Is anybody using tablature software for the Stick? I mean applications such as Guitar Pro (commercial) or TuxGuitar (open source, supports many of the GP formats). While both of these applications allow you to do things such as changing the tuning on the instruments you use (assigning any note to any single string), they both have an artificial limit on the number of strings (7 or 8, depending on the case)

In my particular case I don't do much composition, but I like tablature software for two main reasons: 1) reading music, and 2) using the "scales" feature, which is very cool when you are trying to identify patterns for finger positions based on a scale (I'm attaching a screenshot with Guitar Pro's version of this feature)



I'm a software engineer, and I'm wondering if it might be worthwhile extending something like TuxGuitar and adding such a feature. Thoughts?

I don't use tab a whole lot, but I use MuseScore quite a bit, and from what I've seen, it handles tab pretty well. It might be worth checking out. Up to 14 strings per instrument, but you only need 5 or 6 (define two instruments and display both).

I don't think there's any scale features as shown in your screen shot like GP or Tuxguitar has, though.

Thanks! I'll give it a try... Mixing two instruments has been a recommendation for Guitar Pro and TuxGuitar too, but I want something that treats the instrument as a whole indivisible unit. For instance, with Guitar Pro you can do certain cool things such as auto arranging the fingers so that you can play different scales and chords in different positions. Such a feature would require the tool to understand the nuances of the instrument (they only do it for the guitar, and maybe bass)

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Me too. I edited the initial template from 5 string banjo (treble) and 5 string bass.

Will try it out, thanks!