User Manual

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. Guitar Pro handles 4 types of Clef (G-, F-, C3-, and C4-Clef), as well as 4
types of octave clefs (8va, 15va, 8vb, 15vb). Whenever you change clefs, you can
transpose the notes to keep the same pitch.
Key Signature
The key signature tells you which notes are meant to be altered by default —
unless an accidental appears next to the note on the score. It thus indicates the
tone in which the piece or passage is written. It is the same for every track, aside
from transposing instruments when you are using the transposing tone mode
(e.g., Bb clarinet) automatically managed by Guitar Pro.
Time Signature
The time signature indicates the durations of beats in the bars following that
signature: the bottom digit corresponds to the number of divisions of the whole
note, and the top one gives you the number of units in a bar (see Understanding
Notation). Whenever a bar is complete according to the time signature, Guitar
Pro will directly move on to the next bar if you add a note. Incomplete or