Create Your First Guitar Tab

You can beging creating your tabs inmediately by going to the Tablature Editor.

The editor is a platform to create and edit your guitar tabs.

Desktop

Mobile

While you are in the editor, you'll see that the strings are shown as dotted lines instead of straight lines.

If you are using a mobile device, the digital keyboard will automatically expand when you press anywhere on the tablature. You don't need the digital keyboard if you are using a computer with a physical keyboard, but you can still use it by pressing on the expand keyboard button:

Add a Title and Extra Info

First, you can add a title and extra info to your song. To do this:

1. Press on "Song's title".
2. Write the title of the song.
3. You can also include additional information.

Write Your First Melody

In My Guitar Tabs, you write your tabs by moving top to bottom and left to right. You can move anywhere by pressing in the tabs or using the keyboard arrows.

Let's write a simple melody:

Desktop

1. Press where you want to add the first note. The cursor will highlight the selected note.
2. Type the fret number using the keyboard. Press Space to move to the next string.
3. Press Enter to jump to the beggining of the next chord.
4. Press Space to move to the next string and write the next note.

Mobile

1. Press where you want to add the first note. The cursor will highlight the selected note.
2. Press the fret number using the digital keyboard. For frets higher than 12, use the Shift Octave button.
3. The cursor will automatically move to the next string.
4. Press the next chord key (Enter) to jump to the beginning of the next chord.
5. Press the Space button to move to the next string and write the next note.

Insert New Notes

To insert new notes between existing ones:

1. Navigate to the note where you want to insert the new note:

2. Press Enter, the cursor will move to the next note, moving the rest of the song:

3. Write your note:

Delete Notes

Desktop

1. Select the note you want to delete:
2. Press the Backspace key to remove the note and move the cursor back 1 string:
3. Alternatively, press Delete to remove the note without moving the cursor:

Mobile

1. Select the note you want to delete:
2. Press the Delete button:
3. The note will be deleted, and the cursor will automatically move back to the previous string:

Delete a Chord

1. Delete all notes in the chord:
2. Press Backspace on the top string once the chord is empty to delete the whole column:

Delete a Section of the Song

You can delete or replace entire sections of the song by selecting a range of chords.

Desktop

1. Press the first chord you want to delete (the selected string is irrelevant) and drag the cursor to the end of the section you want to remove. You'll see a faint highlight of the selected section:

2. Once you release the cursor, you'll see the selected range highlighted:

3. Press Backspace, delete, or enter to remove the whole range:

Mobile

1. Select the first chord you want to delete (the selected string is irrelevant) and hold for a second until the whole column is slightly highlighted. Drag to the end of the section you want to remove. You'll see a faint highlight of the selected section:

2. Once you release the finger, you'll see the selected range highlighted:

3. Press delete or enter to remove the whole range:

Adding Special Notation

You can incorporate additional notation into the tablature using the special markings menu:

Add a special marking by:

1. Select the note to which you want to apply the marking:
2. Choose the desired marking from the menu:

Please note that each marking represents a specific technique, and some may have unique behaviors or options. For more information on each element, refer to Guitar Tablature Notation for additional details.

Bars

You can insert bar lines into your guitar tabs using the bar lines buttons available in the special markings menu:

To add a barline:

1. Select where you want to insert the barline. The selected string is irrelevant:
2. Press the desired barline button. The barline will be inserted at the selected position:
3. If the selected chord is not empty (i.e., any string has a note), the barline will be added after the selected chord:

Undo/Redo

At any point, you can undo or redo your changes before saving.

Desktop

1. Given the following melody:
2. Press Ctrl+z to undo your last change:
3. Press Ctrl+Shift+z or Ctrl+r to redo the last undo:

Mobile

1. Given the following melody:
2. Press the undo button to undo your last change:
3. Press the redo button to redo the last undo:

Save

Save your new creation by pressing the done editing button:

This will take you to the song viewer, where you can view and practice your new tune:

After saving a song, it will be available in your dashboard.