The Guitarpro 7 (".
GP") file format
The Guitarpro 7 (".GP") file format................................................................................1
BinaryStylesheet.........................................................................................................1
LayoutConfiguration...................................................................................................1
PartConfiguration........................................................................................................1
Preferences.json.........................................................................................................1
score.gpif....................................................................................................................2
Detailed structure of score.gpif...................................................................................2
The.gp file is a zip file. if you change its extension from *.gp to *.zip you can unzip it
without problem.
The zip file then expands into a directory called "Content", which contains the following files:
BinaryStylesheet
This file is binary but it contains a lot of text. The file contains some metadata for the score,
such as default fonts, etc.
Global/Font/BendsLabel/name @musicalFontText()
Global/Font/DirectionText/italic $
StandardNotation/forceHorizontalBeam -StandardNotation/beamLineWidth>ÌÌÍ
Even/EvenFooterAlignment
Global/Font/PalmMute/italic
Global/Font/DirectionGlyph/name @musicalFont()
Global/Font/BigBold/italic
Global/Font/Words/sizeA
Global/Font/AlternateEnding/name @musicalFontText()
Global/Font/SegmentLine/bold
Global/Font/HoPo/italic (System/horizontalTrackNameOnOtherSystems
LayoutConfiguration
PartConfiguration
Preferences.json
This is a JSON file , a little text file containing for example
{"tonality":{"isActive":false,"value":0},"tempo":
{"isActive":false,"mode":"Constant","constantTempo":100,"fromTempo":70,"toTempo":100,"
step":10,"repeatCount":1}}
score.gpif
The score.gpif contains the score information about titel, notes, beaming, etc.
It is an xml file, so you can rename it to score.gpif.xml and use an xml reader for your
convenience.
For each musical note in the score, there will be two objects:
the note objects ( all grouped under notes in a tree structure ) and
a beat object, all grouped under beats
So a short score of 2 measures and 8 notes in total will have 8 note objects ( numbered 0 to 7)
and 8 beat objects.
For each measure there is a masterbar object and a bar object also grouped under masterbars
and bars.
Another object worth mentioning is the voice object…there seems to be one per measure.
Detailed structure of score.gpif
The tag gpfig surrounds the whole score, is the level "0". The next level in the
hierarchy is is following tags
o gpversion
o gprevision
o encoding
o score
o mastertrack
o audiotracks
o tracks
o masterbars
masterbar 0
masterbar 1
...
o bars
bar 0
bar 1... one for every measure
o voices
voice 0
voice 1
... one for every measure
o beats
beat 0
beat 1
... one for every note
o notes
note 0
note 1
.... one for every note
o rhythms
