Hotkeys

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TablEdit uses the following shortcuts:

 

 Editing - Basics

[return](in stave) Enter note on current position
[0..49](in tablature) Enter note on current position
[ . (decimal)]Enter rest of current note duration
[shift]+[A..J](in tablature) enter note [10..19] on current position
[delete]Remove selected item(s)
[+/-](positioned on a note) Increase/decrease note value with half tone
[]+[Z]Cancel the last editing action
[]+[Y]Redo the last canceled editing action
[return](in tablature, on anchor point) Open related edit window

 

 Editing - Select, delete, copy

[]+[A]Select entire current module as a block
[shift]+[arrow]extend selection block
[]+[C]Copy a selected block, note or anchor
[]+[X]Cut a selected block, note or anchor
[]+[V]Paste a copied or cut block, note or anchor to the cursor position

 

 Editing - moving cursor, view

[alt]+[Space]Toggle automatic cursor advance on/off
[page up/down]Scroll tablature and notation left or right
[tab]Move cursor forward (offset: current default note duration)
[ctrl]+[]Once: Go to end of current measure. Twice: Go to beginning of following measure
[ctrl]+[]Once: Go to beginning of current measure. Twice: Go to end of previous measure
[ctrl]+[](in notation) Move cursor one octave up
[ctrl]+[](in notation) Move cursor one octave down
[ctrl]+[](in tablature) Move cursor to the 1st string
[ctrl]+[](in tablature) Move cursor to the 6th string
[&]for stringed instruments: display the treble strings in light gray - for accordion: use Corgeron notation.

 

 Editing - correction

[ctrl]+[+/-]with cursor in tablature: Move a note downwards or upwards across the neck of the instrument. Press [ctrl]+[+] (to move toward the bass) or [ctrl]+[-] (to move toward the treble).
[I]Quantize notes in the selection
[J]Automatically correct duration and note placement errors

 

 Formatting

[+] [-]Increase/decrease vertical position (of rest, text, ...)
[A] [Z] [E]Stems up, stems down, automatic stem direction.
[X]Inhibit note beams from current position
[alt]+[D]Force sharp
[alt]+[B]Force flat
[alt]+[=]Force natural
[O]Offset note head to the right
[shift]+[O]Offset note head to the left
[K]Add a line break
[W]Horizontal note spacing
[D]Make note invisible in stave
[ | ]Control beam position and stem length
[ ! ]Remove note stem
[<] [>]Horizontal positioning (of fingering, musical symbol, ... )
[shift]+[U]Hides notes with a dynamic value of pp in the tablature.
[shift]+[X]First press: Displays "Dead notes" as X's in the tablature. Second press: Blocks the display of "Dead notes". Third press: Re-activates the display of "Dead notes" within a greyed-out border.
[shift]+[Y]Systematically displays complete stems for all notes in the tablature (including whole and half notes).
[ _ ]Blocks/Activates the display of "Ringing Notes".
[ctrl]+[+/-]with cursor in notation: Set position of middle C

 

 Duration

[F4]Set current duration to whole note
[F5]Set current duration to 1/2 note
[F6]Set current duration to 1/4 note
[F7]Set current duration to 1/8th note
[F8]Set current duration to 1/16th note
[F9]Set current duration to 1/32nd note
[*] (asterisk)Apply current duration to selected note(s)
[ctrl]+[ . (decimal)]Toggle dotted note mode on/off
[ : ]Double dotted note
[Ctrl]+[3]/[5]/[7]/[9]Triplet, Quintuplet, Septuplet, Nonuplet
[L]Tied note        
[<] [>]Decrease/increase duration of selected note(s)

 

 Special Effects

[alt]+[G]Open Grace Note dialog
[B]Brush
[C]Choke
[G]"Ghost" note
[H]Hammer-on
[M]Muted note
[P]Pull-off
[S]Slide
[R]Roll
[N]Remove special effects
[F3]Re-applies the last used Special Effect or, if the cursor is placed on an empty position, repeats the last insertion.

 

 Playback

[F12]Play entire Reading List
[Pause] or [Spacebar]Pause/Resume playback
[F11]Play from current measure to end
[shift]+[F11]Play from current position to end
[F10]Play current measure
[shift]+[F10]Play current selection
[Pause]Pause playback
[Escape]Stop playback
[shift]+[F12]Activates "Monitor" feature
[]+[K]Define MIDI options
[]+[R]Open Reading List dialog
[<]Set frequency (of "tremelo" or "vibrato" special effect)
[>]Set speed (of "roll" special effect)
[>]Set amplitude (of "vibrato" special effect)
[( ] [ )]Decrease/increase dynamic level of selected note(s)
[V]Toggle dynamics display on/off
[]+[H]Note pitch change dialog

 

 Windowing

[]+[B]Toggle Fingerboard on/off
[]+[D]Open Chord Manager
[]+[T]Open Text Manager
[T]Open Text Editor
[]+[F]Open Strokes and Fingerings dialog
[]+[W]Close window

 

 Tablature management

[]+[O]Open a tablature file on disk
[]+[S]Save the current tablature file
[]+[shift]+[S]open Security (for printing/saving)
[]+[N]Create a new tablature file
[]+[P]Print tablature
[]+[I]Title Information
[]+[Q]Quit TablEdit