TablEdit Users Say:
"I am new to music. I have been using TablEdit for four months and taking music and guitar lessons for 18 months. I spent a few months looking at and trying three music notation editors. I choose TablEdit because it is, by far, the most effective at writing down and capturing ideas, and because the entire software package is easy to use and understandable. Music is confusing enough, I didn't need any uncertainty or ambiguity in a Tab Editor. TablEdit was an simple choice because it provides clarity and uses terminology consistent with my music lessons, presented in a modern contex. My expectation of a Tab Editor is that it function like a good word processor. I need to capture licks, phrases, and ideas fast. TablEdit does that. I can easily refine and expand, construct variations, and share/colloborate. TablEdit.com meets its product and service commitments and its user community is active and helpful. Check out the TablEdit FaceBook page."
- Ted Tanner, Illinois, USA
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TablEdit and LilyPond
If you want to give the arrangments you created with TablEdit the typographical aesthetics of traditional engraved music, LilyPond export is for you.
The command { File -> Export -> Lilypond } allows you to create LilyPond files (.ly extension).
Then drag and drop the .ly file on the Lilypond desktop icon. A pdf file is automatically created by Lilypond.
The output of Lilypond is far from that of TablEdit as shown by the examples below.
For each example you can find:
- the original TablEdit .tef file
- the .ly generated by TablEdit,
- the pdf printed by TablEdit using PrimoPDF.
- the pdf generated by Lilypond from the .ly file.
Click on the icon 
or 
to download the related file.
Musette In Dmaj - Johann Sebastian Bach
- PDF printed with TablEdit
- PDF created with LilyPond from TablEdit export
- Zipped .tef and .ly files
Bourree in E min - Johann Sebastian Bach
- PDF printed with TablEdit
- PDF created with LilyPond from TablEdit export
- Zipped .tef and .ly files
Aria Suite n° 3 - Johann Sebastian Bach
- PDF printed with TablEdit
- PDF created with LilyPond from TablEdit export
- Zipped .tef and .ly files
At this stage, there is much information in TablEdit files that are not included in the exported LilyPond file. Any idea, comment or suggestion would be welcome, since it would help us identifying issues to tackle and priority developments. Please use the Feedback form to get in touch with us.