![]() ![]() It is a nerd program and is not intuitive. I may be wrong, but I think the best you can hope for with a post like this are opinions from folk who have a personal preference for one software or another (aside from non sequiturs about ham sandwiches or the virtues of standard notation), and, in the end, you’ll find that all the music writing softwares will have a nice learning curve for making note value distinctions such as dots, triplets, trills, etc. I find that doing such things in Tabledit is relatively easy by clicking buttons on the toolbars. The program cannot read your mind so you will have to click some buttons or something to tell it you want a triplet, or a grace note, a slide, a hammer-on, a key or tempo change, etc. There are many other options available if you hate Tabledit, but be forewarned: All will have a learning curve, whether you’re writing in standard notation or tablature. More on point to OP’s question: I’ve used numerous music writing softwares, and Tabledit is still my go to, but that’s just a personal preference and weighted by my familiarity with the program. I agree OP should consider learning standard notation if he or she doesn’t know it already. I understand OP’s question is about software, not tablature vs. ![]() There are programs that are more powerful like Sibelius but I think they have a pretty steep learning curve and again anytime you spend getting the paper right is time you could’ve spent playing the instrument. Even better start working on your ear, the time you are spending on the computer can be spent on the fretboard. ![]() in music or computer programming to use?I don’t mean to be flip here but get a piece of staff paper and write it out yourself. Isn't there a better program with a more intuitive graphic format interface? One that does not require a PH.D. I do not have time to learn all the bells and whistles just to tab out a song. I am far from computer illiterate, but have spent many hours just learning to tab out simple songs, and as soon as I need to input something a little more advanced like triplets or a repeat it just frustrates the Hell out of me. Last edited by Simon DS Oct-20-2021 at 8:49am. Now I listen to a couple of YouTube vids for rhythmic inspiration.Īnd a very short time later (15 minutes) I get my pick and my octave mandolin and practice the hell out of the tune. The printout goes into one of my numbered pre-repertoire folders, with pencilled notes for chords/status/like/danceability/difficult right hand melodic phrases circled. Now I can hear the tune like hearing a midi file, and see a copy of notation and TAB. abc file into a free reader, TunebookSD for iPhone. ![]() Then I paste the the same so, so, simple text-based. Then I print out the notation-with-TAB at the local post office. [When I want a tune, to call my own I do this: There is something far better than tablature. Maybe someone else can comment on that if you still want to stick with Tab notation. MuseScore also has a Tab function but I've never messed with it. I use the free MuseScore program to import tunes in ABC or standard notation, where I can edit notes to match local versions of the tune. Of course this also opens up the world of Classical music and other "World music." Any standard notation for violin can be played on mandolin. There is no Tab there, only standard notation (and ABC notation, a kind of shorthand ASCII version). If you can read standard notation it opens up a gigantic trove of tunes you can find online, like the database on for Irish, Scottish, and related traditional tunes. I remember when I was first learning mandolin it helped to see Tab notation of a tune, but I very quickly moved on to standard notation because I was playing "fiddle tunes" - OldTime and Irish - that were linear melodies, mainly in first position, and there is no ambiguity about where the notes are on the fingerboard. That still applies to a certain extent on mandolin. I used Tab notation exclusively when I played guitar, because especially with fingerstyle playing there is more than one place to play the same note, and it helps figure out how someone is playing a certain tune. ![]()
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