

Third, select Multi Track from the top of the page, which is the second button from the right (it is an icon and NOT marked Multi Track) Fourth, under the Tablature column, uncheck everything. Second, you have to open the TEFview Preferences from the TEFview menu. You may already know that you can get a free trial of TablEdit which allows you to compose up to 24 measures, I think. First you have to select Print Preview from the file menu.
#TEFVIEW TABS HOW TO#
I have sometimes learned how to do things in Tabledit just by using Google, but here at FOTMD, we use the Arranging For Mountain Dulcimers Group to pose questions about TablEdit. If you subscribe to the School you can find it there. It is very useful, but I think he has moved it from his website to the Dulcimer School. Stephen Seifert used to have a tutorial available on his website which shows him navigating the software and talking over his computer screen.
#TEFVIEW TABS MANUAL#
Paula, there is indeed a manual for TablEdit, which you can get in digital form (and print out if you wish - it's about 150 pages or so), but it is not very user friendly. Take Dusty's advice and download the trial version. Of course, you might start with a few, find you like the program, and decide to do more. Some Mac users have problems opening these TablEdit files. Fifty or more, it's probably worth the time and effort. UPDATE: For those who have not downloaded the Free TablEdit Reader, all tunes are also in PDF. If it's ten or so you might want to rethink it.

Another thing I usually do is enter a tune in another notation software package capable of exporting as midi (I use NoteWorthy Composer but there are plenty of others available), then I import the midi file into TablEdit.Īll that said, you should probably consider the number of tunes for which you want tablature.

I've found from using it a while that it's wise to set up your favorite formats as templates and use them over and over again. It's definitely a program that takes some time to learn, but once learned, it probably prints the best looking tablature of any of the programs out there. Paula, I'll echo the others here who've recommended TablEdit.
