Keyboard Shortcuts in Guitar Pro 8
Most Guitar Pro features can be accessed via keyboard shortcuts, which are not customizable. You can view them in the tooltips and menus for each function.
Here is the complete list of keyboard shortcuts available in Guitar Pro.
| Action | |
|---|---|
| Add Track | ⌥⌘N / Ctrl+Shift+Ins |
| All-Track Copy | ⇧⌘C / Ctrl+Shift+C |
| All-Track Cut | ⇧⌘X / Ctrl+Shift+X |
| Arpeggio Down | ⇧⌘D / Ctrl+Shift+D |
| Arpeggio Up | ⇧⌘U / Ctrl+Shift+U |
| Artificial Harmonic | ⌥Y / Ctrl+Alt+Y |
| Audio Note Settings | ⇧F |
| Barre | ⇧I / Shift+I |
| Bend | B |
| Brush Down | ⌘D / Ctrl+D |
| Brush Up | ⌘U / Ctrl+U |
| Change Accidental | ⌥⌘8 / Ctrl+Alt+8 |
| Check bar duration | F4 |
| Chord | A |
| Close All Files | ⇧⌘W / Ctrl+Shift+W |
| Close File | ⌘W / Ctrl+W |
| Copy | ⌘C / Ctrl+C |
| Copy Last Beat | C |
| Cut | ⌘X / Ctrl+X |
| Dead Note | X |
| Decrease Note Duration | + / = |
| Delete | ⌦ / Ctrl+Shift+Del |
| Delete Bar | ⌃- / Ctrl+Del |
| Delete Note | ⌫ / Backspace |
| Delete the Beats | ⌘- / Shift+Del |
| Delete Track | ⌥⌘R / Del |
| Design Mode | ⌃⌥D / Ctrl+Alt+D |
| Directions | D |
| Dotting | . / ⇧. / Shift+. |
| Double Dotting | ⌘. / ⌘ / Ctrl+. / Ctrl+ |
| Double Flat | ⌥⌘7 / Ctrl+Alt+7 |
| Double Sharp | ⌥⌘9 / Ctrl+Alt+9 |
| Edit Automations | F10 |
| Edit Section | ⌥⌘+ / Shift+Ins |
| Edit Voice 1 | ⌘1 / Ctrl+1 |
| Edit Voice 2 | ⌘2 / Ctrl+2 |
| Edit Voice 3 | ⌘3 / Ctrl+3 |
| Edit Voice 4 | ⌘4 / Ctrl+4 |
| Exit full screen mode | Esc |
| Fade In | < |
| Fade Out | > |
| Fast Forward | ⌘→ / Ctrl+Right |
| Fermata | F |
| Flat | ⌘7 / Ctrl+7 |
| Force Break Line | ⌘↵ / Ctrl+Return |
| Forward | ⌥→ / Alt+Right |
| Free Time | | / ⌥⇧+L / Alt+Shift+L |
| Full Screen | F11 |
| Ghost Note | O |
| Go To | ⌘G / Ctrl+G |
| Grace note(s) before the beat | G |
| Grace note(s) on beat | ⌥G / Ctrl+Alt+G |
| Hammer On / Pull Off | H |
| Heavily Accented Note | : |
| Increase Note Duration | - / _ |
| Insert a Beat | ⌃+ / Ctrl+Ins |
| Insert Bar | ⌘+ / Ins |
| Key | K |
| Key signature | ⌘K / Ctrl+K |
| Last Bar | ⌘↘ / Ctrl+End |
| Left Hand Tapping | ( / ⇧( / ( / Shift+( |
| Left Hand Vibrato (Slight) | V |
| Legato | ⇧H / Shift+H |
| Legato Slide | S |
| Let Ring | i |
| Move Cursor To: Beginning Of Bar | ↖ / Home |
| Move Cursor To: First Bar | ⌘↖ / Ctrl+Home |
| Move Cursor To: Last Bar | ↘ / End |
| Move Cursor To: Next Beat | → / Right |
| Move Cursor To: Next Line | ↓ / Down |
| Move Cursor To: Next Staff | ⇥ / Tab |
| Move Cursor To: Previous Beat | ← / Left |
| Move Cursor To: Previous Line | ↑ / Up |
| Move Cursor To: Previous Staff | ⇤ / ⇧⇥ / Backtab / Shift+Tab |
| Move Down | ⌥↓ / Alt+Down |
| Move Note Down on Staff | ⌥⌘↓ / Ctrl+Alt+Down |
| Move Note Up on Staff | ⌥⌘↑ / Ctrl+Alt+Up |
| Move Up | ⌥↑ / Alt+Up |
| Move Voice | ⌥1 / Alt+4 |
| Move Voice | ⌥2 / Alt+2 |
| Move Voice | ⌥3 / Alt+3 |
| Move Voice | ⌥4 / Alt+1 |
| Multirest | ⌘R / Ctrl+R |
| Multitrack | F3 |
| Multivoice edition | ⌘M / Ctrl+M |
| Natural | ⌘8 / Ctrl+8 |
| Natural Harmonic | Y |
| New File | ⌘N / Ctrl+N |
| Next Section | ⌥⌘→ / Ctrl+Alt+Right |
| Next Tab | ⌃⇥ / Ctrl+Tab |
| Next Track | ⌘↓ / Ctrl+Down |
| Note accented | ; |
| One semitone down | ⌥⇧↓ / Alt+Shift+Down |
| One semitone up | ⌥⇧↑ / Alt+Shift+Up |
| Open File | ⌘O / Ctrl+O |
| Palm Mute On Beat | ⇧P / Shift+P |
| Palm Mute On Note | P |
| Paste | ⌘V / Ctrl+V |
| PickStroke Down | ⇧D / Shift+D |
| PickStroke Up | ⇧U / Shift+U |
| Play From The Beginning | ⇧Space / Ctrl+Space |
| Play/Pause | Space |
| Preferences | ⌘, / Ctrl+, |
| Prevent Break Line | & / ⇧& / Shift+& |
| Previous Section | ⌥⌘← / Ctrl+Alt+Left |
| Previous Tab | ⌃⇧⇤ / Ctrl+Shift+Tab / Ctrl+Backtab |
| Previous Track | ⌘↑ / Ctrl+Up |
| ⌘P / Ctrl+P | |
| Quit | ⌥F4 / Alt+F4 |
| Rasgueado | ⇧R / Shift+R |
| Redo | ⇧⌘Z / Ctrl+Y |
| Relative Speed | ⌘F9 / Ctrl+F9 |
| Repeat Close | ] |
| Repeat One Bar | % / ⇧% / Shift+% |
| Repeat Open | [ / ⇧[ / [ / Shift+[ |
| Repeat two Bars | ⌘% / ⇧⌘% Ctrl+% / Ctrl+Shift+% |
| Rest | R |
| Rewind | ⌘← / Ctrl+Left |
| Save | ⌘S / Ctrl+S |
| Save As | ⇧⌘S / Ctrl+Shift+S |
| Scale Diagram | ⇧S |
| Score Stylesheet | F7 |
| Select All | ⌘A / Ctrl+A |
| Select Beat | ⇧↑ / ⇧↓ / Shift+Up / Shift+Down |
| Selection Until First Bar | ⇧⌘↖ / Ctrl+Shift+Home |
| Selection Until First Beat | ⇧↖ / Shift+Home |
| Selection Until Last Beat | ⇧↘ / Shift+End |
| Selection Until Next Bar | ⇧⌘→ / Ctrl+Shift+Right |
| Selection Until Next Beat | ⇧→ / Shift+Right |
| Selection Until Previous Bar | ⇧⌘← / Ctrl+Shift+Left |
| Selection Until Last Bar | ⇧⌘↘ / Ctrl+Shift+End |
| Selection Until Previous Beat | ⇧← / Shift+Left |
| Sharp | ⌘9 / Ctrl+9 |
| Show Action List | ⌥⌘E |
| Show Command Palette | ⌘E |
| Show Expression Text | ⇧⌘E |
| Show/Hide Global View | F8 |
| Show/Hide Instrument View | ⌘F6 / Ctrl+F6 |
| Show/Hide Palette | F2 |
| Show/Hide Song Inspector | F5 |
| Show/Hide Track Inspector | F6 |
| Slap | $ |
| Special Paste | ⇧⌘V / Ctrl+Shift+V |
| Staccato | ! |
| Step Backward | ⌥← / Alt+Left |
| Tapping | ) |
| Text | T |
| Tie Beat | ⇧L / Shift+L |
| Tie Note | L |
| Time Signature | ⌘T / Ctrl+T |
| Timer | @ |
| Toggle Loop | F9 |
| Tremolo Bar | ⌥V / Ctrl+Alt+V |
| Tremolo Picking (32th note) | “ / ⇧” |
| Trill | N |
| Triplet | / / ⇧/ / Shift+/ |
| Triplet Feel | ⌘/ / ⇧⌘/ Ctrl+/ / Ctrl+Shift+/ |
| Type Note | ⌤ / ↵ / Enter /Return |
| Undo | ⌘Z / Ctrl+Z |
| Vibrato with tremolo bar (Slight) | W |
| Vibrato with tremolo bar (Wide) | ⌥W / Ctrl+Alt+W |
| Volume Swell | ⌥< / ⌥> Alt+< / Alt+> |
| Wah Close | ⌥C / Ctrl+Alt+C |
| Wah Open | ⌥O / Ctrl+Alt+O |
| Zoom In | ⌘> / Ctrl++ / Ctrl+Shift++ |
| Zoom Out | ⌘< / Ctrl+- |