TEFpad - Powerful Tablature Editor for Android
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TEFpad is a tablature editor designed for Android tablets and phones that implements most features available in the TablEdit desktop program.
Just like TEFview for Android, our free file viewer, TEFpad opens, displays, prints and plays all TablEdit files (.tef format). It imports as well many types of music files (ASCII tablatures, ABC files, MusicXML, MIDI, Guitar Pro, TabRite, PowerTab...).
But TEFpad isn't just a file viewer like TEFview. It's a full-featured score editor, and the free version lets you try it out for yourself.
However, this free version has a few critical limitations: only the first 16 measures can be saved, a watermark is added on PDFs and you can't copy the contents of one file into another file...
To get rid of these limitations, you can purchase TEFpad Pro from within the app (select "Upgrade to TEFpad Pro")
The .tef files saved with TEFpad can be opened and modified in the TablEdit desktop program that offers advanced capabilities not completely available in TEFpad.
Download the step by step How-To FAQ: http://tabledit.com/ios/TEFpadFAQ.pdf
For more information or to download a demo of TablEdit, go to the TablEdit web site: http://www.tabledit.com.
Specifications:
- Open/Import TablEdit, ASCII, ABC, MIDI, Music XML, PowerTab, TABrite and GuitarPro files
- Display tablature and/or standard notation
- English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, Chinese and Italian language support
- Embedded Help (tap the info button in the top-right corner of the screen)
- File manager
- Email files as attachment
- PDF export. The PDF can be emailed or opened in a third party app
- MIDI Playback with full real time control (speed, pitch, volume and MIDI instrument)
- Metronome and count down settings
- Customize background and foreground color for screen
- Export playback as a MIDI file
- ABC file export
- Time and Key signature setup along with a transpose feature
- Measures management (Add/Delete/Copy/Move)
- Instrument setup (String number, Tuning, Capo, Clef...)
- Quantize notes (after a MIDI import)
- Enter notes and rests in the tablature or standard notation
- Edit notes (duration, velocity, special effect, staccato...)
- Create chord diagrams
- Insert text, tempo changes, pick strokes and fingerings
- Reading guides (repeats and endings)
- Support for Page turning
- Print options dialog
- Pick-up measure
- Grace note management
User reviews
- Feature rich and useful for music editing.
- Easy conversion of music sheets to tablature.
- Great app for learning music with a variety of tunes available.
- Unintuitive interface and confusing menus.
- Issues with recognizing input and functionality for specific instruments like banjo.
- Frequent crashing and failure to open files.
- UI could be improved and is baffling for some users.
- App does not work well for specific instruments like banjo.
- Many users experienced frustration with usability and bugs.
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