TAB2MIDI.PRG, a Guitar TAB to MIDI converter
By Jaap Kramer, 26-07-00

This little program can read guitar tabulature in ASCII format,
and play it via the MIDI port (on MIDI channel 1).
The first thing you do is specifying a tuning; if you choose
standard, you'll get EADGBE, obviously. If you choose custum,
you'll be asked to give the MIDI note number of the open strings.
To help you, the program tells you the nite number of the standard
tuning.
The next step is that you tell the program where th real TAB begins.
It simply fetches one line of the file at a time, and asks you if
the shown line is the first line of the TAB.
Once you answered with 'Y', the program will present you the TAB,
and ask you to tell it where the 8th (or 16th) are. Beneath the TAB
you'll see a cursor. Type a '1' beneath the place where each 8th (or
16th, or whatever) is). Here's an example:

e|--0--2---#|---3----2--0--------0--2--|-------------------------| 
B|---------#|---------------4----------|--0----2--4--5----3--1---| 
G|---------#|*-------------------------|-------------------------| 
D|---------#|*-------------------------|-------------------------| 
A|---------#|--------0------2----0-----|-------------------------| 
E|--3--2---#|---0----------------------|--3----2-----0----2------| 
    1  1        1 1  1  1   1 1  1  1     1 1  1  1  1 1  1  1

Now the program will know how to 'count' properly.
Finally, the program will ask you for a speed. Enter 12 for a medium
speed, a lower value for higher speed, and a higher value for slower
playback.
After the program has played the file, you can choose to play it again
(and again, and...)
Since I'm not a professional programmer (and time is limited), the
program can play only 1 'line' of TAB at a time. Sorry...
Enjoy!
Jaap Kramer (Kramer.J@inter.NL.net)
P.S. This program is freeware; I also have a version for 10 string
Chapman Stick.