A Java-SWT based multitrack guitar tablature editor and player. It allows users to open GuitarPro, PowerTab, and TablEdit files, as well as download tablature files from other websites. The application has a large database of tablatures available for users to access.
Downloading Tux Guitar 1.5.6 for Mac from the developer's website was possible when we last checked. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this app available. The actual developer of this free software for Mac is akdmia. Please check the Mac app with an antivirus before launch as it is downloaded from the developer's website, and we cannot ensure that it is safe. The software lies within Audio & Video Tools, more precisely Editors & Converters.
From the developer:
TuxGuitar is a multitrack guitar tablature editor and player written in Java-SWT, It can open GuitarPro, PowerTab and TablEdit files. Users are allowed to download tablature files from the other websites to play them in the application. The database is also quite big with tablatures.
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