Xiphrado
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{{ posText }} {{ tempoLabel }}
Loading the engraver…
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{{ scoreView }}
{{ popLabel }} {{ popHint }}
Fretboard input {{ fbHint }}
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{{ row.name }} {{ row.num }} {{ row.oct }}
Score library

Write it once. Read it as notation and tab.

Scores for the Puerto Rican cuatro and guitar. Every note you enter lands on the staff and in tablature at the same time — with chord diagrams for each instrument.

Import MusicXML New score
Start from a template
{{ libHeading }}
{{ it.title }} {{ it.meta }} {{ it.date }}
Delete “{{ it.title }}”? This cannot be undone.
{{ it.meta }} {{ it.date }}
Delete?

{{ libEmptyText }}

Players Each instrument gets a staff and a linked tab staff
{{ si.imgEl }}
{{ si.meta }}
Add an instrument
Score info
Measures {{ fMeasures }}
Display
Chord diagrams Instrument names Measure numbers Capo chords Tab rhythm Pickup measure Section letters
{{ sectionText }}
Select a measure in Write or Engrave, then choose Section letter. Boxed letters run A, B, C in score order.
Layouts
{{ l.name }}{{ l.desc }}
Galley preview
{{ setupPreview }}
Page layout Changes apply to every layout and to print {{ zoomText }}
{{ scoreView }}
Tempo♩ = {{ tempoVal }}
Speed{{ speedLabel }}
{{ orderText }}
Tracks
{{ tr.name }}
{{ tr.meta }}
Volume{{ tr.volLabel }} Pan{{ tr.panLabel }}
Mixer
{{ m.name }}
{{ m.volLabel }} {{ m.dbLabel }}
Pan{{ m.panLabel }} Verb{{ m.sendLabel }}
Master
{{ masterLabel }} {{ masterDb }}
Room{{ verbLabel }}
Live preview — the exported file renders exactly this, at whatever width the page gives it.
{{ printView }}
{{ statusMode }} {{ statusLeft }} {{ statusRight }}
New score Set up your score
Instruments
{{ ndSummary }}
Cancel Create score
Instrument and tuning {{ td.kind }}
Preset
{{ r.label }} Sounds {{ r.sound }}
Capo type
Covers {{ tdCapoKind }}
Prints as “{{ tdCapoText }}” · tab frets count from the capo on covered {{ tdCapoKind }}
Applying a new tuning keeps every pitch and refingers the tab.
Cancel Apply tuning
Transpose Move the music
Tab is refingered automatically. Notes outside an instrument’s range fold back by an octave.
Cancel Transpose
Red dots are the root; ink dots are the other tones.
Voicings
No comfortable voicing within four frets for this tuning — try another chord type.
Close {{ libUseLabel }}
Keyboard shortcuts Write without the mouse
{{ g.title }}
{{ r.k }} {{ r.d }}
{{ toastText }}