Drop a Guitar Pro file in. Watch it render, press play, slow it down, mute the lead and play along. The whole thing runs in your browser — your file is parsed and played locally, nothing is uploaded, no signup, no install.
Drop your Guitar Pro file here
Or click anywhere in this box to browse. Supports .gp, .gp3, .gp4, .gp5, .gpx, .gp7.
Read locally · Played locally · Never uploaded
Practice
notated —
click a beat to seek · drag across beats to set a loop
Display
Tracks
mute the lead and play along · solo a part to isolate it
Need a printable PDF instead? Open the Guitar Pro → PDF converter →
About this tool
A free Guitar Pro player that opens
.gp, .gp5
and .gpx files in any modern
browser. Full playback, tempo control, per-track mute and solo, count-in
and metronome. The file is parsed and played
entirely on your device —
never uploaded, never logged, never seen by us. Built for students
opening a tab a teacher emailed them, and for teachers previewing
arrangements without firing up the desktop app.
How it works
AlphaTab parses your Guitar Pro file in the browser, renders the score, and synthesises audio using a built-in soundfont. Everything runs locally.
Drag a .gp, .gp3, .gp4, .gp5, .gpx or .gp7 file onto the upload area, or click to pick one from your computer. The file is parsed in your browser — nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Most tabs ship with several tracks (guitar, bass, drums, vocals). Choose what you want to see. All tracks are selected by default.
AlphaTab synthesises audio in your browser using a built-in soundfont. The first press downloads ~4 MB of soundbank (TimGM6mb) — after that, play is instant. You can switch to a fuller soundbank under Display → Sound bank (FluidR3 ~14 MB or MuseScore ~38 MB) if a particular instrument sounds weak.
Use the tempo slider for slow practice (down to 50% speed). Mute or solo individual tracks to play along. Toggle the count-in and metronome to keep time. Loop a tricky bar by setting the loop range.
How we handle your file
The file is read by JavaScript running in your browser, parsed locally, rendered to the page, and played back via the Web Audio API. Nothing is uploaded; no copy is kept; no third party sees it.
You can verify this yourself — open DevTools, switch to the Network tab, drop a file in. You'll see no upload request. The only network activity is the one-time download of the AlphaTab runtime and the soundfont (lazy-loaded on first play).
That makes this tool safe to use with pre-release transcriptions, private student arrangements, or anything else you'd rather not share with a third-party SaaS.
Why this tool exists
Most people who download a Guitar Pro file don't own Guitar Pro. They're students whose teacher emailed them a transcription, hobbyists working through community-shared tabs, or session players looking at a chart for tomorrow's gig.
The official mobile Guitar Pro app only opens files from Arobas'
own catalogue — it won't open an arbitrary .gp5
someone sends you. This tool fills that gap: open, play, slow
down, mute parts, practise along.
If you need a printable version, the companion Guitar Pro to PDF converter produces a clean A4 PDF from the same file.
FAQ
What students, hobbyists and tutors ask about the Guitar Pro player, file formats, privacy, and how it compares to desktop Guitar Pro.
Once a tab is open, the next questions are usually about practising it well — tempo, tuning, timing — and what to do if you do need a printable copy.
Same file formats, different output — drop a .gp / .gp5 / .gpx in and get a clean, paginated PDF. Good for printed handouts and archiving.
The honest answer to what costs money and what doesn't — plus when the free browser player is enough and when you actually need the desktop app.
For when you're slow-practising a passage and want a click separate from the score. Tap tempo, subdivisions, no ads.