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Easily Add Musical Notation in a Google Doc – So Cool. So Simple!

Leave a comment Posted by @k_ferrell on March 12, 2014

Hi music folks!

Add-ons was just released today for Google Docs. I found a music note add-on that you may find useful. To use it:

Create a new Google Doc (or open an old one)
Select Add-ons
Select Get add-ons
Scroll down (or do a search for) and select VexTab Music Notation
Click Free
Click Accept

You then click back to add-ons within your Google Docs and you’ll see the VexTab add-on.

When you add it, you can then edit notes, timing etc. The VexTab add-on lets you render standard music notation, drum notation, and guitar tablature in your documents. You can find out more about VexTab by going to their site.
It looks a little funky at first, but if you just change up some things in the green editing area, and have a play, you’ll see how it works. Pretty cool!