Guitar Pro

alexthecheese · 27 Feb 2014 at 11:36

Is it worth $60 these days?

Looking to buy it as I'm getting back into guitar again.

Are there many tab files available these days for it? Or have they all been culled due to copyright issues?

boxman2000 · 27 Feb 2014 at 11:43

I just use Ultimate Guitar or just figure it out myself.

alexthecheese · 27 Feb 2014 at 11:46

I do figure most stuff out myself, but when it comes to more technical or jazz music - Larry Carlton stuff - I struggle badly. Helping my ear by being able to see it would help me massively I reckon.

Do you use GP?

boxman2000 · 27 Feb 2014 at 11:49

No. For classic jazz stuff there is a good program out there a friend of mine has, he's away at the moment so can't ask him and I can't think of the name of it but it definitely isn't Guitar Pro.

It has hundreds of classic jazz guitarists, tabs and even backing tracks (MP3) in 2-3 different keys. Looked a bit like one of those dodgy pieces of software you see advertised in the back of PC Pro but it turned out to be really useful for him.

alexthecheese · 27 Feb 2014 at 11:50

Reckon you could ask him and come back? Cheers. :cool:

boxman2000 · 27 Feb 2014 at 11:57

alexthecheese said:
Reckon you could ask him and come back? Cheers.

Sure, let you know when I hear back.

RetiredGreyFox · 27 Feb 2014 at 12:51

Tuxguitar is free and can play GP files.

alexthecheese · 27 Feb 2014 at 18:02

Wicked, thank you Dimple. Works perfectly.

boxman2000 · 3 Mar 2014 at 08:31

Band in a box is the software my mate uses. Not the prettiest most modern bit of software but works very well I've been informed and good for jazz.

RetiredGreyFox · 3 Mar 2014 at 18:53

boxman2000 said:
Band in a box is the software my mate uses. Not the prettiest most modern bit of software but works very well I've been informed and good for jazz.

Band In A Box used to be preset pieces of music that you just slotted together into a tune so I don't know how much it has changed (without Googling and I can't be arsed).