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TablEdit Users Say:

"The best program I have seen for translating midi into tab."
- Weston Pay, Oregon, USA

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In addition, 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

[Ctrl]+[Z]

Cancel the last editing action

[Ctrl]+[Y]

Redo the last canceled editing action

[return]

(in tablature, on anchor point) open related edit window

Editing - Select, delete, copy, find

[Ctrl]+[A]

Select entire current module as a block

[Shift]+[arrow]

extend selection block

[Ctrl]+[Insert]

Copy selected measures (or notes, depending on context)

[Shift]+[Insert]

Paste copied measures (or notes, depending on context)

[Ctrl]+[C]

Copy a selected block, note or anchor

[Ctrl]+[X]

Cut a selected block, note or anchor

[Ctrl]+[V]

Paste a copied or cut block, note or anchor to the cursor position

[Q]

Search the module for next occurrence of the of the same element type (chord diagram, cres/dim marker, text, etc.) as that beneath the cursor (in tablature).

[Shift]+[Q]

repeat last occurrence search [Q] to the right

[Shift]+[R]

repeat last occurrence search [Q] to the left

Editing - moving cursor, view

[Ctrl]+[Space]

Toggle automatic cursor advance on/off

[Shift]+[F7]

1/8th Note View

[Shift]+[F8]

1/16th Note View (default)

[Shift]+[F9]

1/32nd Note View

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[F9]

1/64nd Note View

[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 first string

[Ctrl]+[]

(in tablature) move cursor to the last string

[Shift]+[F5]

Open "Go to Measure" dialog (also available by clicking to right of the "Notes" zone in the status bar)

[Ctrl]+[Page up/Page down]

(in multitrack mode) Scroll tablature and notation up or down within TablEdit window

Editing - correction

[Alt]+[Delete]

Moves everything to the right of the cursor the distance of the current duration to the left

[Alt]+[Insert]

Moves everything to the right of the cursor the distance of the current duration to the right

[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]+[=]

Back to alteration standard display.

[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

[|] (pipe)

control beam position and stem length

[!]

remove note stem

[<] [>]

horizontal positioning (of fingering, musical symbol, ... )

[Shift]+[U]

First press: Hides notes with a dynamic value of pp in the tablature. Second press: Hides them in the Notation. Third press: Re-activates the standard display.

[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

[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F4]

Auto-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

[Ctrl]+[F9]

Set current duration to 1/64th note

[*] (asterisk)

Apply current duration to selected note(s)

[Ctrl]+[ . (decimal)]

Toggle dotted note mode on/off

[:]

Double dotted note

[Ctrl]+[3]

Triplet mode

[Ctrl]+[5]

Quintuplet

[Ctrl]+[7]

Septuplet

[Ctrl]+[9]

Nonuplet

[Ctrl]+[0]

Decuplet

[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

[Alt]+[F10]

Play selected measures.

[Pause]

Pause playback

[Escape]

Stop playback

[Shift]+[F12]

Activates "Monitor" feature

[Ctrl]+[K]

Define MIDI options

[Ctrl]+[R]

open Reading List dialog

[Shift]+[T]

open Midi Event dialog

[<]

frequency (of "tremolo" or "vibrato" special effect)

[>]

speed (of "roll" special effect)

[>]

amplitude (of "vibrato" special effect)

[( ] [ )]

Decrease/increase dynamic level of selected note(s)

[V]

Toggle dynamics display on/off

[Ctrl]+[H]

Note pitch change dialog

Windowing

[F1]

Opens this Help file

[Ctrl]+[F1]

Open this hotkey list

[F2]

Toggle ruler and palettes on/off

[Shift]+[F2]

Toggle "Track window" on/off

[Ctrl]+[F2]

Toggle "Quick Preview" on/off

[Ctrl]+[B]

Toggle Fingerboard on/off

[Ctrl]+[D]

Open Chord Manager

[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[D]

Open Chord Editor

[Ctrl]+[T]

Open Text Manager

[T]

Open Text Editor

[Ctrl]+[F]

Open Strokes and Fingerings dialog

Tablature management

[Ctrl]+[O]

Open a tablature file on disk

[Ctrl]+[S]

Save the current tablature file

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[S]

Protected save (for printing/saving)

[Ctrl]+[N]

Create a new tablature file

[Ctrl]+[P]

Print tablature

[Ctrl]+[G]

Open Tablature Manager

[Ctrl]+[I]

Title Information

[Ctrl]+[Q]

Quit TablEdit