Power Tab Editor is a lightweight Windows program that enables you to create tablatures for various musical instruments. It has a user-friendly interface which displays multiple toolbars that allows you to easily access all its main features.

Operation

If you want to create music scores for either your guitar or bass, the process is basically the same. The application shows multiple staves, organized in different sections, where you can place musical or tablature symbols.

Moreover, you are able to utilize various tools to customize the stave types, notes and rhythm slashes. For example, you may insert a tempo maker, which is used to measure the exact time of the beat.

It is also possible to note down the volume level of a guitar or other instrument, as well as the rehearsal symbols you want to place on your tablature. Furthermore, the program allows you to insert text like the lyrics or additional annotations.

Special tools for learning

If you would like to learn how to play the guitar, the Chord and Tuning Dictionaries can prove very convenient. You can use the score checker in order to track any mistake that the tablature contains or fix a saved file with the ASCII Tablature File Fixer.

Additionally, you have the option to playback the song you have created to detect necessary changes. The application also has an integrated backup tool, which saves your work from time to time.

Unfortunately, you cannot use the tracks created with such digital music workstations as MAGIX Music Maker.

Features

free to download and use;
with this utility you can learn how to play the guitar;
compatible with modern Windows versions;
it offers a variety of tablature editing tools;
can input lyrics and annotations.