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MuseScore Keyboard Shortcuts

MuseScore Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation

  • Beginning of score: Home
  • Last page of score: End
  • Zoom in: **Ctrl +*- or Ctrl scroll (mouse wheel)
  • Zoom out: **Ctrl -*- or Ctrl scroll (mouse wheel)
  • Next page: PgDn
  • Previous page: PgUp
  • Next note: ➡️
  • Previous note:⬅️

Note entry

Begin and/or stop entry mode: N

Duration

  • 1:64th (semidemisemiquaver)
  • 2: 32nd (demisemiquaver)
  • 3: 16th (semiquaver)
  • 4: eighth (quaver)
  • 5: quarter (crotchet)
  • 6: half (minim)
  • 7: whole (semibreve)
  • 8: double whole (breve)
  • 9: Longa
  • 0: rest
  • .: changes the selected duration into a dotted note/rest
  • Ctrl number: tuplets (5 then Ctrl 3 = triplet of a quarter)

Notes

  • C D E F G A B

Chords

  • Add a note: Shift Note
  • Add an interval above the note: Alt number

Changing the pitch of a note

  • Increase an octave: Ctrl ⬆️
  • Decrease an octave: Ctrl ⬇️
  • Increase the pitch of a note by a semitone (sharps): ⬆️
  • Decrease the pitch of a note by a semitone (flats): ⬇️

Text entry

  • Staff text: Ctrl T
  • System text: Ctrl Shift T
  • Tempo text: Ctrl Alt T
  • Chord name: Ctrl K
  • Rehearsal Mark: Ctrl M
  • Song text: Ctrl L
    • Next note: - or Space
    • Previous syllable: Shift Space

Direction

  • Change direction (slur, bracket ... ) X
  • Mirror note head: Shift X

Articulations

  • Slur: S
  • Tie: + (in note entry mode)
  • Crescendo: H (for the selection)
  • Decrescendo: Shift H (for the selection)

Measure operations

  • Add 1 measure at the end: Ctrl B
  • Add measures at the end: Ctrl Shift B
  • Insert 1 measure: Ins
  • Insert measures: Ctrl Ins
  • Selected measure
    • Delete notes: Delete
    • Delete measure: Ctrl Delete

Edit mode

  • ⬅️: moves handle 1 space left
  • ➡️: moves handle 1 space right
  • ⬆️: moves handle up 1 space
  • ⬇️: moves handle down 1 space
  • Ctrl ⬅️/➡️/⬇️/⬆️: moves 0,1 space
  • Shift ⬅️/➡️: moves handle to previous / next note
  • Tab: go to next handle

Show palletes

  • Instruments: I
  • Keys: Y
  • Key signatures: K
  • Time signatures: T
  • Symbols: Z
  • Dynamics: L
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