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2	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + Insert	Add
2	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + Del	Delete
-2	Ctrl + Alt + ↑	Move up
0	Ctrl + Alt + ↓	Move down
0	F6	Properties

1	Ctrl + Insert	Insert bar
0	Ctrl + Del	Delete bar
1	K	Clef
0	Ctrl + K	Key signature
0	Ctrl + T	Time signature
0	Ctrl + /	Triplet Feel
2	\|	Free time
0	[	Repeat open
0	]	Repeat close
0	D	Directions
1	Ctrl + R	Multi rest
0	Ctrl + ⤶ Enter	Force line break
0	&	Prevent line break

0	↑ Shift + Insert	Insert/remove
0	Alt + ←	Previous section
-1	Alt + →	Next section

1	%	Repeat one bar
0	Ctrl + %	Repeat two bars

1	Insert	Insert a beat
0	↑ Shift + Del	Delete the beats
0	C	Copy beats at the end
0	L	Tie note
0	↑ Shift + L	Tie the beat
0	F	Fermata
1	R	Rest
0	Ctrl + D	Brush downstroke
0	Ctrl + U	Brush upstroke
1	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + D	Arpeggio down
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + U	Arpeggio up
0	↑ Shift + R	Rasgueado
0	↑ Shift + D	PickStroke down
0	↑ Shift + U	PickStroke up
0	↑ Shift + -	One semi tone down
0	↑ Shift + +	One semi tone up
-1	Alt + ↓	Shift down
0	Alt + ↑	Shift up
0	A	Chord
0	↑ Shift + I	Barre
0	T	Text

0	+	Increase or decrease (Whole note, half note...)
0	or -
-1	%	Dotting
0	Ctrl + %	Double dotting
0	/	Triplet

1	Ctrl + Alt + 7	Double flat
0	Ctrl + 7	Flat
0	Ctrl + 8	Natural
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-1	Ctrl + 0	Sharp
0	Ctrl + Alt + 9	Double sharp
0	Ctrl + Alt + 8	Change the accidental

-1	X	Dead note
0	O	Ghost note
0	;	Accented note
0	:	Heavily accented note
1	!	Staccato
0	_	Tenuto
0	↑ Shift + H	Legato
-1	İ	Let ring
0	[	Palm mute note
-1	]	Palm mute
0	Y	Natural harmonic
-1	Alt + Y	Artificial harmonic
0	B	Bend
0	↑ Shift + W	Tremolo bar
-1	H	Hammer on / pull-off
0	(	Left hand tapping
0	)	Tapping
0	$	Slap
0	Ctrl + $	Pop
0	N	Trill
0	<	Fade in
0	>	Fade out
0	Ctrl + <	Volume swell
0	or Ctrl + >
0	Alt + O	Wah open
0	Alt + C	Wah close

0	G	Before the beat
0	Alt + G	On the beat

0	V	Left-Hand Vibrato (slight)
0	Alt + V	Left-Hand Vibrato (wide)

0	W	Vibrato with tremolo bar (slight)
0	Alt + W	Vibrato with tremolo bar (wide)

1	S	Legato slide
0	Alt + S	Shift slide

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0	F4	Check the bars' duration
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + M	Move / swap voices

0	Space	Play
0	Ctrl + Space	Play from the beginning
0	Ctrl + Home	First bar
0	Ctrl + ←	Rewind
0	Ctrl + →	Fast forward
0	Ctrl + End	Last bar
0	F9	Play in loops / Speed trainer
0	F2	RSI (Realistic Sound Engine)

0	Ctrl + Alt + D	Design mode
0	F3	Multitrack
0	Ctrl + B	Enable browser
0	F6	Fretboard
0	F6	Keyboard
0	F6	Drums
0	F11	Full screen

0	Ctrl + Z	Undo
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + Z	Redo
0	Ctrl + X	Cut
0	Ctrl + C	Copy
0	Ctrl + V	Paste
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + X	Multitrack cut
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + C	Multitrack copy
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + V	Special paste
0	Ctrl + A	Select all
0	Ctrl + G	Go to
0	F10	Edit automations
1	Ctrl + 1	... to 4: Voices

2	Ctrl + N	New > Steel guitar
0	Ctrl + O	Open
0	Ctrl + W	Close
0	Ctrl + S	Save
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + S	Save as
0	F5	Score information
0	F7	Stylesheet
0	F8	Print preview
0	Ctrl + P	Print
0	F12	Preferences
0	Ctrl + Q	Quit

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What is your favorite Guitar Pro hotkey? Do you have any useful tips for it? Let other users know below.

? oli OP says :

On MacBook:

SHIFT + alt + ↑ One semi tone up
SHIFT + alt + ↓ One semi tone down

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Hi Zeynel & Ruhi,

great website, helps a lot – thank you. :)

I am on a macbookpro where available keys and shortcuts are sometimes different – as for example the one for "First bar"/"Go to first bar" in Guitar Pro 7:

Instead of:
Ctrl + Home
the shortcut on macbook pro is:
CMD + fn + <

Best,
Oli

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Zeynel Admin says in reply to oli :

Hello,

That's most probably because you're using a laptop and "home" key is "Fn + left" there. And this page is Windows only. I'll be adding macOS shortcuts of Guitar Pro in a few days.

Take care.