TEFpad

Tablature editor

Published by: TablEdit
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Description

TEFpad is a tablature editor designed for the iPad that implements most features available in the TablEdit desktop program. It is also compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch.
Just like TEFview for iOS, 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, PowerTab...).
In addition to this, TEFpad opens TabRite files and lets you create new tablature arrangements from scratch.
The files you have created on your device with TEFpad can be edited and saved without any limitation.
Warning: You can edit files not created with TEFpad or imported into TEFpad, but only the first 16 measures can be saved. Likewise the app does not allow copying the contents of one of these files into another .tef file. To get rid of these limitations, you can upgrade to TEFpad Pro (available as an In-App purchase).
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.
Please submit your suggestions and bug reports to http://www.tabledit.com/contact/feedback/
Specifications:
- Open/Import TablEdit, ASCII, ABC, MIDI, Music XML, PowerTab, TABrite and GuitarPro files
- Optical recognition of tablatures and scores (PDF or image)
- Extracts TablEdit files contained in a zip archive
- 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 with subdirectory management
- Email files as attachment
- PDF export. The PDF can be emailed or opened in a third party app
- iTunes file sharing
- WIFI file sharing
- Integration with the Files app
- MIDI Playback with full real time control (speed, pitch, volume and MIDI instrument)
- Metronome and count down settings
- Ability to change the soundfont and to access all the presets
- Playlist
- Customize background color for screen, special keyboard, palettes,
- Print to an Air Printer
- ABC, MIDI, ASCII, WAV file, Music XML export
- Time and Key signature setup along with a transpose feature
- Measures management (Add/Delete/Copy/Move/Pick-up measure)
- 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 and format them
- Reading guides (repeats and endings)
- Fingerboard or keyboard view
- External keyboard support
- Support for Page turners
- Print options dialog
- Support drum tabs and pedal steel guitar tabs
- Simple grace note management
- iPad Pro support
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In-Apps

TEFpad Pro
$19.99

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Ratings History

TEFpad Reviews

Tef

just a banjo player on

United States

Maybe because I use Apple iPad. But a lot of the promised features don’t seem to work.

Functionality good. Pro version disappeared after purchase

DocV1234 on

United States

I like this app and bought the pro version upgrade today but now the app has reverted to the LE version. Apple shows the pro purchase so what happened. Restoring the pro purchase was successful but I lost a significant amount of work.

The Best App for writing Tablature for me.

Coolwhipl on

United States

I use this app for writing tab for bass guitar. I’ve tried other apps that offer similar functionality. None of them compare to the usability and completeness of TEFPad. There is a bit of a learning curve to get proficient with it. However, the more you use it the faster you get. I feel that there are some things that aren’t covered very well in the user guide. But I still give this app a full 5 stars. Do save your work in progress often, though. Also, the support from the developer is outstanding.

Not user friendly

Jangodad on

United States

The app assumes you know all the musical terms necessary to compose a song. The help function is useless. It throws items on the tab by all by itself, without any explanation as to why, and there is no information to learn from. As an example, trying to match the format of a tab I found in a book, it required a “double line” at the beginning of the measure. I found it in the pallet, tried to add it, but it wouldn’t show up. However, it did randomly place double lines on two other measures in the tab. And now I can’t get rid of them. Oh, how about the app crashing when you print? That’s fun too. Glitchy…but its all we have.

Not so happy

Mandomat on

United States

I was using the lite version and then when I went and upgraded, wow buggy, buggy, buggy. Audio quits playing so I have to restart the app; trying to add song info is very temperamental, adding pull offs to the first couple of notes gives me a tie that spans two bars. It’s a bit clunky as it is with the lite version, but workable. Now very frustrated with the upgrade. Should have stuck with lite.

Great app

texaoldlady on

United States

I’ve been using it for at least five years. Can do everything I need it to do. Online helpful as needed Would recommend

Revised Review

CharlieS1029 on

United States

Thank you to the developers for your response. It still took me some time to figure out how to get multiple instruments but now that I have the program works for my needs.

Tabled it

lloydlg on

United States

This is a really good app. I already have the windows version And love it. Just found out about this one and need to get used to it.

Incredibly useful program

xx??!! on

United States

This app is just amazing in terms of what it allows me to do with arranging and playing back music. I wanted an app that would allow me, for guitar, to arrange music that is most often played on keyboards. I also wanted an app that would allow me to keep my files local on my device rather than forcing me to work in the cloud. With support for tablature, this app is great for arranging for guitar but it does a lot more. It would be equally useful arranging for keyboard and seemingly for a band, though I have not tried to arrange for more than one instrument. It plays midi and includes a lot of instruments. It’s ease of use is comparable to other notation softwares I have used. I was hesitant to buy without the ability to check it out with a free trial. It turns out though that, for me, this light version of the program—even without available pro upgrades— is all I will need in a notation program for a long time. I’ll never have to turn on a computer. The help pages are deliberately succinct so there is some amount of trial and error involved in figuring out some features. Overall, however, it’s just a super app.

Great tool

JimF 10 on

United States

Help system needs to be improved to get the fifth star. So far search internet has found most of simple needs

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App Info

Category
Music
Publisher
TablEdit
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Chinese, Ukrainian
Recent release
3.9.4 (1 month ago )
Released on
Apr 18, 2012 (12 years ago )
Last Updated
1 week ago
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