Guitar Pro Quick Dev Reference

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

Keyboard Shortcuts

Track

Ctrl Shift Insert — Add

Ctrl Shift Delete — Delete

Ctrl Alt Up — Move up

Ctrl Alt Down — Move down

F6 — Properties

Bar - General

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

Bar - Section

Shift Insert — Insert or remove

Alt Left — Previous section

Alt Right — Next section

Bar - Simile Mark

Shift 5 — Repeat one bar

Ctrl Shift 5 — Repeat two bars

Note - Duration

+/- — Increase or decrease (whole note, half note, etc)

Shift 5 — Dotting

Ctrl Shift 5 — Double dotting

/ — Triplet

Note - General

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

Effects - General

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

Note - Accidentals

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

Effects - Grace Note

G — Before the beat

Alt G — On the beat

Effects - Vibrato

V — Left-hand vibrato (slight)

Alt V — Left-hand vibrato (wide)

Effects - Vibrato with Trem. Bar

W — Vibrato with trem. bar (slight)

Alt W — Vibrato with trem. bar (wide)

Effects - Slide

S — Legato slide

Alt S — Shift slide

Effects - Tremolo

Shift ' — Thirty-second note

Tools

F4 — Check the bars' duration

Ctrl Shift M — Move or swap voices

Sound

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)

View

Ctrl Alt D — Design mode

F3 — Multitrack

Ctrl B — Enable browser

F6 — Fretboard

F6 — Keyboard

F6 — Drums

F11 — Full screen

Edit

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

General

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