MuseScore 2 Shortcuts 
   
Other Score Elements    Note Entry   
Staccato  Shift+S  Note input mode  N 
Tenuto  Shift+N  Piano keyboard  P 
Sforzato  Shift+V  Select duration  1 - 9 
Marcato  Shift+O  Toggle augmentation dot  . 
Slur  S  Enter note  A - G 
Crescendo  <  Add note to chord  Shift+A - Shift+G 
Diminuendo  >  Add interval above to chord  Alt+1 - Alt+9 
Staff text  Ctrl+T  Enter rest  0 
System text  Ctrl+Shift+T  Create tie  + 
Tempo text  Alt+T  Create tuplet  Ctrl+2 - Ctrl+9 
Rehearsal mark  Ctrl+M  Select voice  Ctrl+Alt+1 - Ctrl+Alt+4 
Lyrics  Ctrl+L  Add grace note  / 
Chord symbol  Ctrl+K 
Figured bass  Ctrl+G  Raise pitch a semitone  ↑ 
Special characters  F2  Lower pitch a semitone  ↓ 
Symbols  Z  Raise pitch an octave  Ctrl+↑ 
Palettes  F9  Lower pitch an octave  Ctrl+↓ 
Master palette  Shift+F9  Raise pitch a step (diatonic)  Alt+Shift+↑ 
Key signatures  Shift+K  Lower pitch a step (diatonic)  Alt+Shift+↓ 
Time signatures  Shift+T  Change spelling (linked)  J 
Change spelling (not linked)  Ctrl+J 
Lyrics / Chords Symbols   
Decrease duration  Q 
Next note/beat  Space  Increase duration  W 
Previous note/beat  Shift+Space  Decrease duration (dotted)  Shift+Q 
Next beat  ;  Increase duration (dotted)  Shift+W 
Previous beat  Shift+;  Move note to previous staff  Ctrl+Shift+↑ 
Next measure  Tab  Move note to next staff  Ctrl+Shift+↓ 
Previous measure  Shift+Tab  Mirror notehead  Shift+X 
Advanced by duration  Ctrl+1 - Ctrl+9 
Hyphen  -  Tablature   
Extender  _  Previous string  ↑ 
Playback    Next string  ↓ 
Select duration  Shift+1 - Shift+9 
Play  Space  Enter fret  0 - 9 
Play panel  F11  Enter rest  ; 
Mixer  F10 
Raise pitch a semitone  Alt+Shift+↑ 
    Lower pitch a semitone  Alt+Shift+↓ 
Move note to previous next string  Ctrl+↑ 
Move note to next string  Ctrl+↓ 
Ghost note  Shift+X 
   

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Navigation    Editing   
Navigator  F12  Undo  Ctrl+Z 
Zoom in  Ctrl++  Redo  Ctrl+Shift+Z 
Zoom out  Ctrl+-  Copy  Ctrl+C 
Zoom to 100%  Ctrl+0  Cut  Ctrl+X 
Go to beginning of score  Home  Paste  Ctrl+V 
Go to end of score  End  Swap with clipboard  Ctrl+Shift+X 
Go to previous page  PgUp  Repeat selection  R 
Go to next page  PgDn 
Find measure/page/rehearsal  Ctrl+F  Delete  Delete 
Delete measures  Ctrl+Delete 
Move cursor to previous note/rest  ←  Insert measure  Ins 
Move cursor to next note/rest  →  Insert measures  Ctrl+Ins 
Move cursor to previous measure  Ctrl+←  Append measure  Ctrl+B 
Move cursor to next measure  Ctrl+→  Append measures  Alt+Shift+B 
Move cursor to previous element  Ctrl+Alt+Shift+← 
Move cursor to next element  Ctrl+Alt+Shift+→  Edit element  Ctrl+E 
Move cursor up  Alt+↑  Nudge left 0.1sp  ← 
Move cursor down  Alt+↓  Nudge right 0.1sp  → 
Move cursor to top  Ctrl+Alt+↑  Nudge left 1sp  Ctrl+← 
Move cursor to bottom  Ctrl+Alt+↓  Nudge right 1sp  Ctrl+→ 
Move anchor left  Shift+← 
Selection    Move anchor right  Shift+→ 
Select to previous note/rest  Shift+←  Toggle visibility  V 
Select to next note/rest  Shift+→  Flip  X 
Select to previous measure  Shift+Ctrl+←  Multimeasure rests  M 
Select to next measure  Shift+Ctrl+→  Inspector  F8 
Select to beginning of line  Shift+Home 
Select to end of line  Shift+End  Staves and Layout   
Select to beginning of score  Shift+Ctrl+Home  Instruments  I 
Select to end of score  Shift+Ctrl+End  Decrease stretch  { 
Select to previous staff  Shift+↑  Increase stretch  } 
Select to next staff  Shitt+↓  Reset manual adjustments  Ctrl+R 
Select all  Ctrl+A  Line break  Enter 
Selection filter  F6  Page break  Ctrl+Enter 
     

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