TabToSheetMusic

TabToSheetMusic converts guitar and bass tablature into standard notation. It's for players who need to share music with bandmates, teachers, or arrangers who read sheet music. You paste your text tab or upload a Guitar Pro file and it generates a score. It's that simple.

Most plain-text tab doesn't include rhythm. This tool solves that by estimating note durations from the spacing in your tab. It automatically detects time signatures like 3/4 or 6/8 and identifies pickup bars. It also flags any bars it's unsure about, so you can quickly review them.

You can listen to the generated music right in your browser. If a bar's rhythm sounds wrong, you can fix the entire bar with a single click instead of editing each note individually. The goal is to get a usable score in just a few minutes.

It handles a variety of formats and musical details.

• Multiple inputs: Accepts plain-text ASCII tab for 6-string guitar and 4- or 5-string bass. It also reads Guitar Pro (.gp, .gpx) and MusicXML files.
• Flexible exports: Download your score as a printable PDF, a MusicXML file for editing in apps like MuseScore or Sibelius, a MIDI file for your DAW, or a Guitar Pro file.
• Musical details: Recognizes common articulations like hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, and slides from your tab. It also handles alternate tunings like Drop D.
• Bass clef support: Automatically converts bass tab into proper bass clef notation, which is what most readers expect for the instrument.

This tool is useful for guitarists in bands who need to give a chart to a keyboard player. It's also for teachers who want to create worksheets with both tab and notation. Songwriters can use it to turn a riff into a lead sheet for an arranger. Everything runs in your web browser, so there's no software to install.