# Introduction

## Description:

TuxGuitar is a multitrack tablature editor and player written in Java unsing SWT Graphic libraries. It is multi-platform application, available for Linux, Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD and other operating systems. TuxGuitar is open source software, released under the GNU Lesser General Public License.

## Features:

With TuxGuitar, you will be able to compose music using the following features:

- Tablature editor
- Score Viewer
- Multitrack display
- Autoscroll while playing
- Note duration management
- Various effects (bend, slide, vibrato, hammer-on/pull-off), etc.
- Support for triplets (5,6,7,9,10,11,12)
- Repeat open and close
- Time signature management
- Tempo management
- Lyrics and text annotations
- Matrix editor
- Imports and exports gp3,gp4 and gp5 files (and even more formats)