Guitar Pro's closest guitar-specific competitor is the freeware Power Tabs, which was last updated in 2000. Power Tabs lacks the RSE engine and sounds weak even for a MIDI-based program.

The tabs posted by Guitar Pro users also tend to be of higher quality than the alternatives. Overall, Guitar Pro 5 is a worthy update to the best guitar-tablature editing software around.

PRESS RELEASE: Optek Music Systems, makers of the Fretlight guitar and Arobas Music, creators of the Guitar Pro guitar tab software, have announced the release of Guitar Pro 6 Fretlight Ready. For the ...

Here’s how it works. The Guitar Pro app is currently free for Android and Apple mobile users via the iOS and Google Play stores. It allows players to view and play sheet music and tablature that has ...