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title: Guitar Pro
date: 2022-11-23 16:23:31.693917
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  A visual cheat-sheet for the 129 keyboard shortcuts found in Guitar Pro
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## Keyboard Shortcuts

### Track

| Shortcut                | Action     |
| ----------------------- | ---------- |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Insert` | Add        |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Delete` | Delete     |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `Up`       | Move up    |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `Down`     | Move down  |
| `F6`                    | Properties |

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### Bar - General {.row-span-2}

| Shortcut        | Action             |
| --------------- | ------------------ | --------- |
| `Ctrl` `Insert` | Insert bar         |
| `Ctrl` `Delete` | Delete bar         |
| `K`             | Clef               |
| `Ctrl` `K`      | Key signature      |
| `Ctrl` `T`      | Time signature     |
| `Ctrl` `/`      | Triplet feel       |
| `               | `                  | Free time |
| `[`             | Repeat open        |
| `]`             | Repeat close       |
| `D`             | Directions         |
| `Ctrl` `R`      | Multi rest         |
| `Ctrl` `Enter`  | Force line break   |
| `Shift` `7`     | Prevent line break |

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### Bar - Section

| Shortcut         | Action           |
| ---------------- | ---------------- |
| `Shift` `Insert` | Insert or remove |
| `Alt` `Left`     | Previous section |
| `Alt` `Right`    | Next section     |

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### Bar - Simile Mark

| Shortcut           | Action          |
| ------------------ | --------------- |
| `Shift` `5`        | Repeat one bar  |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `5` | Repeat two bars |

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### Note - Duration

| Shortcut           | Action                                            |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `+/-`              | Increase or decrease (whole note, half note, etc) |
| `Shift` `5`        | Dotting                                           |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `5` | Double dotting                                    |
| `/`                | Triplet                                           |

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### Note - General {.row-span-6}

| Shortcut           | Action                    |
| ------------------ | ------------------------- |
| `Insert`           | Insert a beat             |
| `Shift` `Delete`   | Delete the beats          |
| `C`                | Copy the beats at the end |
| `L`                | Tie note                  |
| `Shift` `L`        | Tie the beat              |
| `F`                | Fermata                   |
| `R`                | Rest                      |
| `Ctrl` `D`         | Brush downstroke          |
| `Ctrl` `U`         | Brush upstroke            |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `D` | Arpeggio down             |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `U` | Arpeggio up               |
| `Shift` `R`        | Rasgueado                 |
| `Shift` `D`        | PickStroke down           |
| `Shift` `U`        | PickStroke up             |
| `Shift` `-`        | One semi-town down        |
| `Shift` `+`        | One semi-tone up          |
| `Alt` `Down`       | Shift down                |
| `Alt` `Up`         | Shift up                  |
| `A`                | Chord                     |
| `Shift` `I`        | Barre                     |
| `Shift` `2`        | Timer                     |
| `T`                | Text                      |

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### Effects - General {.row-span-6}

| Shortcut             | Action                |
| -------------------- | --------------------- |
| `X`                  | Dead note             |
| `O`                  | Ghost note            |
| `;`                  | Accented note         |
| `Shift` `;`          | Heavily accented note |
| `Shift` `1`          | Staccato              |
| `Shift` `-`          | Tenuto                |
| `Shift` `H`          | Legato                |
| `I`                  | Let ring              |
| `[`                  | Palm mute note        |
| `]`                  | Palm-mute on beat     |
| `Y`                  | Natural harmonic      |
| `Alt` `Y`            | Artificial harmonic   |
| `B`                  | Bend                  |
| `Shift` `W`          | Tremolo bar           |
| `H`                  | Hammer on or pull-off |
| `Shift` `9`          | Left-hand tapping     |
| `Shift` `0`          | Tapping               |
| `Shift` `4`          | Slap                  |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `4`   | Pop                   |
| `N`                  | Trill                 |
| `Shift` `,`          | Fade in               |
| `Shift` `.`          | Fade out              |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `./,` | Volume swell          |
| `Alt` `O`            | Wah open              |
| `Alt` `C`            | Wah close             |

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### Note - Accidentals

| Shortcut         | Action                |
| ---------------- | --------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `7` | Double flat           |
| `Ctrl` `7`       | Flat                  |
| `Ctrl` `8`       | Natural               |
| `Ctrl` `9`       | Sharp                 |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `9` | Double sharp          |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `8` | Change the accidental |

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### Effects - Grace Note

| Shortcut  | Action          |
| --------- | --------------- |
| `G`       | Before the beat |
| `Alt` `G` | On the beat     |

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### Effects - Vibrato

| Shortcut  | Action                     |
| --------- | -------------------------- |
| `V`       | Left-hand vibrato (slight) |
| `Alt` `V` | Left-hand vibrato (wide)   |

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### Effects - Vibrato with Trem. Bar

| Shortcut  | Action                          |
| --------- | ------------------------------- |
| `W`       | Vibrato with trem. bar (slight) |
| `Alt` `W` | Vibrato with trem. bar (wide)   |

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### Effects - Slide

| Shortcut  | Action       |
| --------- | ------------ |
| `S`       | Legato slide |
| `Alt` `S` | Shift slide  |

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### Effects - Tremolo

| Shortcut    | Action             |
| ----------- | ------------------ |
| `Shift` `'` | Thirty-second note |

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### Tools

| Shortcut           | Action                   |
| ------------------ | ------------------------ |
| `F4`               | Check the bars' duration |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `M` | Move or swap voices      |

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### Sound

| Shortcut       | Action                        |
| -------------- | ----------------------------- |
| `Space`        | Play                          |
| `Ctrl` `Space` | Play from the beginning       |
| `Ctrl` `Home`  | First bar                     |
| `Ctrl` `Left`  | Rewind                        |
| `Ctrl` `Right` | Fast forward                  |
| `Ctrl` `End`   | Last bar                      |
| `F9`           | Play in loops (speed trainer) |
| `F2`           | RSI (Realistic Sound Engine)  |

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### View

| Shortcut         | Action         |
| ---------------- | -------------- |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `D` | Design mode    |
| `F3`             | Multitrack     |
| `Ctrl` `B`       | Enable browser |
| `F6`             | Fretboard      |
| `F6`             | Keyboard       |
| `F6`             | Drums          |
| `F11`            | Full screen    |

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### Edit

| Shortcut           | Action           |
| ------------------ | ---------------- |
| `Ctrl` `Z`         | Undo             |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Z` | Redo             |
| `Ctrl` `X`         | Cut              |
| `Ctrl` `C`         | Copy             |
| `Ctrl` `V`         | Paste            |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `X` | Multitrack cut   |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `C` | Multitrack copy  |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `V` | Special paste    |
| `Ctrl` `A`         | Select all       |
| `Ctrl` `G`         | Go to            |
| `F10`              | Edit automations |
| `Ctrl` `1-4`       | Voices           |

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### General

| Shortcut           | Action            |
| ------------------ | ----------------- |
| `Ctrl` `N`         | New steel guitar  |
| `Ctrl` `O`         | Open              |
| `Ctrl` `W`         | Close             |
| `Ctrl` `S`         | Save              |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `S` | Save As           |
| `F5`               | Score information |
| `F7`               | Stylesheet        |
| `F8`               | Print preview     |
| `Ctrl` `P`         | Print             |
| `F12`              | Preferences       |
| `Ctrl` `Q`         | Quit              |

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## Also see

- [Keyboard shortcuts for Guitar Pro](https://shredaddict.com/guitar-pro-shortcuts/) _(shredaddict.com)_