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Power Tab Editor 2.0

Introduction

Version 1.7.0.80 of the Power Tab Editor was released on September 24, 2000 and has not been updated ever since. A complete rewrite has been started and should have been ready during 2002, but has been abandoned due to unclear reasons.

Check out all development details at the PTE 2.0 Google Code Project Page

We aim at building an equivalent of the anticipated 2.0 version of the Power Tab Editor:

By using the highly sophisticated Lilypond notation program as the notation back-end.
Building a converter converting Power Tab 1.7 files to Lilypond.
Extending Lilypond syntax for all tablature features which are not yet available.
Defining a tablature input syntax, because most guitarists enjoy entering tab notation instead of notes, i.e. avoiding the complexity of Lilypond concentrating on guitarist-related notation.
Creating web-based editors employing the new syntax (AJAX).