An extremely robust and straightforward tool. There are a few minor quality of life issues though. When i click and drag my mouse to select a bar, it either selects one bar, or the entire s... See more
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I’m a professional guitar player currently learning to read, play, and write sheet music. Overall, the software is excellent — super easy to use. The display is clean and intuitive, and I rea... See more
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I've been using various versions of guitar pro since 2010 in high school. Its helped me transcribe pieces for jazz band, helped me build lesson plans for guitar students in college, helped me put toge... See more
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The best part about this software is the fact that you can write notes & tabs for any western instrument. It helps to create backing tracks and even indicates if the notes in the measure are not addin... See more
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Guitar Pro is a multitrack tablature editor for guitar, bass and banjo. The complet tool for composers, groups or simply for guitar players.
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great courses
very helpful answered all my questions ,very good guitar training and loved music book
January 24, 2026
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We’re sorry to hear Guitar Pro feels overwhelming, especially when you’re just getting started.
We understand how frustrating it is to feel like you’re paying for something you can’t comfortably use.
Just to clarify, Guitar Pro is designed to be user friendly, and it looks like you haven’t contacted our support team yet. We’re here to help you get up and running with simple, step by step guidance.
You can reach us directly here:
https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
If you purchased your license recently and you’d rather not continue, we can also help you with a refund request.
Please contact us with the email used for your purchase, and we’ll take care of this with you.
We hope we can resolve this for you, and that you’ll consider updating your review once everything is sorted out.
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
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Guitar Pro is great
Guitar Pro is great! I had old GP5 files from forever ago and GP8 is helping me bring them back to life. Love it! Thanks
January 25, 2026
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Thank you very much for your kind feedback!
So happy to hear Guitar Pro 8 is bringing your old files back to life! 😊
Thank you for your support!
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
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Thank you so much for your kind words!
We’re thrilled that Guitar Pro is helping you with your music. 😊
Musically,
Nicolas // Support Team
Arobas Music
Hi GP 8 Pro is great for me
Hi GP 8 Pro is great for me. I've only been using the program for a few months, but it helps me. The main thing is that I can connect the soundtrack with the musical notation. It's a shame that synchronization has to be done manually and is not done automatically. Since I use the program to play the diatonic harmonica, I miss support for it. I think it was in GP 6. I couldn't find the soundbank in 8. Maybe in the next version. Bugy
January 22, 2026
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Thank you for your feedback! The manual synchronization is designed to give flexibility for any changes in the score, tempo, automation, etc.
We’ve noted your suggestions and have forwarded them to our development team for consideration in future updates.
If you need any help, feel free to contact our support team, we'll be happy to help:
https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
Really 1 time pay for this app:like this app
Really like this app. Wish there were more song selections? Especially for acoustic guitar. Putting aside myself there are so many options it’s hard not to like. I have to say, it’s a wonderful thing that it’s not a subscription!
January 2, 2026
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Thank you very much for your feedback! We’re glad you enjoy Guitar Pro. 😊
If you ever have suggestions for new songs or features, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our support team: https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
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I've been using various versions of…
I've been using various versions of guitar pro since 2010 in high school. Its helped me transcribe pieces for jazz band, helped me build lesson plans for guitar students in college, helped me put together the music for the family band for my brothers wedding, and keeps giving. For all that I've spent less than $100 for very user friendly software. Just buy a license, its worth the price.
January 17, 2026
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Thank you so much for your kind words and for being a loyal Guitar Pro user since 2010!
We’re thrilled to hear it has been useful for so many years. We hope Guitar Pro continues to bring you satisfaction for many years to come, and we’ll keep working hard to make it even better. 😊
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
Very satisfied
Not expensive, worth the price. Good software and a standard in this category. High quality TAB/song library saves a lot of time and frustration. I would buy it again.
January 18, 2026
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Thank you very much for your positive feedback! We’re delighted to hear you’re happy with Guitar Pro, your support means a lot to us! 😊
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
A must for any guitar enthusiast or…
A must for any guitar enthusiast or professional.
January 17, 2026
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Thank you very much for your kind words! We’re thrilled Guitar Pro is helping you enjoy and improve your playing 😊
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
Robust but sometimes fiddly.
An extremely robust and straightforward tool.
There are a few minor quality of life issues though.
When i click and drag my mouse to select a bar, it either selects one bar, or the entire score.
Selecting a specific group of bars is like picking a lock with your mouse cursor.
Also the automation tool is extremely tedious unless im missing some shortcuts. Trying to pan volume precisely is also like lockpicking with your mouse cursor and as far as i can tell there is no way to copy paste an automation to another bar.
The way the cursor auto scrolls across or up/down in some instances is deranged. These are issues 99% of users wont even run into anyway.
Ive been using gp for nearly a decade though and these minor fiddly things are the only issues ive seen, very impressive.
January 16, 2026
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Thank you for your detailed feedback and for being a longtime Guitar Pro user!
Those minor quirks you mention are indeed unusual, if you ever need tips or assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our support team. We’ll be happy to help: https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
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I was somewhat disappointed with Guitar…
I was somewhat disappointed with Guitar Pro 8 and was expecting better. The main problem is that I have a non-english keyboard (I'm in Sweden) so all the keyboard shortcuts invariably don't work. Apparently this is a well documented problem that has been ignored for years. Secondly there are certain limitations with the software that should be addressed. Like the inability to start a new score within a score. Surely Arobas understands that a guitarist might need to createa bunch of exercises that are only a few bars long, like arpeggios or a quick scale or two? This is not possible today, it's one continuous flow. 'Text's are also very limited. Also, I was disappointed with 'MySongbook' which I thought would contain common guitar scales, arpeggios and concepts that every guitarist at some stage needs and utilizes? I see just songs. I spend a lot of time talking with AI to solve simple tasks because of my Swedish keyboard and because the manual is not particularly helpful or extensive. For me this software is not much better than Musescore so I may decide to go back to that in the future. Time is too precious to spend searching for workarounds and solutions. Musescore doesn't have this problem.
December 24, 2025
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Reply from Guitar Pro
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback, and we’re sorry to hear Guitar Pro didn’t match what you were hoping for.
We understand your frustration regarding a few keyboard shortcuts on certain non-English keyboard layouts. Please note that this only affects a very small number of shortcuts, and we are actively investigating it. In the meantime, all actions remain fully available and usable via the menus and on-screen icons. You can also find the full list of GP8 shortcuts here: https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001646978-GP8-List-of-keyboard-shortcuts
Regarding your suggestion about creating short exercises within a score, we really appreciate the idea and it has been added to our wishlist for future improvements.
As a reminder, Guitar Pro 8 is available as a free trial with full features, which can be helpful to confirm whether it fits your needs before committing: https://www.guitar-pro.com/download-guitar-pro
Finally, mySongBook is a sheet music and tablature catalogue rather than a theory course platform, and you can browse the catalogue here: https://www.guitar-pro.com/tabs
For any future questions, we would be happy to assist you directly, please feel free to contact our support team anytime for precise guidance: https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Thanks again for your feedback.
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
The best app to study music
The best app to study music, easy to use, stable on both windows and mac, and the best of all, it is avaliable in my native language.
January 14, 2026
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Reply from Guitar Pro
Thank you very much for your feedback!
We’re glad Guitar Pro can be used comfortably by musicians worldwide.
The app is currently available in English, French, German, Korean, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, as well as Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Thanks again for your support!
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
Guitar Pro is perfect but subscription fee is insane.
Guitar Pro is a really beautiful tool and deserves its price. Only problem is, if I need to learn something I have to pay for a subscritpion for tab files. So it is almost useless without the song files. Also those song files are actually other users work. I don't know if they pay for those files to their creators. I bought the program but that subscription thing is not acceptable.
January 13, 2026
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Reply from Guitar Pro
Thank you for your feedback, and we’re glad to read that you find Guitar Pro a great tool.
Just to clarify: Guitar Pro 8 is a notation editor and player. Purchasing the software license does not include access to mySongBook, which is a separate subscription service (a licensed catalog of scores).
Regarding the price, with a 12 or 24 month subscription, mySongBook gives access to thousands of official, licensed scores for around $2–$3 per month.
This model allows us to fairly compensate the rights holders and artists.
Pricing details are available here:
https://www.guitar-pro.com/11-mysongbook
Also, mySongBook scores are not “other users’ work”. They are produced and edited by our official team of professional transcribers, and the rights holders and artists are compensated.
Our offer is 100% legal and our official transcribers team is listed on this page:”
https://www.guitar-pro.com/c/18-music-scores-tabs
If you’d like to discuss this further, our support team is available here:
https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
If your review was based on this misunderstanding, we’d be grateful if you could update your rating accordingly.
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
An excellent tool for learning and creating music.
I've been using Guitar Pro over many years and many versions and I am completely satisfied with it. A great product that has helped me improve my guitar playing as a learning tool coupled to access to many great tabs readily available on the internet. Then when I started to write and record my own music it proved an invaluable tool again. I write my melodies out in Guitar Pro with lyrics which helps when I get to recording. I can add keyboards and other instruments and then export them as midi files which I can then import into Cubase for filling out my mix. Couldn't be happier. Many thanks to the people at Guitar Pro.
January 9, 2026
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Reply from Guitar Pro
Thank you very much for your amazing review and for your loyalty over the years. We’re really glad to hear Guitar Pro has been helpful in your workflow.
Thanks again for your support, it truly means a lot to the whole team. 😊
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
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Still trying to find the value
I wanted to use this as a teaching tool, but so far it's a glorified PDF converter. The options are limited. I do understand that it can be useful, but for me and my students, there are easier ways to do most of the things I expected it to do. Just do your research and make sure it's for you.
EDIT: I don't want to turn this into a list of grievances. If you would like me to get specific please email me.
I want to write guitar exercises and put them online for my students to access.
When I say 'PDF converter' I mean that I write the tab in another (online) program, then download the GP file, upload it in GP and save (so I can have a hard file) then convert tab to PDF so I can give my students printable access. If I give them just the GP file, then they have to pay for and download GP, something I'm not going to ask their parents to do. But I do link them to another site that will play the song/exercise for them.
More:
-No AI transcription. Not even a thought of it.
-I want to build a simple chord chart. I can't.
-I want to edit so the worksheet is 1)some tab and 2)some text/direction. The text options are insanely limited. And not user friendly. Give me some big arrows, a large text box etc.
-If we don't want to pay for every single song, do we get a free midi version?
These are all things that may be specific to my situation. But the Youtuber's that get paid for their reviews make this program out to be the be all end all. They are ridiculous and sensational. It's a great tab program. If I worked for Mel or Hal then I'd be all over this. But I was expecting a little more. This is GP8. We're still doing 'just tab'?... I realize "Guitar Pro is primarily designed for creating, editing, and practicing music notation and tablature, with many tools beyond PDF export (playback, editing, training features, multi-instrument writing, etc.)" And I am still going to utilize what I can. Thanks guys.
January 7, 2026
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Reply from Guitar Pro
Thank you for your feedback, and we’re sorry to hear Guitar Pro didn’t meet your expectations.
Just to clarify one point: Guitar Pro 8 does not import PDF files. If your workflow was mainly based on converting PDFs, that could definitely explain the mismatch.
Guitar Pro is primarily designed for creating, editing, and practicing music notation and tablature, with many tools beyond PDF export (playback, editing, training features, multi-instrument writing, etc.).
If you’d like, you can reach our support team here and we’ll be happy to suggest the best workflow for your teaching needs:
https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
And if it turns out this was simply a misunderstanding and Guitar Pro does fit your needs after all, we’d really appreciate it if you could consider updating your rating/review accordingly.
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
Have been playing for some time
Have been playing for some time, but always feel stuck in the late beginner stage. I have found this to be an excellent resource. It has certainly helped me with timing, speed and accuracy of my playing.
January 2, 2026
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Reply from Guitar Pro
Thank you so much for your great review 😊
We’re really happy to hear that Guitar Pro has helped you improve your guitar playing.
Keep enjoying your practice and making progress!
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
Good tablature software.
Good tablature software.
You can save your songs in tablature and notation for guitar, design how many bars should be on the paper and such. Quite a good software.
December 31, 2025
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Reply from Guitar Pro
Thank you very much for your kind feedback 😊
We’re glad to hear that you enjoy using Guitar Pro and that it meets your needs.
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
GP6 vs GP8
I felt much more comfortable using GP6. Though GP8 has some new or better features now, I miss the easyness I had using GP6.
Why can't values be adjusted by rolling the mousewheel anymore?
Who made the new pedalboard looking like this? The use of it is way more uncomfortable than it has ever been.
Changing tempo was easier in GP6.
The whole layout was so much better in GP6.
I agree with the better sound in GP8, but using GP6 was just more fun to me 🤷♂️
December 28, 2025
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Reply from Guitar Pro
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and your experience.
We understand that moving from Guitar Pro 6 to Guitar Pro 8 can feel uncomfortable at first, especially if you used GP6 for many years. Guitar Pro 6 was released over 15 years ago, and since Guitar Pro 7 the interface has been entirely redesigned to be more modern and aligned with current software standards. This inevitably requires a short adaptation period.
That said, no core functionality has been removed. For example, tempo editing is still accessible in one click and can also be opened instantly using the F10 shortcut, so productivity is not impacted, the feature has simply moved. For this reason, it wouldn’t be accurate to say that tempo changes are harder or less efficient than in Guitar Pro 6.
Regarding the pedalboard: Guitar Pro 6 did include a very basic effects interface for. pedals, but it is fundamentally different from the current pedalboard in Guitar Pro 8. The modern pedalboard is a much more advanced feature, allowing drag-and-drop pedals, signal chain customization, and deeper sound control. We understand that its new design may take some time to get used to.
We truly appreciate your positive comment about the improved sound quality in Guitar Pro 8. If you have questions or would like help getting comfortable with the newer interface, our support team will be happy to assist.
We hope that, with a bit of time, Guitar Pro 8 will become just as enjoyable and intuitive for you; and possibly that you might reconsider your rating once you’ve had the chance to adapt.
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
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Just a thought...
I misunderstood and thought I'd be able to load actual songs into it out of my files which would be cool to have the song I'm transcribing right there on the same app. A combination of a riffstation-like/ stem splitter app combined with guitar pro would be brilliant.
December 21, 2025
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Reply from Guitar Pro
We’re sorry to hear you’ve had difficulties.
We’re not exactly sure which issues you encountered or which previous version you were using, but you can download older versions of Guitar Pro directly from your account or from the support section of our website:
For instance Guitar Pro 5:
https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000280269-Download-Guitar-Pro-5-Tablature-Editor-Software
If you’d like, our technical support team is happy to help you resolve any problems and get you up and running smoothly with Guitar Pro 8:
https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
We hope this helps and that you might reconsider your rating.
We’d love to see you enjoying Guitar Pro again.
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
Absolutely brilliant
Absolutely brilliant, Love Guitar Pro, newest one is best by far!!!!
Thankyou so much hey
Rock on!!
🤘
December 22, 2025
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Reply from Guitar Pro
Thanks so much for your positive feedback!
We're glad to hear you're enjoying Guitar Pro. 😊
Musically,
The Guitar Pro team
with guitar pro you get a vast set of…
with guitar pro you get a vast set of music scores, the free ones you find on the internet can't compare with the value Guitar Pro gives you.
December 18, 2025
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Reply from Guitar Pro
Thank you so much for your feedback! We’re thrilled to hear that Guitar Pro adds real value to your music experience. We really appreciate your support! 😊
Musically,
The Guitar Pro Team
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