Keyboard shortcuts
Every key Reflow answers to on the Mac, from writing tab to playing the score.
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The keys in the menus are drawn beside their item, so a menu is also a reminder. The keys without ⌘ work on the score, and are left alone while you type text.
Writing and moving
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| ← → | The previous or the next beat |
| ↑ ↓ | The string above or below; with the Select tool, the selected notes a step up or down |
| ⌥← ⌥→ | A whole bar back or on |
| ⌘← ⌘→ | The first or the last bar of the score |
| ⇧ with the arrows | Select as the cursor moves; with ⌥ too, a box of strings and beats; with ⌘, whole bars |
| 0 to 9 | In Edit, a fret on the tab; on the staff, 0 writes the note and 1 2 3 make it flat, natural or sharp |
| ⌥ with a number | On the staff, ⌥1 and ⌥3: a double flat and a double sharp |
| 1 to 7 | With the Select tool, the duration of the next notes, from a whole note to a sixty-fourth |
| X | A dead note |
| ⌫ | Delete the note at the cursor, or what is selected |
| − + | Make the beat shorter or longer |
| , | Dot the beat |
| / | Split the beat |
| ↩ | Start a new line of the score at this bar |
| ⇥ | Between clips selected in the arranger and their notes on the score |
| esc | In Design, clear the selected systems; in the arranger, go from the clips back to the score |
The Score menu
| Keys | Score menu |
|---|---|
| ⌘I | Document Info |
| ⇧T | Time Signature |
| ⇧K | Key Signature |
| ⇧C | Clef |
| ⇧⌘T | Tempo Marker |
| ⌘K | Chord Name |
| ⇧⌘K | Chord Diagram |
| ↩ | System Break |
| ⌃⌥⌘+ | Insert Measure (before) |
| ⇧⌥⌘+ | Add Measure (after) |
| ⇧⌘⌫ | Delete Measure |
| ⇧D | Duplicate Measure |
| ⌘D | Duplicate Beat |
| / | Split Beat |
| ⇧B | Create Beaming |
| J | Create Clip from Selection (the unlock) |
| ⇧J | Flatten Clip (the unlock) |
The Note and Effect menus
| Keys | Note menu |
|---|---|
| , | Dotted Note |
| T | Tied Note |
| X | Dead Note |
| G | Ghost Note |
| A | Accent |
| S | Staccato |
| Keys | Effect menu |
|---|---|
| U | Upstroke |
| B | Bend |
| L | Legato |
| V | Vibrato |
| P | Palm Mute |
The other items of these menus, the voices, durations, tuplets, dynamics, harmonics and slides, have no key: choose them in the menu or the tools.
Files, editing, view and playback
| Keys | |
|---|---|
| Space | Playback › Play, and stop |
| ⌘L | Playback › Loop |
| ⌘N | File › New |
| ⌘O | File › Open… |
| ⌘S | File › Save… |
| ⇧⌘S | File › Save As… |
| ⇧⌘E | File › Export › Export… |
| ⇧⌘P | File › Page Setup… |
| ⌘P | File › Print… |
| ⌘W | File › Close |
| ⌘Z ⇧⌘Z | Edit › Undo, Redo |
| ⌘X ⌘C ⌘V | Edit › Cut, Copy, Paste |
| ⌘A | Edit › Select All |
| ⌥⌘T | View › Show Toolbar |
| ⌃⌘F | View › Enter Full Screen |
| ⇧⌘L | Window › Reflow Library |
| ⌘, | Reflow › Preferences… |
| ⌘? | Help › Reflow Documentation |