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Vocal melody to guitar tab conversion

Vocal to Guitar Tab Converter

Use Tabtify to convert a vocal melody to guitar tab: upload your singing or humming, or a song with vocals, and the melody comes back as a tab draft on a guitar neck, ready to edit.

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GP5, GPX, GP, MusicXML, MXL

Guitar, bass, 7-string or ukulele. Free export to Guitar Pro, MIDI, PDF, and MusicXML.

AI-Powered Guitar Tab Generation

Paste a link or file, get an editable draft, then play and export in the browser.

Tabs back in minutesGuitar, bass, 7-string, ukulele

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Paste a link or upload audio

YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, MIDI, or a recording.

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AI writes the tab draft

Notes and rhythm land as an editable guitar tab.

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Play, tweak, export

Loop hard bars. Export Guitar Pro (.gp), MIDI, PDF, MusicXML.

Use cases

What players convert here

Sing-along melody on guitar

Play the vocal line of a song as a single-note guitar part to learn or teach it.

Your own melody idea

Record a hummed or sung idea and get a tab draft to build a riff or lead from.

Melody over the chords

Keep the guitar accompaniment track and read the vocal line above it.

Tabtify editor on a laptop - guitar tab with playback

After the AI draft

A real tab editor, not a static download.

Play it back, edit any note, open GP5 or MusicXML you already have, and export in the format you need.

  • Edit the draft

    Fix notes, timing, measures, and fret choices.

  • Check by ear

    Play back, loop bars, match the source.

  • Export when ready

    Guitar Pro, MIDI, PDF, MusicXML.

Open the editor

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Tabtify's AI-powered guitar tab creation platform. From audio conversion to professional export formats.

Can Tabtify turn a vocal melody into guitar tab?
Yes. For a voice on its own, pick Only one instrument, then Singing or humming. For a song, leave Several instruments, or not sure, and choose The sung melody as the part that becomes your tab. The AI listens for a voice, and the melody it hears is laid on a guitar neck as the first track of the tab.
Does the guitar in the song still get a tab?
Yes. A guitar in the song keeps its own tab track; the vocal line is simply placed first because it is what you asked for.
Can I hum or sing my own idea?
Yes. Record yourself on the page or upload a phone recording. A clear, single voice with little background works best.
Why are some notes an octave off?
A low voice can sing below the guitar's lowest string. Those notes are moved up an octave so the line stays playable; the editor lets you move them back where the neck allows.
What about the singer's slides and vibrato?
A tab has frets, not a continuous pitch, so slides are written as the notes they land on. Tabtify does not guess bends or slides from a voice; add them in the editor if you want them on the page.

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Converter notes

From source to editable tab

These notes are here for setup context. The main workflow starts above in the converter, then continues in the editor.

  • Declares the singing, so the AI listens for a voice as well as the guitar.
  • The vocal line becomes the first tab track; a guitar in the recording keeps its own track.
  • Opens in the editor so positions, timing, and octaves can be corrected.

Steps

  1. 01Upload a song with singing, record yourself, or paste a supported public media link.
  2. 02Choose Guitar under You play. For a voice on its own, pick Only one instrument, then Singing or humming; for a song, leave Several instruments, or not sure, and choose The sung melody.
  3. 03Run AI transcription and open the generated tab in the editor.
  4. 04Check the vocal track with playback, fix pitches and timing, then save or export.

Source quality

  • A clear lead voice over a light accompaniment converts better than a dense mix with backing vocals.
  • For a song with an instrument under the voice, leave Several instruments, or not sure, and choose The sung melody as the part that becomes your tab.
  • Sung melodies slide between notes; expect to tidy a few pitches and note lengths in the editor.
  • A voice bends and slides in ways a fret cannot; the draft snaps the line to frets and you adjust the rest.
  • Notes below the guitar's range are moved up an octave to fit the neck.
  • AI output is a first draft for cleanup, not a finished arrangement.