# How to enable Guitar/Bass tab

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-enable-guitar-bass-tab/1007347>\
**Category:** Dorico\
**Created:** [September 2, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-enable-guitar-bass-tab/1007347 "2025-09-02T19:07:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mark\_NL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mark\_NL](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Mark_NL)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-enable-guitar-bass-tab/1007347/1 "2025-09-02T19:07:26Z")

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Dorico wizards,

I can’t for the life of me figure out how to enable Tabs for guitar and bass in my projects.

I’ve watched several YT tutorials, but I must be doing something wrong, because it’s not happening for me.

I’ve attached an example project (all my projects have the same instruments/settings and start with the same blank template project file)

[Ik vind je lekkah.dorico](https://forums.steinberg.net/uploads/short-url/9WnQUwZILUGcC81FDyuD8Mv4VFH.dorico) (1.9 MB)

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**Author:** ![jesele](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/jesele/32/1542_2.png) [@jesele](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/jesele)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-enable-guitar-bass-tab/1007347/2 "2025-09-02T19:16:52Z")

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Library→Layout Options→Players→Fretted Instruments.

Jesper

[Ik vind je lekkah.dorico](https://forums.steinberg.net/uploads/short-url/sEP5TkrrazrDMPzccu8RWpUJmlS.dorico) (1.8 MB)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/4X/8/3/e/83e8c850173f27ccda21dab0bfbf7b4a95ada363.png)

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**Author:** ![Mark\_NL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mark\_NL](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Mark_NL)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-enable-guitar-bass-tab/1007347/3 "2025-09-02T19:20:37Z")

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You can not imagine how happy you have made me. Thank you for the unbelievably swift reply.

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**Author:** ![jesele](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/jesele/32/1542_2.png) [@jesele](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/jesele)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-enable-guitar-bass-tab/1007347/4 "2025-09-02T19:24:09Z")

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De nada.

Jesper

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**Author:** ![Mark\_NL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mark\_NL](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Mark_NL)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-enable-guitar-bass-tab/1007347/5 "2025-09-02T19:58:54Z")

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For anyone reading along:

to actually PRINT the tab (not only show it in the score): go to layout options (cmd/ctrl-shift L) and select the layout ON THE RIGHT hand side. There you must also select if you want to include Tab or not. this will enable printing.