MuseScore

• To change the gap between tab and score, just drag the tab part down
• Best way to move a note right/left is to cut and paste
  • https://musescore.org/en/handbook/chord-symbols
  • Instructions for disabling: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/playback-chord-symbols-nashville-numbers
  • Can also be added through Add → Text → Roman Numeral Analysis
• <Ctrl-Del> to remove selected range
• <Ins> to add a measure
• <i> to add an instrument (or clef)

By default, feet notes (e.g. bass drum) are input on the 2nd voice

• Hold <Shift> to input more than one note (e.g. hi-hat and snare) into one voice

• Arpeggio & glissandos to add sweeping upward/downward glissandos
• Grace notes to add e.g. hammer-ons

• <Ctrl-l> to enter lyrics mode (<Space> will move annotation to the next note)
• <Ctrl-k> to enter chord symbol (<Space> will move annotation to the next note, or <Tab> to move to next measure)
  • These play by default during playback but can be disabled in the Playback Settings (Cog icon)
  • They can also be disabled selectively in the Properties (left hand pane) → General → Play (Right click on one chord symbol, Select Similar to select all chord symbols)
• <Ctrl-Alt-r> to add RNA (roman numeral analysis)
• <Ctrl-M> adds a rehearsal mark (i.e. a section note like A, B, C, D)
• <Ctrl-t> to add staff text
  • <Ctrl-Shift-t> to add system text (applied to whole system rather than the single staff)

• Tempo measurements
  • Allegro (fast, quickly, bright - 120 - 168 bpm)

• Esc to remove focus
• <F9> to bring up the palette window (for time and key signature)
• <Alt-Up>=/=<Alt-Down> to move between selected notes, tablature, clefs
• n to enter/exit note input mode (note the lowercase!)
• <Shift-Left/Right> to additively select notes horizontally
• <Shift-Up/Down> to additively select notes vertically

• 4 for quaver
• 5 for crochet
• 6 for minim
• 7 for semibreve
• + to tie
• . for augmentation dot
• <Up>=/=<Down> to move note up/down an interval
• <Ctrl-Left/Right> to move to next/previous bar
• <Shift-Left/Right> to move a note left/right
• <Alt-<X>> to add the note <X> above to the current note (<Option> in MacOS)
  • e.g. <Alt-8> adds an octave above current note
• r to repeat previous note
• <Alt-Num> add interval above current note
• <Alt-Shift-Num> add interval below current note
  • These need to be set up in preferences
• q to shorten the inputting (single) note duration (‘quicken’)
• w to lengthen the inputting note duration (‘widen’)
• Q to shorten the last entered note
• W to lengthen the last entered note
• Different voicings can be chosen by selecting a note, and then choosing 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Keybinding-wise, when a note is selected, <Ctrl-Alt-2> moves it to the second voice.
• Create a triplet by selecting the note, then pressing <C-3>
• <Ctrl-Up/Down> moves the note up/down an octave

• To insert a measure before currently selected one, press <Ins>
• <Ctrl-B> adds a bar to the end of the score (<Cmd-B> in MacOS)
• <Shift-Alt-b> adds a custom number of bars to the end of the score (<Shift-Option-B> in MacOS)
• <Shift-Alt-i> adds a custom number of bars before the current selection
• <Alt> + <Down> locks the current bar

• <Ctrl-Up>=/=<Ctrl-Down> to move fret to upper/lower string