vscode-tabst

Open Guitar Pro and MusicXML scores directly inside VS Code with alphaTab rendering and playback.

Features

• Open *.gp, *.gp3, *.gp4, *.gp5, *.gpx, *.gp7, *.gp8, *.musicxml, and *.mxl
• Render notation and tablature in a custom VS Code editor
• Play, pause, and stop score playback with the built-in alphaTab player
• Toggle visible tracks from the sidebar
• Reload the score from disk without reopening the editor

Usage

Supported files

These file types open automatically in Tabst Score Viewer:

• Guitar Pro: .gp, .gp3, .gp4, .gp5, .gpx, .gp7, .gp8
• MusicXML: .musicxml, .mxl

Open other MusicXML-like files

If you have a generic .xml file that contains MusicXML, run:

• Open in Tabst Score Viewer

from the Command Palette, editor title, or Explorer context menu.

Notes

• Rendering and playback are powered by @coderline/alphatab
• MusicXML support depends on alphaTab's importer compatibility
• Large scores may take a moment to parse before playback becomes ready

Development

npm install
npm run compile
npm test