Django is a tablature editor and composer

for 
lutes, guitar, cittern, bandora, mandolin, gamba
and other plucked instruments, 
such as banjo, ukulele, theorbo, mandora, dulcimer, etc.

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There is a Yahoo! discussion group on the software maintained by Peter Jones

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Django supports the following features:

• Book format publishing
• Full-page WYSIWYG editing of multiple systems
• Transparency between tablature and regular notation
• Customized tuning of tablature instruments, including re-entrant tunings
• Supports up to 16 courses (strings) and 24 frets
• MIDI format import and export and abc format import
• Customized chord grids and alfabeto, and automated chord calculator
• Old-style (square notes), Baroque cursive, and modern music font
• Customized tablature fonts
• Tablature and notation transposition
• Support for early music clefs such as F clef on 4th line and G clef on third
• Baroque guitar alfabeto and chord charts
• Export to the MusicXML format
• Up to six foot pedals and 4 knee pedals for pedal steel guitar

Click here for demo pages and screen shots

jango is shareware software. It relies entirely upon registered users for its current and future development. You can register as a Django user by sending me a check for US $80. This charge covers all future upgrades, no matter how expensive the software gets in the future. Registration ensures not only access to the fully enabled program, it also gives you provides you with personalized help, allows you to make suggestions for improvement, etc. Finally, registering brings you unique documents in DJ format not available otherwise, such as complete facsimiles in djvu format, and the John Dowland project file -  which contains already more pieces than the Poulton edition - and the accompanying digital facsimiles.  First time setup program: Download the free demonstration version of Django (version 9.32 - May 9, 2007) Click here to e-mail your questions