Guitar Pro Vi

Guitar Pro vi is a set of Vi-like hotkeys for Guitar Pro 5. It was tested to work with Guitar Pro 5.1 and Guitar Pro 5.2.

Insert mode

In Insert mode all hotkeys of Normal and Visual modes are disabled. You can interact with Guitar Pro 5 as you did it before. To quit Insert mode, press Esc or Ctrl-C.

Normal mode

Legend:

• N - a number entered before the command
• {motion} - a cursor movement command
• Nmove - the text that is moved over with a {motion}

Key	Action
Ctrl-6	switch to alternate Guitar Pro 5 window
Ctrl-A	transpose note under cursor N semitones up
Ctrl-C	interrupt current command
Ctrl-R	redo changes which were undone with u N times
Ctrl-X	transpose note under cursor N semitones down
Backspace	same as h
Enter	same as j
Space	same as l
0	prepend to command to give a count
1	prepend to command to give a count
2	prepend to command to give a count
3	prepend to command to give a count
4	prepend to command to give a count
5	prepend to command to give a count
6	prepend to command to give a count
7	prepend to command to give a count
8	prepend to command to give a count
9	prepend to command to give a count
:	start entering an Ex command
A	insert a beat in the end of the bar and enter Insert mode
C	clear the beats under the cursor until the end of the bar and N-1 more bar and enter Insert mode
D	delete the beats under the cursor until the end of the bar and N-1 more bar
G	cursor to bar N, default last bar
I	insert a beat in the beginning of the bar and enter Insert mode
M	list section markers
O	begin a new bar after the cursor and enter Insert mode
P	put beats/bars before the cursor N times
S	clear N bars and enter Insert mode
V	start bar-wise Visual mode
X	delete N notes before the cursor
ZQ	exit current file always
ZZ	save current file and exit
[[, []	cursor N sections backward
]], ][	cursor N sections forward
a	insert a beat after cursor and enter Insert mode
b	cursor forward to beginning of the bar N
cc	clear N bars and enter Insert mode
c{motion}	delete Nmove beats/bars and enter Insert mode
dd	delete N bars
d{motion}	delete Nmove beats/bars
e	cursor forward to end of the bar N
gg	cursor to bar N, default first bar
go	cursor to beat N, starting from the first beat of the first bar
gP	put beats/bars before the cursor N times and move cursor right one beat
h	cursor N beats to the left
i	insert a beat before cursor and enter Insert mode
j	cursor N lines downward
k	cursor N lines upward
l	cursor N beats to the right
m	insert section marker
o	begin a new bar before the cursor and enter Insert mode
r	replace note with N
s	replace N beats in the current bar with a rest
u	undo changes N times
v	start beat-wise Visual mode
w	cursor N bars forward
x	delete N notes under and after the cursor
yy, Y	yank N bars
y{motion}	yank Nmove beats/bars
|	cursor to N beat of the current bar
←	same as h
↑	same as k
↓	same as j
→	same as l
LeftMouse	move cursor to the mouse click position
MiddleMouse	same as gP at the mouse click position

Visual mode

Key	Action
Ctrl-C, Esc	stop Visual mode
C	delete the highlighted bars
D	delete the highlighted bars
R	delete the highlighted bars
S	delete the highlighted bars
V	make Visual mode bar-wise or stop Visual mode
Y	yank the highlighted bars
X	delete the highlighted bars
c	delete highlighted area and start insert
d	delete the highlighted area
s	delete the highlighted area
v	make Visual mode beat-wise or stop Visual mode
y	yank the highlighted area
x	delete the highlighted area

Ex commands

Ex commands are maximally simplified to one letter commands. The command will execute instantaneously as the letter is pressed, no need to press Enter afterwards.

Command	Action
:n	new file
:w	save file
:o	open file
:q	quit Guitar Pro 5