r/GuitarPro

Sorry for that awful title. Not sure how i am suppose to explain this in english but i will do my best.

I always been annoyed that the line that goes past the notes after you hit play isnt fully synced. For example, if i hit play and there are 4 8th notes that all goes like "00 01 02 03" the sound doesnt start playing until the line has almost entierly crossed the first note. I remember in older versions when it just jumped between, this was a non issue.

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I've been collecting Guitar Pro files and at some point my collection got big enough that finding anything became a pain.

Folder names are a mess, file names are inconsistent, you know how it is.

I ended up writing (well, Claude eneded up writing :) ) a small local web app to index everything.
You point it at your folders, it scans recursively and reads the metadata straight from the files (artist, song title, tuning —-not just guessing from thefilename).
Runs a tiny server on your machine, opens in the browser.

Some things it does:

- Reads artist/title/tuning from the actual file, not the filename

- Detects tuning (Standard E, Drop D, 7-string, etc.) from the MIDI data inside the file

- Search, filter by tuning / string count, sort by any column

- Tracks when you last opened each file

- Favorites + custom groups

- Click a row to open it directly in Guitar Pro

- Everything persists in a local SQLite file so it survives restarts

Works with .gp, .gp5, .gp7 and the rest of the formats. macOS/Windows/Linux.

Repo is here if anyone wants it: https://github.com/shaycohen/gp_index

Needs Node.js and Python 3 installed, then it's just npm install + node server.js.

Happy to answer questions if something doesn't work on your setup.

Hello,

I’m considering buying Guitar Pro for Android, and I would like to better understand how the app works and what features are available.

What I’m mainly looking for is the ability to write a melody and then add chords using only chord symbols (for example: Cmaj7, B7b9, etc.), without necessarily writing every individual note of the chord.

Is this possible in the Android version of the app?

Thanks!

This really isn't a comment on GP pet se, but it's more about arranging for block chords. Maybe this is something that is obvious to most people, but arranging a piece in block chord/chord melody style in GP is a two-step process. Part one is filling in the melody with appropriate chords. Part two is the real challenge: manually reconfiguring the chords so that a human (not just GP) can play them. What process do you follow?