These tabs used to be shared by musicians back in the 2000s-2010s, and I was quite surprised to find out that I cannot find them anywhere now. This content was COMMUNITY-CREATED and transcribed by musicians, and should be available as a resource for learning and self-improvement: https://files.catbox.moe/5mbew9.zip
I've been collecting Guitar Pro files and at some point my collection got big enough that finding anything became a pain.
Folder names are a mess, file names are inconsistent, you know how it is.
I ended up writing (well, Claude eneded up writing :) ) a small local web app to index everything.
You point it at your folders, it scans recursively and reads the metadata straight from the files (artist, song title, tuning —-not just guessing from thefilename).
Runs a tiny server on your machine, opens in the browser.
Some things it does:
- Reads artist/title/tuning from the actual file, not the filename
- Detects tuning (Standard E, Drop D, 7-string, etc.) from the MIDI data inside the file
- Search, filter by tuning / string count, sort by any column
- Tracks when you last opened each file
- Favorites + custom groups
- Click a row to open it directly in Guitar Pro
- Everything persists in a local SQLite file so it survives restarts
Works with .gp, .gp5, .gp7 and the rest of the formats. macOS/Windows/Linux.
Repo is here if anyone wants it: https://github.com/shaycohen/gp_index
Needs Node.js and Python 3 installed, then it's just npm install + node server.js.
Happy to answer questions if something doesn't work on your setup.
This really isn't a comment on GP pet se, but it's more about arranging for block chords. Maybe this is something that is obvious to most people, but arranging a piece in block chord/chord melody style in GP is a two-step process. Part one is filling in the melody with appropriate chords. Part two is the real challenge: manually reconfiguring the chords so that a human (not just GP) can play them. What process do you follow?
i first used this app when i was yunger and could enjoy of the open access to some of the tabs but nowadays its all "pay for it"
i'd just feel more privileged if could get full (or most of) access to the UG tabs without paying, like an APK or somenthing to unlock the tabs
Hello,
I’m considering buying Guitar Pro for Android, and I would like to better understand how the app works and what features are available.
What I’m mainly looking for is the ability to write a melody and then add chords using only chord symbols (for example: Cmaj7, B7b9, etc.), without necessarily writing every individual note of the chord.
Is this possible in the Android version of the app?
Thanks!
