If 'Instrument' is already set to a plucked-strings type, then go to step 3.

Right-click into an empty spot of the staff and select Staff/Part Properties….To convert an existing standard staff to tablature, or tablature to a standard staff:

Add the tab staff as described in Add instruments ('Create a new score').Click on the staff to which you want to add another (linked or not).Open the instruments dialog (press I or from the menu bar, select Edit → Instruments…).To add a single tablature staff to an existing score (for combined staff/tab system see below): Then edit the tablature to your exact requirements using the Staff/Part properties dialog. Note: If the desired tablature is not available in the Choose Instrument list, add a tablature staff anyway at step 4 (above). Complete the rest of the New Score Wizard.On the Instruments page, select the desired tablature in the 'Strings – plucked' category, in the left-hand column.On the Choose template file page, click on Choose Instruments under 'General'.To create tablature in a new score (for combined staff/tablature systems see → below): Or, alternatively, you can convert an existing standard staff. If you want to add tablature to an existing score, use the Instruments dialog. If you wish to create tablature as part of a new score, use the New Score Wizard. Tablature can also be combined with traditional staff notation: Music for fretted, stringed instruments is commonly notated using tablature, also known as tab, which provides a visual representation of the strings and fret numbers:

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