INFO: Guitar Software
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File last updated: 20 June 1995.
File created by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).
Comments and corrections welcome.
NEW IN THIS UPDATE:
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- Guitar Teacher program to learn chords and tune your guitar
available from oak.oakland.edu.
- New version of ChordMaster available at OLGA.
- New version of Comp-G-Tab with significant new improvements
available at OLGA.
OLGA SITES:
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mirrors.aol.com /pub/guitar
ftp.uu.net /doc/music/guitar
unix.hensa.ac.uk /mirrors/uunet/doc/music/guitar
ftp.uwp.edu /pub/music/guitar
ftp.uni-stuttgart.de /pub/misc/guitar
ftp.diku.dk /pub/music/guitar
ftp.uni-paderborn.de /doc/guitar
ftp.leo.org /pub/rec/music/guitar/songs/olga
ftp.cosy.sbg.ac.at /pub/mirror/guitar
ftp.ci.ua.pt /pub/music/guitar/other
GUITAR SOFTWARE:
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### Tablature Editors ###
BUCKET O' TAB version 1.0
* Programmer: Scott Evans (gse@ocsystems.com)
* System: MicroSoft Windows
* Files: bucket.zip
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/dos_tab_utils/bucket
* Description: Tablature editor. Prints graphical tabs, but can
import/export ASCII tab. Sound support in registered version.
WINTAB version 1.0a
* Programmer: Randy Robb (rrobb@msu.edu)
* System: MicroSoft Windows
* Files: wintab1.zip
* Source: philemon.asc.msu.edu /pub
* Description: Tablature editor: direct text mode editing or
fretboard entry.
TAB MASTER version 1.0
* Programmer: Ofir Zwebner (ofirz1@zoot.tau.ac.il)
* System: MS-DOS
* Files: tablat.zip
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/dos_tab_utils
* Description: Tablature editor using colour and function key
short-cuts.
TABEDIT version 1.6.3=A0
* Programmer: Danny Felsteiner (phr01ya@techunix.technion.ac.il)
* System: MS-DOS
* Files: tabed163.zip
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/dos_tab_utils
* Description: Tablature editor
BASS AUTOTABBER version 2.2.1
* Programmer: J.S.B. (jsbjsb@ix.netcom.com)
* System: MS-DOS
* Files: btab22.zip (?)
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/dos_tab_utils (?)
* Description: Creates tablature for bass guitar.
GUITAR TOOLS version 2.3
* Programmer: Troy Johnson (troyj@chaos.idec.sdl.usu.edu)
* System: MS-DOS
* Files: guitar_tools_demo.zip or gtrt12_3.zip
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/dos_tab_utils/guitar_tools,
oak.oakland.edu /pub/msdos/music
* Description: Tab editor with capabilities to convert piano notes
to guitar tab. Will load existing guitar tab in ASCII format.
QUICKTAB version 1.1.2
* Programmer: Keith MacDonald (ikb_macd@ece.concordia.ca)
* System: Macintosh
* Files: QuickTab1-1-1.sea.hqx
* Source: ftp.ECE.Concordia.ca /pub/os/mac/app
* Description: Graphical tab editor, supporting chords, lyrics &
text. Import/export ASCII tab. Editable chord library.
Requires System 7.x.
TAB-N-FRET version ?
* Programmer: ?
* System: Unix and X
* Files: Tab-n-Fret.tar
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/misc
* Description: Tablature editor: direct text mode editing or
fretboard entry.
COMP-G-TAB version 1.7
* Programmer: Hillel Steinberg (zeus@cs.umd.edu)
* System: MS-DOS or MicroSoft Windows
* Files: cgtabv17.zip
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/dos_misc
* Description: Converts MIDI files to playable guitar tablature.
### Chord/Scale Utilities ###
CHORD MAGIC version 1.0
* Programmer: Andrew J Gryc
* System: MS-DOS
* Files: chord_magic.zip
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/dos_chord_utils
* Description: Names or finds chords in any key and any tuning.
FINDCHORD version 1.0.1
* Programmer: Staal Vinterbo (staalv@idt.unit.no)
* System: Any system with a reasonable C compiler.
* Files: findcrd.c (C source code), findchrd.exe (MS-DOS compiled).
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/ ?
* Description: Chord identifying (resolving) program. Can be used
as a commandline tool, or interactively.
GUITAR TEACHER version 2.00
* Programmer: Michael Fenemore
* System: MicroSoft Windows.
* Files: gtwin200.zip.
* Source: oak.oakland.edu /simtel/win3/music
* Description: Displays chord diagrams (504 available). Includes a
guitar tuner. Supports MIDI.
CHORD-FINDER version 2.0
* Programmer: Dag Rabraut (dagr@edb.tih.no, dagr@colargol.edb.tih.no=
)
* System: MS-DOS
* Files:
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/chart_utils/Chord-Finder
* Description: Demonstrates how to play over 800 chords. Allows
chord searching, and addition to the chord library.
GUITARE version 4.2
* Programmer: Pascal Obry (pascal.obry@der.edf.fr)
* System: Distributed as binaries for MS-DOS, SunOS, and Solaris.
Source code for compiling on any system is available by email.
* Files:
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/chart_utils/GUITARE
* Description: Displays chords and scales in any tuning. Names
chords input as notes. Transposes chords. Displays fingerings.
Works for guitar, mandolin, or bass.
KORDCALC version 2.1
* Programmer: Rob Haack
* System: MS-DOS
* Files: CHORDS.ARJ
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/dos_chord_utils
* Description: Graphically shows chord fingerings in standard tuning=
.
NOFRET version 1.0
* Programmer: Joe Legg (tenom@aol.com)
* System: MS-DOS
* Files: nofretv1.zip
* Source: oak.oakland.edu /pub/msdos/music
* Description: Shows how to play common chords. SoundBlaster
supported.
CHORD COMP version 1.0
* Programmer: Marty Balash
* System: MicroSoft Windows
* Files: chdcomp.zip
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/chord_util
* Description: Displays common chords in any key, helps compose
original chord progressions. Soundcards and MIDI supported.
VIRTUAX version 1.0
* Programmer: Shannon Terry (shterry@freenet.columbus.oh.us)
* System: MicroSoft Windows
* Files: virtuax.zip
* Source: oak.oakland.edu /pub/win3/music
* Description: Play chords and scales with fingering. Features
MIDI and metronome. Requires soundblaster, 486SX, 3MB RAM.
SCALE MASTER version 1.1
* Programmer: Ken Cardita
* System: MS-DOS
* Files: scales_arj.uue
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/misc
* Description: Teaches guitar scales.
GUITAR SCALES & MODES version 2.1
* Programmer: David Sampson
* System: MicroSoft Windows
* Files: guitar.zip
* Source: ?
* Description: Graphically shows how to play scales in standard
tuning.
SCALES & MODES version 1.0
* Programmer: Tim Giron (tgiron@primenet.com)
* System: Macintosh
* Files: scales.hqx, scales.readme
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/mac_misc
* Description: Graphically shows how to play over 50 scales in
standard tuning.
GUITAR TRAINER version ?
* Programmer: H R Braasch, c/o Scott Lehman (slehman@mit.edu)
* System: MicroSoft Windows
* Files: trainer.zip
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/dos_misc
* Description: Interactively teaches notes of the fretboard
GUITAR BOOGIE version ?
* Programmer: Mike King (74401.2420@compuserve.com)
* System: MicroSoft Windows
* Files: gbsetup.exe
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/dos_chord_utils/guitar_boogie
* Description: Teaches chords and scales. Allows lyric+chord
files to be created.
CHORDMASTER version 2.1
* Programmer: Robert Watson ([70363.2446]@compuserve.com)
* System: MS-DOS
* Files: chdmst21.zip
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/dos_chord_utils/chordmaster
* Description: Identifies, displays, and resolves chords. Plays
guitar tab, demonstrates fingerings. MIDI capabilities.
Registered version ($25) can edit tabs.
### Presentation/Printing/Playing Utilities ###
CHORD version 3.6 (Unix) version 3.0 (MS-DOS)
* Programmers: Martin Leclerc (martin.leclerc@canada.sun.com)
and Mario Dorion (mario.dorion@canada.sun.com)
* System: Unix, MS-DOS, or distributed as source code for
compiling on any system.
* Files:
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/misc/CHORD
* Description: Produces a tidy PostScript document with chords
above the appropriate lyrics. Requires a specially-formatted
input file.
NEWTAB version ?
* Programmer: Constantijn Enders (c.w.g.m.enders@kub.nl)
* System: MS-DOS
* Files: newtab.zip
* Source: oak.oakland.edu /pub/msdos/music
* Description: Converts/reverts |-3-2-|-0--| in tab files to
=C73=8E2=8F0=8E=EF for prettier ASCII layout.
PSTAB version 2.0
* Programmer: Brian Ewins
* System: Any connected to a PostScript printer
* Files: pstab.
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/misc
* Description: Graphically prints ASCII tablature, lyrics etc to
a PostScript printer. Supports ChordPro format.
TAB PLAY version ?
* Programmer: Tim Beach (fsjohn@tua.lerc.nasa.gov)
* System: Microsoft Windows
* Files: tabplay.exe
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/dos_misc
* Description: Converts guitar or banjo tablature to playable MIDI.
May print tablature. Requires 2.6 MB hard disk space.
COMP-G-TAB version 1.4
* Programmer: Hillel Steinberg (zeus@cs.umd.edu)
* System: MS-DOS
* Files: cgtab14.zip
* Source: OLGA sites /resources/dos_misc
* Description: Converts MIDI files to playable guitar tablature.
CHORDPLAY version ?
* Programmer: Wolfgang Stephan (ik6@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de)
* System: MS-DOS
* Files: chordpl.zip
* Source: garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/sound
* Description: Plays your input (jazz) chord progressions, allowing
you to solo over top. Requires Adlib-compatible soundcard.
GUITAR BOOGIE version ?
(see above under Chord/Scale Utilities)
### Miscellaneous ####
POWER CHORDS PRO demo version 2.0.05
* Progammer: Eric Bell, Howling Dog Systems (71333.2166@compuserve.c=
om)
* System: MS-DOS + MicroSoft Windows
* Files: PowPro.zip
* Source: ?
* Description: Sequencer for guitarists. Chord computer,
configurable fretboard. Supports sound cards, MIDI.
All graphic interface.
QUICK TUNE version ?
* Programmer: Bartlomiej Knapp (bknapp01@photon.poly.edu)
* System: MS-DOS + MicroSoft Windows
* Files: q_tune.zip
* Source: oak.oakland.edu /SimTel/win3/music
* Description: Software guitar tuner, allowing several different
tunings. Requires sound card, 386 (486 or Pentium recommended)=
.