Show the tablature

Step by step

1. Press the TAB button in the palette: a six-string tablature appears under every system.
2. The first tablature shows the string names, from highest to lowest (E B G D A E in standard tuning). Click these names to choose Standard, Drop D, Double Drop D, DADGAD, Open D or Open G. The menu lists strings from lowest to highest.
3. Changing tuning recalculates all frets and replaces manual fingerings while preserving the staff notes. Tuning is saved with this score, and you can undo the change with Ctrl/Cmd+Z.
4. The editor picks the most comfortable fingering by itself: it keeps the hand in one position, avoids jumps and does not reuse a string for different notes.
5. The staff does not change when you touch the tablature. Press the button again to hide it.

Tip: The next two guides explain how to change a number or move it to another string.