Guitar Pro 7 User Guide 1/ Introduction 2/ Getting started 2/1/ Installation 2/2/ Overview 2/3/ New features 2/4/ Understanding notation 2/5/ Technical support 3/ Use Guitar Pro 7 3/A/1/ Writing a score 3/A/2/ Tracks in Guitar Pro 7 3/A/3/ Bars in Guitar Pro 7 3/A/4/ Adding notes to your score.
4/ Tools 4/1/ Chord diagrams 4/2/ Scales 4/3/ Virtual instruments 4/4/ Polyphonic tuner 4/5/ Metronome 4/6/ MIDI capture 4/7/ Line In 4/8 File protection 5/ mySongBook
1/ Introduction Welcome! You just purchased Guitar Pro 7, congratulations and welcome to the Guitar Pro family! Guitar Pro is back with its best version yet. Faster, stronger and modernised, Guitar Pro 7 offers you many new features. Whether you are a longtime Guitar Pro user or a new user you will find all the necessary information in this user guide to make the best out of Guitar Pro 7. 2/ Getting started 2/1/ Installation 2/1/1 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS macOS X 10.
If the setup program does not start automatically, double-click on My Computer, double-click on CD-ROM drive, then double-click on guitar-pro-7-setup.exe file and follow the instructions. You will be asked to accept the terms of the license of use and then select the setup directory for the software. Note: you do not have to download RSE soundbanks separately anymore as they are now included with your installation package.
Preferences menu on Windows). Still you can manually update Guitar Pro 7 from the program itself as follow: Go to Guitar Pro 7 > Check for updates on macOS X. Go to Help > Check for updates on Windows. 2/2/ Overview 2/2/1/ Guitar Pro 7, what is it? Guitar Pro is a complete workshop for all guitarists — beginning or advanced — who wish to improve, write music, or simply use a virtual backing band.
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You can edit your notes directly on the standard score or on the tablature. All the usual musical symbols pertaining to the guitar and to other stringed instruments are available. Reading music scores & tabs: Guitar Pro users can play back, listen to and view any scores, to write music or learn how to play new songs. Tools that simplify songwriting: Our chord / scale generator, lyrics editor, polyphonic tuner, and virtual instruments (guitar, bass, keyboard, and drums) are included for composing musicians.
2/2/4/ Panels and Inspectors. The Edition palette (1): Located on the left side of your window, the Edition palette contains all of the symbols you need to write a score, in standard as well as tablature notation, or in rhythmical “slash” notation. You just need to click on a button for the corresponding element or attribute to be affected to the note or notes you have selected. (For the symbols demanding some precisions, a dialog window opens up for you to select the desired symbol.
Global view (3): The Soundboard, along with the Global View, allows for an audio tuning of each track and a synthetic view of the score being played, in which you can click directly to access a bar.
Hundreds of instrumental sounds are included in the software for you to customise your Guitar Pro render sound into anything you want and make your files play exactly like your favorite song. 4/ MP3 audio exporting New audio output formats: MP3, FLAC and OGG. 5/ Line in: Plug your guitar in and enjoy the built-in effects and amp models used in the Guitar-Pro track of your choice. If the file is multi-track, you can learn the guitar solo and let the software play the bass and drums tracks along.
the guitar (high E). This actually corresponds to what you see when you lean over your guitar, as opposed to what you see when you are facing it. 2/4/2/ Understanding rhythm Notes can have different durations. A note’s duration is not expressed in seconds, but as a multiple of the tempo. A quarter note is one beat. The tempo is expressed in bpm (beats per minute). So if the tempo is 60, a quarter note lasts 1 second. If the tempo is 120, the quarter note is 1⁄2 second.
2/5/ Technical support 2/5/1/ Before contacting technical support Prior to contact technical support please make sure to install the last available version of Guitar Pro 7. Go to Guitar Pro 7 > Check for updates (macOS) or Help > Check for updates (Windows). 2/5/2/ Ressources You will find many useful resources available from our website, please check the Support section from www.guitar-pro.com. We invite you to check this section prior to contact us.
Use the File > New menu: This menu opens a blank new score, you then have the possibility to start your score from scratch. Use the File > New from template: Create a new score from one of the available predefined template. You also have the possibility to create a new score, choose one of the available templates or one of your recent files from the “welcome to Guitar Pro 7 “ window which pop up when you open Guitar Pro 7.
The transposition in Guitar Pro 7 applies only to the note, the octave, the capo and the selected octave. 3/A/1/3/ Choosing a clef The instrument you select for the track will automatically set a G or F Clef, but you can also change it by clicking on in the edition palette. 3/A/1/4/Setting the signature and triplet feel. Click on window.
Choose a signature for the score (it is set by default on 4/4). The time signature determines the number of beats in each bar. In that window you can also choose how to link the beams by default. Click OK to continue. Click on to choose a triplet-feel for your score. Guitar Pro 7 offers 6 different kinds. Click OK to validate.
Here are two scenarios: Example 1, the option is selected: When this option is selected, the notation reflects the notes actually heard. The key signature will be identical for both the guitar track and for the vocal track. The correct clef is selected (B, 5#), which will prevent accidental alterations on both tracks, but this choice is not recommended when we use the standard notation as a reference on the guitar track.
The correct tonality is chosen (B, 5 #) for the vocal track, using the transposition settings on the guitar track we have now a correct key signature on each track, allowing us an easier reading and avoiding accidental alterations. You can notice that the transposition has been modified in the Transposition tonality section of the track inspector. Transposing instruments: It is possible to set up a transposition tonality for each track from the Transposition tonality section of the track inspector.
This option allows you to automatically manage the displaying of transposing instruments such as trumpet, saxophone, etc… You just need to select (from the scrolling menu) which note will be heard for a written C in the score. Note: the concert tone has a direct impact on the transposition. The transposition is only valid when the concert tone is deactivated, otherwise the displayed notes are the interpreted notes.
The instrument window pops up, this window allows you to configure your track settings. Choose your instrument type between: stringed, orchestra, drums, MIDI. Then select the instrument of your choice in the lower instrument division. Set up the information related to your track: name, allocated color, icon. Select your notation type: standard, tablature, slash. Select or adapt your tuning. Select the sound that you want to apply to your track.
If you want to save your settings for the next time you use the same instrument when creating a new track simply select the button Save instrument settings. Once that you applied your settings, select Create and finalise the creation of your track. Your track appears now in Guitar Pro 7. Note: you can easily find and modify these settings from the track inspector located on the right of your Guitar Pro 7 window.
This track inspector can be divided into four sections as follow: ● Track properties ● Musical notation ● Sounds options ● Interpretation options Let’s have a deeper look into these categories. Track properties: From this section you have the possibility to name your track, give it a short name, allocate a specific color and icon. Note: the color of your track will appear in the global view located at the bottom of your Guitar Pro 7 window.
Musical notation: From this section, choose the type of notation you want to display: standard, tablature, slash. Change your tuning if necessary. Note that you can listen to a preview of your tuning by selecting the play button. Access to the transposition options. Sounds options: These settings and options are developed lower in this guide see section: 3/B/4 Interpretation options: Select your playing style: Pick, Finger, Picking or Bass Slap.
When this option is deactivated, the piano mode is activated by default. Note that this Stringed mode affects your effects. The notes are sorted by string in Stringed mode, but they are distinguished by pitch for the other playing styles. Using the Stringed mode, it is not possible to let ring your note if an other note of the same string is being played, while this option is possible when the Stringed mode is deactivated. 3/A/2/3/ Multivoice edition Guitar Pro 7 handles up to 4 voices.
on the 100 bars, either by using Copy and Paste, or by resorting to repeat symbols. (See Adding symbols.) Just as well, using the Bar > Insert Bar / Delete Bar menu will cause a bar to be added or deleted on every track. Guitar Pro automatically manages barlines. When you move the edition cursor to the right, it will automatically move on to the next bar if the current bar is complete according to the time signature chosen (for example 4 beats for a 4/4 time signature (See Understanding Notation).
The design mode lets you change the sizes of bars inside a system, as well as the number of bars for each system. Line-break functions only affect the active track, or the multitrack view. It is therefore possible to create a different arrangement of bars for each track, and another for the multitrack view. To justify the last bar of the score to the right, you may simply add a line-break to that last bar.
3/A/4/ Adding notes to your score You can write your notes either by way of tablature or of standard notation. (The “slash” notation is merely a representation of rhythm, and is therefore not designed for writing as such – but if you add a chord on the staff a slash will appear and you can then modify the rhythm.) Every note added into one kind of notation is instantaneously duplicated into the other. The edition cursor is symbolized by a yellow, green, blue, or grey square, depending on the voice it is on.
The virtual guitar fretboard or virtual keyboard (View > show virtual instrument menu) to choose the notes. The < and > buttons on the fretboard to move around the score. The note duration keys from the edition palette to change the lengths of notes; The Note > Insert a beat and Note > Delete a beat menus to insert or delete notes. 3/A/4/3/ Capturing notes with a MIDI instrument The Sound > MIDI Capture menu allows you to use a MIDI instrument (keyboard, guitar, ...) to capture the score note by note.
3/A/5/ Insert invents 3/A/5/1/ Understand automations It is possible to apply a change of tempo, volume or pan anywhere you want in your track. These changes are also called automations. The automations editor can be accessed from the Edit > Automations > Edit Automations menu, but also from the F10 keyboard shortcut or even from the automations icons located in the edition palette. You have the possibility to either hide or display these changes in your track.
Guitar Pro allows you to insert all of the musical symbols into the score, and particularly those specific to the guitar. Most of these symbols are taken into account whenever the score is being played. Certain effects or musical symbols can be applied to a selection of notes — e.g., Let Ring, Palm Mute, etc. The symbols can be found on the Edition palette. 3/A/6/1/ Symbols related to the bar Clef The Clef is an indication, in standard notation, as to which notes correspond to the lines.
overlooked bars will appear in red. If you have checked the Anacrusis option (Edit > Anacrusis), the first and last bars will not appear in red even when they are not completed. Triplet Feel Among other things, the triple feel means you play in a ternary way some bars that are written in binary mode for the sake of lightness of writing. Guitar Pro offers several motifs, the most common being the triplet feel 8th which lets you play a 4/4 signature in blues style, for instance.
This symbol replaces an opening bar-line, and means that every bar that follows it will be played again a certain number of times, depending on the Repeat close sign (see below). Repeat close This symbol replaces a closing bar-line, and sends you back to the last Repeat open sign. A dialog window will open up for you to indicate the number of repeats you want. Repetitions This adds a repetition symbol at the beginning of the active bar.
Note’s duration A note’s duration can go from the whole note to the to the sixty-fourth note. This affects the beat on which the note is placed. If you wish to place on a same beat some notes that have different duration value, you can use the multi-voice editing mode. You can also add dotted notes, double-dotted notes, and simple or polyrhythmical n-tuplets. Ties A tie links the note to the note preceding it. It lengthens the duration of that preceding note, therefore, by the duration of the tied note.
Those buttons let you add any of the 5 different types of accidentals (sharp, double sharp, flat, double flat, and natural) to a given note. Changing the accidental This is to change the accidental without modifying the note’s pitch. Augmenting (or diminishing) by a half-tone You can raise with this button a note or an entire multiple selection by a halftone. The next button allows to similarly lower a selection by a half-tone.
Ghost note A ghost note is a faint note. The dynamic of a ghost note is automatically decreased. The note is displayed between round brackets on the tablature. Accented note Contrary to a ghost note, an accented note is played loudly. The dynamic of an accented note is automatically increased. Heavily accented notes A heavily accented note follows the same principle as an accented note, except in a more pronounced manner.
The Let Ring option means that you let a note ring beyond its theoretical time value as indicated on the score. This is used a lot for arpeggios, for example. The Tools > Let ring options menu allows to attribute a Let Ring to each string over a group of bars. Dead note A dead note is short and more faint than a normal one. These notes are used with the Guitar to give a particular rhythmic effect.
You can obtain those in Guitar Pro in two different ways (see Stylesheet). Bend The bend effect consists of pushing the fretted string sideways with the left hand (for a right-handed person) to bend it, so the pitch of the note changes. The Bend window allows you to precisely set the type of the bend you want by adjusting its points. For sophisticated bends, you need to use ties in order to keep the score consistent in terms of audio playback. The Bend, Bend/Release, ...
Fade out This consists in turning the sound progressively off with the guitar’s volume knob Volume swell This is a fade in leading directly into a fade out. Grace-note before the beat A Grace note is an ornamentation that consists in a very short note played before another one. In Guitar Pro, you can add a grace note for each string. However, it is not possible to set several grace notes on the same string. A grace note does not count for the bar duration and for the rhythm display.
Upper Mordent An upper mordent is a melodic ornament in the form of a fast beat between the main (written) note and the higher note (relative to the key signature). Lower Mordent A lower mordent is a melodic ornament in the form of a fast beat between the main (written) note and the lower note (relative to the key signature).
Slides Sliding means playing a note by sliding your left-hand finger (if you’re righthanded) over the frets. Guitar Pro supports various kinds of slides: 1/ The first note is played, and then the finger slides to the second one, which is not played. 2/ The first note is played, and then the finger slides to the second one, which is played.
3/ The note is played while coming from a lower fret (undefined). 4/ The note is played while coming from an upper fret (undefined). 5/The note is played, and then the finger slides to a lower fret (undefined).
6/ The note is played, and then the finger slides to a upper fret (undefined). Palm Mute The palm mute effects consists in muffling the sound by lightly touching the strings near the bridge with the palm of your right hand (if you’re right-handed person). The palm mute effect is represented by the “PM” symbol above the tablature. The level of the palm mute effect can be adjusted by way of the Palm mute slider on the Instrument panel.
Left-Hand Vibrato consists in quickly moving the left-hand finger (for a righthanded person) on the string. The movement creates a variation in pitch. The vibrato effect is represented by a little wave above the tablature, and lasts until the note ends. Wide Vibrato (Tremolo Bar) The wide vibrato is stronger than the simple vibrato, and is obtained by using the vibrato bar. This effect is applied to the whole chord.
This a much-used right-hand technique (if you’re right-handed) in flamenco guitar. Guitar Pro offers 18 rasgueado motifs that are all interpreted by the audio engine. The score will indicate Rasgueado on the chords, as well as the chosen motif. Left-Hand Fingering Left-hand fingering (for a right-handed person) indicates which fingers press on the strings on the fretboard. “T” is for the thumb, “0” for the forefinger, “1” for the middle finger, and so on. This can be changed in the Stylesheet.
The “T” symbol is displayed above the tablature to indicate a tapping effect. In Guitar Pro, a tapping effect is set for the whole chord. This effect is interpreted by the Guitar Pro Audio engine. Slap (bass) The slapping effect consists in slapping the string with your right-hand thumb (for a right-handed person) while rotating your wrist to obtain a percussive sound. The slapping effect is often followed by a popping effect (see below).
Chords [A] See Chord Diagrams. Slashes This is to integrate slash notation into the tablature: it convert the selected notes into slashes while keeping all information about the notes. Very useful to capture rhythmic motifs with transition notes. You can also ask for an entire slash track. (See Track Properties.) Timer At any given point, this tells you the number of minutes and seconds (min:sec) that have elapsed since the beginning of the score. Section To add a section. See Adding sections.
Tempo automation Insert a tempo automation. Master track volume automation Insert a volume automation on your master track. Master track pan automation Insert a pan automation on your master track Track volume automation Insert a volume automation on a single track Track pan automation Insert a pan automation on a single track 3/A/7/ Add lyrics Access the lyrics window from the Track > Show lyrics editor menu or directly from the lyrics icon located in the Edition Palette.
3/A/7/1/ Choosing a track For the lyrics to appear on the score, you first need to select a track. The text will automatically get distributed over that track, following syntax (see Point 4 below). As a general rule lyrics will be attributed to a vocal track, i.e. the track with the song’s melodic line. You can Nonetheless choose to place them on an instrumental track; but you will then have to check the syntax, as it is unlikely that the melody's rhythmical beats correspond to the syllables in the lyrics.
3/A/7/4 The lyrics The capture area is to type in the lyrics properly speaking. Guitar Pro automatically distributes each syllable over a different beat. The change of syllable occurs when a SPACE ( ) or a HYPHEN (-) appears. You may thus use the hyphens to separate syllables in a word. If you do not wish Guitar Pro to separate two words, however, you can replace the space in between them with PLUS (+) symbol. If you wish to leave a blank on a given beat, just add several hyphens or consecutive spaces.
Note: You can also go directly to a given section via the Edit > Go to... menu. 3/A/9/ Cut, copy and paste options Access the Cut, copy and paste options from the Edit menu. 3/A/9/1 Cut / Copy on a Single Track Since you are here cutting or copying from a single track (i.e., not in multiple selection), the function will not take the structures of the bars (signatures, etc.) into account.
3/A/9/4/ Special Paste This allows you to choose what you are going to paste and how many times so. 3/A/9/5/ Insert or delete bars on a single track Considering the musical rigour of Guitar Pro 7 (see the Manage Bars section), inserting or deleting bars from one track only makes little sense, as a bar is meant to be present on every track at once. If you really need to insert or delete a bar on a single track, you may use the Copy/Paste functions as follows: E.g.
Using the wizards can save you lots of time. For example, in one step, you can let Guitar Pro know that you want the Let Ring function turned on for all of the notes on the four highest strings 3/A/10/2/ Wizards for Organising the Score You can use these Wizards when you compose, after you have imported a track, or while you are capturing notes in standard, to get the best possible arrangement of the tablature. Bar Arranger Checks and arranges bars according to the notes’ durations.
3/A/11/ Guitar Pro 7 Stylesheet Access the Stylesheet from the File menu. You can entirely customise the general outlook of your scores, and give it a professional finish. The chosen style is related to the type of score you have, and if you download a score whose style you don’t like you may always apply a default style (provided by the software) to it — such as Default Jazz or Default Classic; or else load up a style you will have saved beforehand.
Systems & Staves: To customise the system layout and the symbols related to it (tuning, clefs, etc.). Header & Footer: To change font family and font size, the placement of texts in relation to the properties of the score (author, title, etc.). Texts & Styles: To change the font family and sizes of the main texts in the score.
The tablature being also available for drums you have the possibility to edit your drum track directly from the tablature notation by typing the MIDI number related to your drums element. See MIDI value table in appendix Note: You can choose which types of sticks you use with the drums, and the RSE will interpret the different types of strokes. Select this option from the track inspector located on the right of your Guitar Pro 7 window.
A quick internet research will allow you to find thousands of compatible tabs for Guitar Pro 7. Once your tabs downloaded and saved on your computer, you will easily be able to retrieve them from Guitar Pro 7 by choosing the File > Open menu and select the tab of your choice. Arobas Music published a high quality and legal tabs catalog which we invite you to consult via http://www.mysongbook.
The many Shortcuts allow you to easily navigate around your score — from note to note, bar to bar, or track to track. 3/B/3/ Display settings To make the most of Guitar Pro 7 it is important to set your display options carefully. Screen layout: Except for the work area and the toolbar, you have the possibility to either hide or display the Guitar Pro 7 panels, which will allow you a better visibility especially in playback mode.
Display options for each file: Guitar Pro 7 allows you to either display one single track, all your tracks at the same time or even some of your tracks. Activate the multitrack mode from the View > Multitrack menu (F3). All your tracks will be displayed when the Multitrack is activated. Simply disable this option in order to display one single track. Each one of your track is accessible from the Global View located at the bottom of your window.
Still you can force the MIDI mode for the opening or the creation of your track by selecting this option from the Preferences > General tab menu (access the Preferences from the Guitar Pro 7 menu on macOS and from the File menu on Windows). You also have the possibility to play some of your tracks in MIDI while other are played in RSE, by selecting this option from the track inspector. To play all your tracks in MIDI, simply go to the Sound > Switch all tracks to MIDI menu.
From this window, you have the possibility to choose an other sound for your track. Once your track created, you can retrieve its sound options from the track inspector.
One track can include several different sounds in order to allow sound automations (sound changes), and that from different location all over your track. The “+” button allows to add a sound to the track, eventually duplicating the former sound to add a small modification (for example, the activation of a distortion effect pedal). The “A” button allows to access to the automation window and set up these different sound changes (see below).
Title : The title is what will be displayed on your score if this sound is used for a sound change. By default this title is the same name as your sound, but it can be recommended to update it (f.i. “w/disto” if you change your sound for a distortion sound). Bank: By selecting your bank name, you have the possibility to choose an other bank for this sound. By selecting the bank icon (left from the name), you can configure this specific bank parameters (mono/stereo and mics).
When you choose an effect, or when you select the icon of this effect (left from the effect name), a setting window pops up allowing you to change the settings of this effect. You can activate or deactivate each effect via the power button (bypass) located on the right. Save a user sound preset: The Options button located right from the name allows you to save your own sound preset via the Save as user sound preset menu.
You just have then to name your sound, affect it a family and a type of instrument, so that you will be able to easily retrieve it from the track inspector. Your sound will be listed with the list of available sounds of each category. 3/B/4/2/ Insert a sound change Easily insert a sound change anywhere you want in your track. To open the sound automations window go to the Edit > Sound > Sounds automation or use the “A” button from the track inspector.
3/B/4/3/ The MIDI sound MIDI – Musical Instrument Digital Interface. This is a protocol, a universal language to transmit digital musical information between computers, synthesizers, sequencers, etc. MIDI files include messages that can precisely describe a score: notes, rhythm, tempo, instrument, etc.
You can capture notes via a MIDI instrument. (See Capturing notes with a MIDI instrument) Ports and Channels: In the Instrument panel you can choose which port and which channel(s) to use for each track. By default Guitar Pro assigns 2 channels to every track in order to better the effects playback (the effects get played on a separate channel so as not to affect the notes that bear no effect).
If you only wish to play a specific part of a score, you simply need to select this specific section first using your mouse. Tempo options: Tempo: The Edit > Automations > Edit automations menu opens the automation window and allows to define the initial tempo, from the same window you also have the possibility to program tempo changes. This window is also accessible from the toolbar located at the top of your window.
This coefficient is customisable and varies from 10% to 300%. Simply select the same button to disable this feature. Note: in order to play in loop a specific section of your score, you simply need to select this specific area with your mouse prior to launch the playback. Métronome and count-in: The Sound > Metronome menu allows to activate the metronome during the playback. The Sound > Count-in menu allows to start your playback with a count-in, equivalent to one or two bars duration.
The Soundboard: The Soundboard allows you to set up the audio parameters of your track such as instrument, volume, panoramic, .... These parameters correspond to the initial settings of the score, but you can add changes anywhere you want in your score. The equalisation parameters can be indifferently modified during the playback.
The equaliser is directly accessible from the soundboard and allows you to set up your track as you want to, but also to charge predefined presets for each type of instrument. Once selected, your preset is directly applied to your track. RSE/MIDI mix: Guitar Pro 7 offers you the possibility to mix the RSE sound with the MIDI sound. That means that you can decide to play some of your tracks in RSE mode and the others in MIDI mode, and that for the same score.
Note: please make sure to install the last available updated for your printer. 3/B/7/ Files and tabs import 3/B/7/1/Midi import The File > Import > MIDI allows to import a MIDI file into Guitar Pro. Guitar Pro supports MIDI formats from 0 to 1. Quantification: the quantification determines the rhythm accuracy of imported notes.
approximatives, on the other hand for an accurate but complex file, a high quantification will be recommended. Import of dotted notes Allows to transform tied notes in dotted notes if the general value of the note allows it. Increase the note value If there is a silent between a note and the next one, this one will be increased in order to obtain a less complex and choppy rhythm.
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. Once an ASCII import is complete, it is often necessary to review the rhythm, so the bars be complete. The Check bar duration tool (Tools menu) can come in handy in that case.
Guitar Pro allows you to use 2 channels for a single track to enhance the sound restitution. Some software does not support this functionality. So if you have a problem opening Guitar Pro exported MIDI files, use a single channel per track. 3/B/8/2/ ASCII export The File > Export > ASCII Tab menu lets you export the active track into ASCII format 3/B/8/3/ MusicXML exports The File > Export > MusicXML menu lets you export the score into MusicXML format.
The image you get from the export is exactly the same as the image you see in the Guitar Pro editor. The Export button saves the image. The size of the image is affected by the zoom value. You can therefore obtain images of various sizes depending of what you want to use them for The PNG format is adapted to computer screens. If you wish to insert your score into a document for print, we recommend you use PDF. Note: PNG Export is really only useful in Page mode.
The chord diagram tool is composed of several areas, these one are interactives and it is important to know how they work in order to make the best out of the chord diagrams tool. Chord building: The first part allows to build the chord by its name. Thousands of possibilities are possible. When you select a tonality among the available chord diagrams list, Guitar Pro 7 displays the position of the hand for this specific chord.
From this window, you have the possibility to hide or display in your score, either the name, the diagram or the fingering for your chord. Main diagram: Once your tonality selected, your main diagram appears, that means that he will be added to your score, and so as its name, its fingering, and theoretical construct.
To listen to the selected diagram, select the playback button available from the top right corner of your Chord diagrams window. Miscellaneous: When you open the chord diagrams window, the notes related to the selected beat are automatically placed on the main diagram if no diagram was previously defined for this beat. When you validate the chord diagrams window, the notes of the main diagram are automatically added to your score if no note was previously defined for the selected beat.
Guitar Pro proposes over 1000 different scales. To find a scale, you may either check some Tags to filter your search, or use the search engine based on a key word. The scale will appear in the chosen tone. Guitar Pro displays the notes on the scale. To listen to them, click on the “play” button. Guitar Pro also shows the way the scale is constructed, with an indication of intervals and semi-tones between notes.
Select the bars to analyze from your score, and click on Find scales from selection. Guitar Pro shows you a list of possible tones and scales, and indicates percentage statistics of their occurrences, in descending order. If the scale search gives bad results, it may be because the score includes a change of tones. In that case, you need to find that change by ear, and limit your scale analysis to a range of bars with no tonal change.
To add a note on your score, simply select it from the guitar fretboard. Virtual keyboard: Just like the fretboard, the keyboard allows to view and to enter the notes of the score. It can also show the scales. To activate the Keyboard, go down the View > Show virtual instrument menu, on a track corresponding to a non-fretted instrument. To add a note on the score, just click on a key. To delete a note, click on that note.
Access directly to the scale tool window from your virtual instrument. You can still visualise your scale while entering your notes. 4/3/2/ Virtual drums Access the virtual drums from the View > Show virtual instrument window. You can select the notes of your drum tracks directly from the virtual drums window. The virtual drums window displays all the available drums elements.
Show [Beat + Next Beat]: to see the notes of the selected beat and the notes of the next beat. Displaying the note pointed at: The note pointed at by the mouse is displayed. You don’t need to click on the virtual drums element. This window shows you the name of the drums element pointed at but also its MIDI value.
occasion the effects models of your track via the numerous audio preset and available soundbanks. You can then accompany the songs that you want to play in Guitar Pro 7 fully taking the role of the guitarist. For example: Once your guitar is plugged in and the Line In option activated, select the guitar track of your choice. Mute this guitar track from the Mute option available in the soundboard. Launch the playback. Your score is scrolling but your guitar track remains silent.
Input gain: allows to increase or decrease the output gain of your soundcard, and so allow you to adjust your sound rendering. Effects chain: allows to choose if you want to use the effects chain of your track or not. For example if you use an effects simulator instead of the Guitar Pro 7 effects, it is preferable to disable it for tuning. Noise Gate: this setting allows to prevent background sound when your guitar is plugged in but you are not playing it.
4/8 File protection Guitar Pro 7 allows you to protect your file and decrease the possibilities to see it modified, what could be really useful if you want to protect your work or for instance share it with your students and prevent modifications, in case you are a teacher. Go to the File > Lock/Unlock menu and access these protection options: Finalise: allows to finalise a file and prevent unwanted modifications, you simply have to unlock your file to be able to modify it again.
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