New
Speedier set list attachments
Jul 30, 2026
Load speed improved for both online and offline mode in set list manager. Manage all your PDF lyric sheets and charts and enjoy increased load speed / smarter caching in stage view.
New
Sign in with Microsoft
Jul 29, 2026
You can now create an account or log in with your Microsoft account (Outlook, Hotmail, Live, or MSN) in one click, no verification email needed, just like the existing Google sign-in. If you already have a Guitar Scribble account under the same email address, the Microsoft login connects to it automatically, with all your tabs and settings intact.
New
Smoother editing at line ends, mobile copy and paste
Jul 29, 2026
A batch of editor improvements, several straight from user feedback. Two-digit frets now stay together at the end of a full line: whether you type the digits or use the keypad's fret buttons, the whole number moves to the next line instead of splitting across two. Insert Column works even when a line is full, rolling the last column onto the next line so you can shift everything right without retyping. Deleting is smarter too: the Delete key removes the note under the cursor, and Backspace now clears the note you are sitting on when there is nothing but line behind it, so the last note on a line is easy to remove. And for phones and tablets: select notes with press-and-hold and a floating Copy / Cut / Paste bar appears, with a new Paste button on the keypad for one-tap pasting wherever your cursor is. The Help page covers all of it. Please report any issues.
New
A Verification Note
Jul 29, 2026
Sometimes the email verification has trouble getting to users on Yahoo, Hotmail, iCloud. Use Gmail if possible or email us to request verification and we can handle it manually.
New
Highlights in Set List
Jul 26, 2026
Star a song in regular view or stage view to "highlight" it. Great for highlighting songs that need a bit more rehearsal or just making your favorites stand out to make sure you play them. Highlights auto-transfer from one view to the other.
New
Hide the sidebar in TAB maker
Jul 24, 2026
In the tab creator, you can now hide the side tool bar on mobile devices.
New
Lyrics over Chords
Jul 22, 2026
The lyrics over chords maker now has an "x line" button for deleting the current line. This can also get rid of empty lines that make your layout wonky. Additionally, I have added a "pre-chorus" label button. Don't forget you can also simply type your labels or chords if they don't exist in the built-in keyboards.
New
Chord Progression Maker updates
Jul 21, 2026
Interface revamp: The editor now has a clean three-zone layout. Setup at the top (song details, presets, chord name style, chart size, bars per line), the chart in the middle with Preview, PNG, PDF, Share, and Save buttons repeated right below it, and a redesigned bottom keyboard with four tabs: Chords, Bars, Endings & Signs, and Sections. Every editing tool now lives in the keyboard, so there is far less scrolling, especially on iPad. Undo and redo sit beside the tabs on every pane.
Clean workspace: New "Hide intro" and "Hide setup" chips collapse the page header and the setup area, leaving just your chart and the keyboard. Both choices are remembered.
New chart options: Chart size (S, M, L) and Bars per line (4, or 8 at half width) are saved with the chart and apply everywhere it renders: on screen, in PDF and PNG exports, on shared public pages, and in set lists. The chart header was slimmed too: title and artist share one line, style sits at the top right, and the key line is gone.
Fixes: The "chords are too long to fit" warning no longer appears falsely (and now catches real crowding it used to miss). PDF exports lost their oversized top margin. Opening a saved chart now retries automatically on a connection hiccup instead of showing a scary error. Admin got a New Verified Today stat and a cleaner feature-request reply display.
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Chord Progression Updates
Jul 21, 2026
The Chord Progression Chart Maker just got a big round of upgrades. The chord keyboard can now place a quarter rest, an eighth rest, or N.C. (no chord) on any beat. Eighth rests push a chord to the "and" of its beat for syncopated hits, and in compound meters like 12/8 a full-beat rest is automatically drawn as a dotted quarter rest, just like it should be. Navigation signs (now including D.C. al Fine and D.S. al Fine) each carry a little x in the editor, so you can remove a sign without disturbing the bar under it.
Also new: undo, redo, and + bar buttons right on the bottom keyboard, a + Intro button that drops a labeled 4-bar intro at the top of your chart, a workspace zoom (50-150%) so you can see the whole song while you edit, and the keyboard's note keys now type into the Key field when it's focused. Exports and shared charts render all of it, and everything works on iPad. Just for fun I charted out "Kiss" by Prince today and its live on the learn section.
New
Ukulele tabs, and smarter string switching
Jul 15, 2026
The tab editor now writes ukulele tab: set the Strings dropdown to 4 and pick Ukulele (GCEA) or Baritone Uke (DGBE) from the Tuning menu. Switching string counts also lands on the right instrument automatically: 4 strings starts as bass (EADG), 5 as 5-string bass with the low B, 6 as standard guitar, and 7 adds the low B.
New
Feature requests: you decide what we build next
Jul 15, 2026
Guitar Scribble now has a public feature request board. Suggest an idea, vote on what you want most, and watch requests move from Under review to Planned, In progress, and Shipped. Find it in the footer or at guitarscribble.com/feature-requests. The quick suggestion box can also post your idea to the board now, and shipped requests link right back to this page.
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Tunings Dropdown is at the Top
Jul 15, 2026
Tunings dropdown is AT THE TOP near artist and title and will allow you to set a number of common tunings as well as "custom." This is not new but a lot of people seem to miss it.
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Bug Fixes
Jul 13, 2026
7 string saves and bar lines needed a correction. Endings (structure menu) can now span multiple lines as long as they're numbered the same. Please report any issues as lots of new features have shipped.
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Structure Symbols and Prettier Bar Lines
Jul 12, 2026
Tab editor got prettier bar lines, repeat signs now fall under "structure" with a bunch of new symbols for structuring repeats and general navigation. Also fixed a bug when pressing "enter" on a new chord symbol where the page would scroll away. This is a major update so please report any issues.
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Tuning Update
Jul 11, 2026
Switching to 4,5,6 or 7 strings now starts you on a more standard guitar or bass tuning for that number of strings. Ukulele tuning options added. If you change the number of strings AFTER creating a tuning, you will need to change it back.
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Chord Progression Output Size
Jul 10, 2026
Chord progression charts are now a bit bigger on export for easier reading on iPad.
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Chord Chart (Progression) UI Improvements
Jul 10, 2026
Move entire sections for easier builds, some buttons duplicated in bottom keyboard for easier access, ability to move entire sections added. Build a jazz lead sheet in minutes!
New
Your work is safe, even before you log in
Jul 9, 2026
All the tools now warn you before you leave the page with unsaved changes. And if you head off to create an account or log in mid-project, your tab, chord diagram, progression, or lyric sheet is kept on your device and restored the moment you come back. No more lost set lists or vanished charts.
Improved
Smarter hammer-ons, pull-offs, and bends
Jul 9, 2026
The H/P button now cycles through five styles: arc only, arc with letters, arc below, arc below with letters, and off. Letters are added automatically based on pitch direction and repeat between every pair of notes under longer arcs. Bends gained a 1 1/2 step option, and on mobile you can apply vibrato, harmonics, and bends to the note under your cursor without selecting it first.
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Lyric/Chord Sheets
Jul 3, 2026
Major changes to https://guitarscribble.com/chord-chart-maker which allow a more visual editing experience for lyric sheets with chords and direct copy and paste from other lyric websites, maintaining formatting. Very fast once you're accustomed to the process. Allows you to draw from your saved chord diagrams and notate strumming patterns now as well. Click "advanced text" if you prefer ChordPro style entry in plain text. Please report any issues from the contact page.
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Chord Progression/Lead Sheets
Jul 2, 2026
Big changes to chord progression chart maker, with a full WSYWYG editor interface and added features. Make iReal style charts much more quickly.
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Tab editor mobile bug fixes
Jul 2, 2026
Edits to mobile menu behavior on tabs page, floating keyboard now sticks to bottom in portrait mode. Made delete button more obvious. Updates to multi-note selection.
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Set List Maker Bug Fixes
Jul 2, 2026
Fixed a bug where PDF icon would improperly display if PDF was detected on another set list. Fixed bug where PDF icon would be obscured by long song title.
New
Spacing and Maintenance
Jul 1, 2026
You may have experienced weirdness during today's maintenance. Apologies. Spacing of two digits chords now aligns better on export (if a two digit number is part of stacked chord in tab, the two digit number auto-centers to any accompanying one digit numbers in the same chord. This makes exported files look prettier.
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Text Tool
Jul 1, 2026
Generic text tool added. Use "chord" button to insert a chord name, "section" button to insert a section label like "verse," "chorus" etc., Use "Text" button to insert generic notes above or below the staff. Click on your text note to edit or delete it.
New
Undo/Redo
Jul 1, 2026
Undo and Redo buttons added to mobile flyout keyboard for Tab maker.
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Bug Fix
Jul 1, 2026
Undo/Redo no longer affects working zoom state. Zoom in or out using the buttons up top to fit more of your work on screen. This does not effect output or exported files..
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Offline Set List + White Out Tool
Jun 30, 2026
Download button for using set lists offline with attachments. Be sure to download before the gig if you wont have internet! Added a whiteout tool for "erasing" things on your PDF charts attached to set lists in stage view.
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TAB Improvements and fixes
Jun 30, 2026
Improved mobile keyboard with numbers up to 24. Toggle your choice of "full" or "slim" note entry keyboard. Shift+D and Shift+U keyboard shortcuts fixed for picking strokes up and down symbols. Custom tunings can be entered via a popup modal. You can still choose from a list of tunings are alter the tuning at the beginning of a line manually. There has been many recent improvements, so please report any issues.
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NUMBER OF STRINGS ADJUSTABLE
Jun 29, 2026
Number of strings from 4-7 is now adjustable. This is a major update, so please report any bugs or problems.
New
Bar Line Fix
Jun 29, 2026
Adding a bar mid-tab overwrites the current column as per usual, CTRL+Shift+\ adds a bar line as a newly inserted column. BUG FIX: Adding a bar line at the end of a line does not extend the line.
New
Chord and Lyric Charts
Jun 25, 2026
Tweaked UI, spacing, and layouts for better chord progression charts and lyric over chord charts. Please report any issues.
New
Chord and Lyric Charts
Jun 25, 2026
Tweaked UI, spacing, and layouts for better chord progression charts and lyric over chord charts. Please report any issues.
New
Chord and Lyric Charts
Jun 25, 2026
Tweaked UI, spacing, and layouts for better chord progression charts and lyric over chord charts. Please report any issues.
New
Chord and Lyric Charts
Jun 25, 2026
Tweaked UI, spacing, and layouts for better chord progression charts and lyric over chord charts. Please report any issues.
New
Chord and Lyric Charts
Jun 25, 2026
Tweaked UI, spacing, and layouts for better chord progression charts and lyric over chord charts. Please report any issues.
New
Chord and Lyric Charts
Jun 25, 2026
Tweaked UI, spacing, and layouts for better chord progression charts and lyric over chord charts. Please report any issues.
New
Set List Cleanup and UI Improvements
Jun 25, 2026
UI and usability improvements to set lists. Individual set list collaborators now own their own scroll speed. Scroll speed UI improvements for lyrics and charts. Collaboration invitation flow improvements. Set list maker loads your most recent set list automatically. UI improvements for adding and editing songs. Song lines are now draggable by the entire line instead of just the handles. "Add song" button is more obvious.
New
Set List Cleanup and UI Improvements
Jun 25, 2026
UI and usability improvements to set lists. Individual set list collaborators now own their own scroll speed. Scroll speed UI improvements for lyrics and charts. Collaboration invitation flow improvements. Set list maker loads your most recent set list automatically. UI improvements for adding and editing songs. Song lines are now draggable by the entire line instead of just the handles. "Add song" button is more obvious.
New
Set List Cleanup and UI Improvements
Jun 25, 2026
UI and usability improvements to set lists. Individual set list collaborators now own their own scroll speed. Scroll speed UI improvements for lyrics and charts. Collaboration invitation flow improvements. Set list maker loads your most recent set list automatically. UI improvements for adding and editing songs. Song lines are now draggable by the entire line instead of just the handles. "Add song" button is more obvious.
New
Set List Cleanup and UI Improvements
Jun 25, 2026
UI and usability improvements to set lists. Individual set list collaborators now own their own scroll speed. Scroll speed UI improvements for lyrics and charts. Collaboration invitation flow improvements. Set list maker loads your most recent set list automatically. UI improvements for adding and editing songs. Song lines are now draggable by the entire line instead of just the handles. "Add song" button is more obvious.
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Chord Progression Chart Fixes
Jun 24, 2026
1st and 2nd ending, RPT previous measure and other basic rendering symbols improved. More refinements in progress.
New
Mark up PDFs in your set lists
Jun 24, 2026
Open any PDF attachment in a set list and tap Markup to add your own notes right on the page: pen, highlighter, text notes, and an eraser, with zoom for fine detail. Each band member gets their own private layer, so everyone can mark up the same chart without changing the original or covering anyone else's notes. Notes save automatically and reload on any device, and you can download a copy with your notes baked in. Pro feature.
Improved
Faster tab editing with new shortcuts
Jun 23, 2026
The tab editor toolbar is tidier and quicker to use. Undo and Redo now share one compact row with classic icons, and there are new keyboard shortcuts: Enter starts a new line, { and } drop in repeat signs, and Ctrl +, Ctrl -, and Ctrl 0 handle zoom. Hover any toolbar button to see its shortcut.
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Live collaborator updates on set lists
Jun 23, 2026
When you share a set list, you'll now see a banner if a bandmate saves changes while you have it open. Just hit Reload to pull their latest version, so you are always working from the current list.
Improved
One-click alternate tunings in the Tab Editor
Jun 23, 2026
Pick a tuning from the new dropdown next to Title and Artist, Drop D, DADGAD, Open G, Half Step Down, and more, and every string label updates across the whole tab at once. Same tuning list as the Guitar Tuner. You can still edit any string by hand.
New
My Account Page Shows Your Stuff
Jun 22, 2026
Click on your avatar to see your saved work on your account page. More central for those of us who use multiple tools.
Improved
Add your saved charts to set lists
Jun 22, 2026
Charts from your library, both chord sheets and the new progression charts, can now be pulled into any song in a set list. Add a song, choose Use existing, and pick the chart. Each one is copied in, so editing it never affects the original.
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New tool: Chord Progression Chart Maker
Jun 22, 2026
Build chord-only lead sheets: chords in measures with repeats, 1st/2nd endings, and navigation signs (Coda, D.S. al Coda, and more).
Transpose to any key, print or export clean for free, and optionally share your chart on a public page or browse the community gallery. Find it under My Chords, or at /chord-progression-chart.
Improved
Reuse chord sheets across your set lists
Jun 20, 2026
Charts in your My Charts library can now be pulled into any song in a set list. Add a song, choose Use existing, and pick the chart from your library.
Building a chart inside a set list? Tap Save to My Charts to keep a copy in your library for next time.
Every copy is independent, so transposing or deleting one never changes the original.
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New tool: Chord Sheet Maker
Jun 20, 2026
Write chord names right over your lyrics and print a clean play-from chart. Type a chord in brackets before a word, like [G]Amazing [C]grace, and it lines up automatically above the lyric.
Transpose to any key with one tap, and the chords spell correctly for the key you land in. Add Verse/Chorus/Bridge labels, set your key and capo, and export to PDF or PNG.
Build one without signing in. Free accounts save up to 3 charts; Pro saves unlimited. Find it under Tools, or at /chord-chart-maker.
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Lyrics auto-scroll: set a start delay, saved per song
Jun 20, 2026
Lyrics auto-scroll now waits before it starts, so you can play through an intro before the words begin moving. Open a song's lyrics and set the delay anywhere from 0 to 30 seconds, then choose your scroll speed.
Your delay and speed save per song with your set list, so every song remembers its own timing the next time you open it, in the editor or on stage. We also eased the scroll range to a more comfortable reading pace.
New
Lyrics auto-scroll: set a start delay, saved per song
Jun 20, 2026
Lyrics auto-scroll now waits before it starts, so you can play through an intro before the words begin moving. Open a song's lyrics and set the delay anywhere from 0 to 30 seconds, then choose your scroll speed.
Your delay and speed save per song with your set list, so every song remembers its own timing the next time you open it, in the editor or on stage. We also eased the scroll range to a more comfortable reading pace.
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Smarter set list attachments, plus lyrics Mono & Auto-scroll
Jun 20, 2026
Your song attachments now belong to the specific set list you add them to. So the same song can carry different files on different lists, like a chord chart in one key for one singer and another key for a second singer.
Need the same file on more than one list? Open a song and tap the new "Use existing" button to copy a PDF over from another set list. Files for the same song show up first.
Deleting is safer too. Removing an attachment only affects the set list you delete it from. Copies on your other set lists are never touched.
We also upgraded the full-screen lyrics view: a new Mono button keeps hand-aligned spacing lined up (handy for chord-over-lyric sheets), and Auto-scroll lets you read hands-free at an adjustable speed, on stage or while practicing.
New
Palm mute multi-press.
Jun 18, 2026
Press palm mute twice to move it underneath the staff (in case it clashes with other symbols). A third click removes it.
New
Space Bar Now Adds a Column
Jun 18, 2026
Space bar now adds a column in TAB editor, be careful as this can shift your layout. Use arrow keys to move forward without affecting layout.
New
Palm Muting
Jun 18, 2026
Select notes and click the palm mute button, this is an update in progress, please report any bugs.
New
Copy/Paste Lyrics
Jun 18, 2026
No need to upload a PDF for lyrics. If you don't have a PDF, or don't want to bother converting lyrics to PDF, you can just copy and paste the lyrics when adding songs to a set list. View the lyrics in stage view at your gig.
Improved
Tunings
Jun 16, 2026
Not an update- but often people don't notice that you CAN change the tunings at the beginning of TAB and you can also set the tuner to tune in Drop D, Drop C and many other tunings. Enjoy, metalheads!
New
Lyric sheets and attachment types for set lists
Jun 15, 2026
Set list attachments now have a type (Lyrics, Chords, or Other) shown as a color-coded badge, so a lyric sheet is easy to tell apart from a chord chart in stage view. You can also paste plain-text lyrics straight into a song and read them full-screen on stage with a one-tap Fit button.
New
Section labels in the tab editor
Jun 15, 2026
You can now label parts of a song (Intro, Verse, Chorus, Solo) right on the staff. Click a line, hit the Section Label button, and the label appears clearly above the tab. It's included in PDF and PNG exports too.
