FretTab

Spec sheet

Purpose

FretTab is a simplified tablature tool for capturing basic melodies, riffs, and chord progressions.Read 11 Oct 2026 · ukefarm.com

Audience

It is intended for teachers, individual instructors, and people who want a quick way to capture a basic melody or find complex tablature intimidating.Read 11 Oct 2026 · ukefarm.com

Advanced-work limits

The maker describes FretTab as a simple notation tool and points users seeking tablature, notation, and MIDI playback to TablEdit.Read 11 Oct 2026 · ukefarm.com

Chords

It includes standard chords (major, 7th, minor, min7, maj7, dim7, and aug) and advanced chords (6th, m6, 7b5, m7b5, 7#5, 7b9, and 9).Read 11 Oct 2026 · ukefarm.com

Code signing

The Read Me says the Windows app is code signed and that modifications invalidate its code signature.Read 11 Oct 2026 · ukefarm.com

Color support

The color version supports Aquila Kids strings and is available for Macintosh; the Windows version is black and white only.Read 11 Oct 2026 · ukefarm.com

Copy and paste

A Copy button lets users select or enter a font size, copy tab or chords, and paste them into a document.Read 11 Oct 2026 · ukefarm.com

Document apps

The maker says FretTab works with most macOS apps, including Bean, Byword, Pages, and TextEdit.Read 11 Oct 2026 · ukefarm.com

Installation

The Windows and macOS Read Me instructions say to install the three included custom chord fonts before opening FretTab.Read 11 Oct 2026 · ukefarm.com

Keyboard entry

The app provides character and keystroke information for entering tab and chords from a keyboard.Read 11 Oct 2026 · ukefarm.com

Mac display

The Macintosh color version can display in full color or grey, and chord sets are also available in black and white outline.Read 11 Oct 2026 · ukefarm.com

Tab features

Included tablature features are string tabs, measures, repeats, bar lines, line spacers, pull-offs, hammer-ons, and slides.Read 11 Oct 2026 · ukefarm.com

Tuning

FretTab supports ukulele tuned GCEA.Read 11 Oct 2026 · ukefarm.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Guitar Tab Software#14 of 327.7