TuxGuitar - A multitrack guitar tablature editor and player -- Ubuntu Geek

TuxGuitar - A multitrack guitar tablature editor and player

Posted by admin on September 26th, 2008 Email This Post

TuxGuitar is a multitrack guitar tablature editor and player written in Java-SWT, It can open GuitarPro, PowerTab and TablEdit files, and export to standart file-formats such as MIDI, Lilyond and MusicXML. This is a native package compiled with Excelsior JET.

TuxGuitar, you will be able to compose music using the following features

Tablature editor
Score Viewer
Multitrack display
Autoscroll while playing
Note duration management
Various effects (bend, slide, vibrato, hammer-on/pull-off)
Support for triplets (5,6,7,9,10,11,12)
Repeat open and close
Time signature management
Tempo management
Imports and exports gp3,gp4 and gp5 files

Install TuxGuitar in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install tuxguitar

This will install all the required packages for tuxguitar.

Using TuxGuitar

If you want to use TuxGuitar go to Applications—>Sound & Video—>TuxGuitar