Tables of all keyboard shortcuts you can use with Compose
Note entry with MIDI cursor
| Shortcuts | |
| Score display & playback | |
| Right Mouse | Move the score around |
| Right Mouse + Mouse Wheel | Zoom in and out around the mouse position |
| CTRL + Mouse Wheel | Zoom in and out around the mouse position |
| SHIFT + P | Select the page view |
| SHIFT + S | Select the scroll view |
| HOME | Go to the beginning of the score |
| END | Go to the end of the score |
| Page Up | Move up the height of the display area |
| Page Down | Move down the height of the display area |
| CTRL + "+" | Increase the zoom display |
| CTRL + "-" | Decrease the zoom display |
| SHIFT + K | Show/hide keyboard |
| ALT + ← | Moves the score to see the left part |
| ALT + → | Moves the score to see the right part |
| ALT + ↑ | Moves the score to see the upper part |
| ALT + ↓ | Moves the score to see the lower part |
| SPACE | Start / Stop playback |
| General shortcuts | |
| CTRL + C | Copy to the clipboard |
| CTRL + V | Paste from the clipboard |
| CTRL + X | Cut to the clipboard |
| CTRL + Z | Undo last operation |
| CTRL + Y | Redo the last operation |
| CTRL + A | Select the whole score |
| Selection of tools | |
| Note entry | |
| 8 | Select the double whole note tool |
| 7 | Select the whole note tool |
| 6 | Select the half note tool |
| 5 | Select the quarter note tool |
| 4 | Select the 8th note tool |
| 3 | Select the 16th note tool |
| 2 | Select the 32nd note tool |
| 1 | Select the 64th note tool |
| T | Enable/disable the Tuplet tool for note entry |
| CTRL + 1 | Set tuplet entry to 1:1 (no tuplet) |
| CTRL + 2 | Set tuplet entry to 2:3 |
| CTRL + 3 | Set tuplet entry to 3:2 |
| CTRL + 4 | Set tuplet entry to 4:3 |
| CTRL + 5 | Set tuplet entry to 5:4 |
| CTRL + 6 | Set tuplet entry to 6:4 |
| CTRL + 7 | Set tuplet entry to 7:4 |
| CTRL + 8 | Set tuplet entry to 8:12 |
| CTRL + 9 | Set tuplet entry to 9:8 |
| CTRL + ALT + 0 | Select automatic layer entry |
| CTRL + ALT + 1 | Select layer 1 |
| CTRL + ALT + 2 | Select layer 2 |
| CTRL + ALT + 3 | Select layer 3 |
| CTRL + ALT + 4 | Select layer 4 |
| I | Enable/disable the blinking note entry cursor |
| Score tools | |
| CTRL + F | Select the clef tool |
| K | Select the key signature tool |
| ALT + CTRL + T | Select the time signature tool |
| SHIFT + T | Select the metronome tool |
| M | Select the measure/staff tool |
| P | Select the page layout tool |
| Other tools | |
| V | Select the MF tool or the last dynamic used |
| X | Select the text tool |
| O | Select the lyrics tool |
| Q | Select the chord tool |
| ESC | Select the selection tool; layer set to 1; reset tuplets and dots; hide entry cursor; unselect all |
| H | Select the previous tool in the history of mouse selected tools |
| J | Select the next tool in the history of mouse selected tools |
| <></> | Select the crescendo hairpin tool |
| Select the decrescendo hairpin tool | |
| ( | Select the upper slur tool |
| ) | Select the lower slur tool |
| Note entry | |
| Modifiers when entering notes | |
| SHIFT | Enter the equivalent rest of the selected note tool |
| CTRL | Will force beaming with the previous note |
| ALT | Rhythmic position magnetism precision doubled |
| Action on a selected note (or rest) | |
| ← | Select the previous note or symbol |
| → | Select the previous note or symbol |
| ↑ | Select the previous note or symbol |
| ↓ | Select the previous note or symbol |
| ABCDEFG | Repitch the note to the closest note |
| SHIFT + ABCDEFG | Add a note as a chord note to the selected note |
| CTRL + ↑ | Move the note (or rest) a second up |
| CTRL + ↓ | Move the note (or rest) a second down |
| SHIFT + ↑ | Move the note (or rest) an octave up |
| SHIFT + ↓ | Move the note (or rest) an octave down |
| DEL or Backspace | Delete the note, rest or symbol; a note is first replaced with a rest |
| + | Up one accidental |
| - | Down one accidental |
| N | Set accidental to natural; show/hide it |
| 9 | Browse through the enharmonic of the note |
| * | Show/Hide accidental |
| S | Swap between note and rest |
| L | Flip the note stem up/down |
| ALT + C | Swap between normal/cue note or rest |
| U | Switch tie : none, normal, reverse, normal open, reverse open according to context |
| Y | Switch tie on the previous note |
| / | Break/join the beaming of the previous note |
| COMMAND + / | Break/join secondary beams of the previous note. |
| . | Swap between normal, dotted, double dotted note or rest |
| : | Add a grace note to the selected note |
| = | Add a slashed grace note to the selected note |
| " | Add/remove Accent |
| _ | Add/remove Tenuto |
| <></> | Start of hairpin on the note (cresc - decresc) |
| <></> | End pending hairpin on the note |
| ( ) | Start of slur on the note (above - below) |
| ( ) | End pending slur on the note |
| ABCDEFG | Add a note + move the cursor to next position |
| SHIFT + ABCDEFG | Add a chord note |
| ENTER | Add a new note or a chord note at the cursor |
| 0 | Add a new rest at the cursor time position |
| ← | Move the cursor to the next position |
| → | Move the cursor to the previous position |
| ↑ | Move the pitch cursor up |
| ↓ | Move the pitch cursor down |
| Action on some selected symbols | |
| + | Dynamics: up (pppp -- ffff); Hairpin to crescendo |
| - | Dynamics: down (ffff -- pppp); hairpin to decrescendo |
| + | Metronome: tempo up by multiples of 4 |
| - | Metronome: tempo down by multiples of 4 |
| L | Flip slur/hairpin/symbols above/below the notes |
| Modifiers when selecting objects | |
| CTRL | Toggle the clicked object in/out of the selection |
| SHIFT | Extend the selection |
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