What is Guitar Pro?

Guitar Pro is a tablature (tab) editor and reader for guitar, bass, and other fretted instruments, and it also handles drums, piano, and more. It is built for creating, playing, and sharing sheet music and tabs. If you write, practice, teach, or learn music on fretted instruments, it is designed to cover that workflow in one piece of software.

What you can do with it

The core loop is edit → play → share:

• Edit tablatures and scores for guitar, bass, ukulele, banjo, percussion, and many other instruments.
• Play back your music through an audio engine with realistic rendering and preset sounds.
• Share the scores you create.

Who it is for

• Guitarists and bassists who read or write tabs.
• Composers and arrangers working across fretted instruments, drums, and piano.
• Teachers and learners who need to slow passages down, loop them, and hear them played back.

Tools built into the workflow

Alongside editing, Guitar Pro includes practice and writing aids:

• A metronome and a tuner.
• Chord and scale libraries.
• Virtual instruments.
• Tempo control — adjust and gradually increase speed.
• Section looping.
• Drum and piano backing tracks for practice.

Products and platforms

The current desktop release is Guitar Pro 8 for Windows and macOS. There is also Guitar Pro Education, plus mobile apps for iOS and Android. Scores are available through mySongBook, and the site also hosts lessons and a blog covering guitar, bass, drums, music theory, and Guitar Pro tips.

Practical notes

• If you already own an older license, the site lists a special offer for upgrading your old license.
• Pricing and trial details are not specified in the available page information, so check the store and pricing pages directly before deciding.
• Support resources include a user guide, help center, downloads, and release notes — useful for checking system requirements and version changes before you buy or upgrade.