Question

How do you convert guitar tabs to piano sheet music?

Answer 1

Guitar tabs hold less information than piano sheet music. They both dictate the notes, but tabs don't necessarily dictate the rhythm.

Answer 2

If you have a very specific guitar tab, it could be done, but I don't think there is any automatic program that'll do this.

Answer 3

Guitar tabs are like chords or notes just figure out the notes or chords the tabs are showing you and walla! u got it have fun

Answer 4

You can transcribe the tab with Guitar Pro. This will generate a partiture. Note that you need to manually input rhythmic details. Also, the generated partiture will need a lot of fine-tuning.

Answer 5

Or whatever the song is, just look for the sheet music online. You can usually find any sheet music everywhere?

Answer 6

true LOL

Answer 7

@jonnyboy66 xD yep! I do it all the time. :) @courtneyf397 what's the song you want to learn?

Answer 8

me to I play guitar for my church so I do that every week LOL

Answer 9

That's awesome. :) I play guitar, piano, a little violin, and koto.

Answer 10

download Guitar Pro..it's a software where it can convert tabs into sheet music...but that's just one of its features

Answer 11

@mattfeury guitar pro is automatic :P hehe

Answer 12

I asked a question a while back on how I could find the piano sheet music for The Fray's cover of Kiss Me originally preformed by Six Pence Non The Richer, but someone answered me with guitar tabs. Didn't know what to do with those. lol So this is how this question came to be :P

Answer 13

The problem I think you will find there is that the notes that are played on the rhythm or lead guitar are not necessarily the same as those you would play on the piano; you need to abstract the chords from the guitar chord structure, then rephrase it for the piano.

If you use Guitarpro to transcribe a rhythm guitar tab track into sheet music, then play that note-for-note on the piano, it is sound very good.

A basic understanding of music theory is helpful I think.

Answer 14

I would definitely be needing both a guitar and a piano/keyboard handy, if I were changing tabliture to sheet music. I would also need a recording of the song I were translating...

Answer 15

Dyiliq, that's actually what I've been doing lol. I just been converting it by ear and hoping for the best. lol

Answer 16

i think there is a computer program that will do it for you but not sure which one it is :(

Answer 17

Guitar Pro @Sup_open~study

Answer 18

ah yeah i think that's it thanks @lgbasallote :)

Answer 19

@lgbasallote you play guitar ??