It seems like the only two options to get tabs nowadays are gtabs and songsterr. I prefer songsterr out of the two, but constantly get harassed to buy the premium version and certain important features are paywalled.
Basically my question is is there a way to bypass the premium subscription to get all the full features or a better alternative out there with a database of tabs as large as the two have. I want to be able to hear the playback of the tab and control the speed at which it goes.
Hm, I never used songsterr but guitartabs has always been based for me.
I kinda stopped using tabs years ago and just started learning by ear though… [subtle brag]
An app called Lamucal can make them for you, lyrics and all.
An older app (now defunct), can be found on archive.org, called Riffstation, can do the chords.
Once you have a version of your song you can put it in an app called JustChords. This app will store, display, and transpose your songs. It also has a search feature to pull tabs from other sources.
I miss the golden age of the late 90’s when tabs were easy to get and free.
You can get torrents full of the archives from sites that used to host tabs for GuitarPro and pirate that software, the one downside is , its like tens of thousands of tabs so its a bit much to organize.
Songsterr seems usable to me with adblocking on, Also I often just search YouTube and find videos with tabs displayed.
Songsterr is usable with adblocking on however I still get annoying popups in the middle of playing that say switch to premium. You also can’t change the playback speed without premium which is very annoying.
Are you not able to use the element zapper to block the pop-up from appearing?
BOOM! Only works for non-official / premium from Ultimate-Guitar, so I don’t know if that’s what you wanted. This works for Songsterr, though.
I know you can download stuff from MuseScore for free and MuseScore has guitar tabs but I don’t know if you can download guitar tabs directly…
