrics are placed on the melody track However you can place them on an instrumental track but you will probably have to make adjustments It would be very surprising if each beat corresponds to a unique syllable Please note that you can choose not to add lyrics to a track if you do not know about the melody It will be kept for information 2 Lines It is possible to enter up to 5 lines of text These lines are displayed one below the other on the selected track 3 The Starting Bar For each line you can set a starting bar from which the lyrics will be added So you do not have to insert spaces at the beginning of the lyrics 4 Lyrics The edit zone allows you to enter the lyrics Guitar Pro automatically adds each syllable to a different beat A syllable change is detected when there is a SPACE or a DASH So you have to use dashes to separate each syllable in a word If you do not want Gui
82. tartup of Guitar Pro you will have to W Select the language you wish to use in Guitar Pro You may change this choice later by using the Options Language menu The language chosen automatically sets the help language However you still have the choice to change it by using the Options gt Help Language menu W Enter you licence number This licence number is either given with the software in its box or sent to you by email according to your choice Important keep your licence number in a safe place you will need it each time you will install Guitar Pro W Setthe MIDI parameters Make sure to set it correctly or else you will have no sound when using the software You may change these parameters later by using the Options MIDI Setup menu W Finally the software will ask you to register your licence online This registration is highly advised because it is needed to access the technical support to download the free 4 x updates and to be granted a special discount on future versions of Guitar Pro If you deactivate the window which asks you to register your licence you will still be able to access Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved General Information Installation the registration procedure by using the Help Register your Copy menu Uninstall Guitar Pro In order to uninstall Guitar Pro use the Start gt All Programs gt Guitar Pro 4 gt Uninstall Guitar Pro 4 me
83. te See Enter Notes 19i amp Dynamic Sets the dynamic for the selected note A lire Add Symbols 31 gt Dynamic 31 See Use Wizards 3 my Dynamic Apply to the Chord Makes the dynamic apply to the whole chord instead of the selected note See Add Symbols 231 gt Dynamicl23i See Use Wizards 351 a Dynamic Set as Default Make the chosen dynamic the default one for new notes See Add Symbols 23 gt Dynamic 231 See Use Wizards 3 E Chord A Opens the chord diagram window See Chord Diagrams Ut Text T Inserts a text See Add Symbols 23 gt Text 23 El Mix Table F10 double click Inserts a parameter change See Insert Parameter Changes 28 ty Left Hand Fingering Sets the left hand fingering for the selected note right handed person See Add Symbols 2 gt Left Hand Fingering 231 ty Right Hand Fingering Sets the right hand fingering for the selected note right handed person See Add Symbols 3 gt Right Hand Fingering 231 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 80 Reference Menus T Downstroke Ctrl D Indicates a downstrole for the selected beat See Add Symbols 31 gt Stroke 23 l Upstroke Ctrl U Indicates a upstroke for the selected beat See Add Symbols 3 gt Stroke 3 v PickStroke Up Indicates a pickstroke up for the selected beat See Add Symbols 231 gt Pickstroke
84. the Mix Table Rhythm Guitar To view a specific track click on the number or the name of the track in the 1 Mix Table 461 The edition cursor is then positioned on the first beat of the amid Solo Guitar current bar or on the beat being played at the time Bass By Using the Global View To move to a specific track and bar click on the corresponding box in the global view ByUsing Markers Markers xj Markers 3 are a very fast way to move between the different sections of the score You can use the Marker toolbar buttons the Markers 841 menu or REIRE M keyboard shortcuts By Using the Keyboard The numerous Keyboard Shortcuts 93 allow you to navigate easily through the score Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 41 Using Guitar Pro Work with the Score 11 2 3 Configure the Display To get the best use out of Guitar Pro it is important to configure the display Remember 61 that Guitar Pro separates the display and the printing So you can configure the display according to your screen without interfering with the way the score prints 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
85. the Relative Tempo button Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 46 Using Guitar Pro Work with the Score Metronome and Count Down The Sound gt Metronome menu makes the metronome active during the play The General tab of the Options gt Preferences F7 menu allows you to configure the metronome The metronome can be used Alone 7h The h Sound Count Down menu makes Guitar Pro play a empty bar before playing the score So you can prepare yourself to play and listen to the tempo The Mix Table lt gt SM Name Port Ch Ch2 Instrument Volume Pan Cho Rev Pha Tre 1 s Melody 17 8 52 Choir Aahs ms ja ef oj 0 0 0 0 2 S Rhythm Guitar 1 1 2 29 Overdriven Guitar f 0 0 0 0 3 Solo Guitar 1 3 4 30 Distortion Guitar lo je 0 0 0 0 4 Bass 1 5 6 34 Electic Bass pick 1 0j 0 0 0 0 5 M Percussions 1 10 10 O Kit Batterie 0 32j 0j 00 0 00 ym El The mix table allows you to set the tracks audio parameters like the instrument the volume the panoramic These parameters correspond to the initial settings of the score but you can use Parameters Changes 281 inside the score Also the mix table settings can be modified during the playback So you can play the score then click on the track instrument and change it to another one The mix table includes a 9 for Solo case and a M for Mute allowing you to play one or several track
86. the bars to be complete The Check Bar Duration 35 can be handy in this 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 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 54 Using Guitar Pro Import a Score 11 4 3 Import Other Formats Other music or guitar software use their own format In its current version Guitar Pro does not allow you to import formats other than MIDI and ASCII However the majority of software understands these formats so you can use them as a gateway between Guitar Pro and other software Audio Files Importation Guitar Pro does not allow to import audio files WAVE MP3 It is important to understand the difference between musical formats like the MIDI one or Guitar Pro one and audio formats Musical formats do not contain any sound information They define notes their duration and their pitch and some other information related to the format track effects notation These formats precisely define a score and can be imported to any software provided the format is known Audio formats are totally different They do not include any information about the score They contain only the audio signal allowing you to play the file and other information like the title the author etc The audio format importation is very complex because it consists of isolating an audi
87. tive score and creates a new one See Create a New Score 13 Open Ctri OJ Closes the active score and opens an existing score See Find Tablatures 39 Q Browse Ctrl B Searches Guitar Pro files on your hard drive See Find Tablatures 3 a Search on the Web Searches Guitar Pro files on the Internet See Find Tablatures si bd Save ctr S Saves the active score 4 Save as Saves the active score with a new name e Score Information F5 Opens the Score Information window See Create a New Score 13 See Add Lyrics 25 amp Import MIDI Imports a MIDI file See MIDI Importation 5 amp Import ASCII Tab Imports an ASCII file See ASCII Importation 53 e Export MIDI Exports the score to the MIDI format See MIDI Exportation 565 Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 74 Reference Menus e Export ASCII Tab Exports the score to the ASCII format See ASCII Exportation 5A e Export Wave File audio Exports the score to the WAVE audio format See WAVE audio Exportation 581 See Import Other Formats 5 e Export Fichier BMP image Exports the score to the BMP image format See BMP image Exportation 60 e Export Guitar Pro 3 0 Format Exports the score to the Guitar Pro 3 format A lire Guitar Pro 3 Exportation 6 amp Printer Setup Configures the printing See Configure the Printing
88. tring Strings Library tunings 6 El Guitar Standard EADGBE El Tuning 2 5 J J M 84 4 a D4 di A3 4b 4b 4b 4b 4 4 qi E3 The q buttons left to each string trigger the looped play of the note set for the string The sound is dependent of the instrument chosen in the mix tablel48i for the active track The Digital Tuner The digital tuner allows you to tune your instrument by connecting it to your sound card s input or by using a microphone Check that the input volume is not muted Unlike the MIDI tuner the digital tuner does not produce any sound To access the digital tuner use the El Tools gt Digital Guitar Tuner menu LAIA TT s Ell PA h citem TDT Choice of the string Select the note corresponding to the chosen string then play this string open The perfect tuning is reached when the needle is vertical pointing to the green If the needle does not move when you play the string modify your sound card settings from the Options Windows Volume Control menu to ensure that the input needed is opened Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 72 Reference Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 73 Reference Menus IV IV 1 IV 1 1 Reference Menus The File Menu iai New Ctrl N Closes the ac
89. ual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 60 Using Guitar Pro Export a Score 1 5 5 Guitar Pro 3 Exportation The e File Export Guitar Pro 3 0 Format allows you to export the score to a Guitar Pro 3 format file A window appears to ask for the name and the directory of the file to create Eg Tip Since there have been many enhancements and new features in version 4 some elements will not be exported to the Guitar Pro 3 file fingering mediator trill lyrics Consult the Improvements and New Features 74 topic Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 61 Tools for the Guitarist Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 62 Tools for the Guitarist The Chord Diagram Tool I Ill 1 Tools for the Guitarist The Chord Diagram Tool The chord diagram tool is a great feature of Guitar Pro And by itself it is a fantastic reference tool for guitarists To open the chord diagram tool use the E Note gt Accord A menu As for every tool in Guitar Pro the chord diagrams automatically adjust to the active Track 18 tuning That way you can generate chord diagrams for an exotic tuning You ll be able to create chords that you won t find in any chord book The chord diagram tool is divided into several zones ME LU D I I7I 014 UG e X Am B EE Each zone of the to
90. want the Let Ring function turned on for all notes on the three highest strings lee ing Uuiuns This assistant allows you to change the Let Ring option of a group of notes in one operation Bar Range B to e Strings to be affected Let Ring Option Yes No Yes O No Yes ONo Yes ONo Yes No No Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 35 Using Guitar Pro Write a Score Score Management Wizards P pd Bar Arranger Repositions the bars to make their position musically correct Complete Reduce Bars with Resets Adds rests to too shorts bars or empty bars and deletes excessive rests in bars that are too long ds Automatic Finger Positioning Repositions the notes on the tablature without changing the melody to ease chord execution and hands movements These wizards can be handy when you compose after importing files or when you enter a score using the standard notation to obtain the best result possible for the tablature 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 diagrams A EX Check Bar Duration F8 Checks the whole score to detect bars that do not have the needed number of beats Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 36 Us
91. y Signature Opens the Key Signature window See Create a New Scorel1 See Manage Bars 4 4 Time Signature Opens the Time Signature window See Understanding Notation 9 See Create a New Score See Manage Bars 1A I Repeat Open Adds a Repeat Open at the beginning of the active bar See Manage Bars 17 Alternate Endings Adds an alternate ending to the active bar See Manage Bars 17 j Repeat Close Adds a Repeat Close at the end of the active bar See Manage Bars Double Bar Adds a double bar to the active bar See Manage Bars 1A Guitar Pro 4 1 User Manual Copyright 2004 Arobas Music All rights reserved 77 Reference Menus IV 1 3 The Track Menu zx First Shift Ctrl Up Moves the edition cursor to the first track See Move in the Scorel4ti 3 Previous Ctrl Up Moves the edition cursor to the previous track See Move in the Scorel4h w E Next Ctrl Down Moves the edition cursor to the next track See Move in the Score 4 i 2 Last Shift Ctrl Down Moves the edition cursor to the last track See Move in the Score 4h Es Properties F6 Opens the Properties window for the active track See Create a New Score 13 See Add Tracks 51 See The Digital Tuner 72 amp Add Shift Ctrl Ins Add a instrumental or percussion track See Add Tracks 15 ah 3 Delete Shift Ctri Del Removes the active track See Add Tracks 13 Gui

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