Guitar Pro CHEAT SHEET

A visual cheat-sheet for the 129 keyboard shortcuts found in Guitar Pro

Sections

Cards

#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

| 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

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

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 (shredaddict.com)