Apple - Support - Garageband - Keyboard Shortcuts

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Garageband Keyboard ShortcutsYou can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in Garageband. To find the shortcuts for common

commands, look in the menus (or see the menu shortcuts below). To do an action, press the keys indicated below.

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Related ShortcutsPlayback and Navigation

Action Shortcut

Start or stop playback Space bar

Go to beginning Return or Z or Home

Go to end Option-Z or End

Move back (the amount depends on the zoom level) Left arrow

Move forward (the amount depends on the zoom

level)

Right arrow

Move back the visible width of the timeline Page up

Move forward the visible width of the timeline Page down

Zoom out Control-Left arrow

Zoom in Control-Right arrow

Tracks

Action Shortcut

Create a new track Command-Option-N

Create a new Basic track Command-Shift-N

Duplicate the selected track Command-D

Delete the selected track Command-Delete

Select the next higher track Up arrow

Select the next lower track Down arrow

Mute/Unmute the selected track M

Solo/Unsolo the selected track S

Lock/Unlock the selected track L

Show/Hide the track's automation curves A

Show/Hide the arrange track Command-Shift-A

Show/Hide master track Command-B

Show/Hide the podcast track Command-Shift-B

Show/Hide the movie track Command-Option-B

Track Info pane

Action Shortcut

Show/Hide Track Info pane Command-I

Select the next higher category or instrument Up arrow (when the Track Info pane is open and a

category or instrument is selected)

Select the next lower category or instrument Down arrow (when the Track Info pane is open and

a category or instrument is selected)

Move from instrument list to category list Left arrow (when the Track Info pane is open and an

instrument is selected)

Move from category list to instrument listRight arrow (when the Track Info pane is open and a

category is selected)

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Arranging and Editing

Action Shortcut

Undo Command-Z

Redo Command-Shift-Z

Cut Command-X

Copy Command-X

Paste Command-V

Delete Delete

Select all Command-A

Split selected region at the playhead Command-T

Join selected regions Shift-Command-J

Turn snap to grid on/off Command-G

Show/Hide alignment guides Command-Shift-G

Lock automation curves to regions Command-Option-A

Delete selected arrange region and its timeline

content

Command-Option-Delete

Delete selected region and fill in time Control-Delete

Add marker to podcast/movie track P

Turn Ducking on/off Command-Shift-R

Recording

Action Shortcut

Start or stop recording R

Turn the cycle region on/off C

Turn the metronome on/off Command-U

Turn count in on/off Command-Shift-U

Notation View

Action Shortcut

Move selected notes to previous grid position Left arrow

Move selected notes to next grid position Right arrow

Move selected notes back one measure Shift-Left arrow

Move selected notes forward one measure Shift-Right arrow

Send selected object up one semitone Up arrow

Transpose selected notes down one semitone Down arrow

Transpose selected notes up one octave Shift-Up arrow

Transpose selected notes down one octave Shift-Down arrow

Print Notation (must be visible in editor) Command-P

Adjusting master volume

Action Shortcut

Raise master volume Command-Up arrow


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Lower master volume Command-Down arrow

Showing windows and editors

Action Shortcut

Show track mixer Command-Y

Show track info pane Command-I

Show editor Command-E

Show loop browser Command-L

Show/Hide Media Browser Command-R

Show onscreen keyboard Command-K

Show Musical Typing window Command-Shift-K

Minimize GarageBand window Command-M

LCD mode commands

Action Shortcut

Show Chord mode in LCD Command-F (with Software Instrument track

selected)

Show Tuner mode in LCD Command-F (with Real Instrument track selected)

Show Time mode in LCD Command-Shift-F

Show Measures mode in LCD Command-Option-F

Show Tempo mode in LCD Command-Control-F

File menu commands

Action Shortcut

Create new project Command-N

Open an existing project Command-O

Close the current project Command-W

Save the current project Command-S

Save As Command-Shift-S

Print Notation (must be visible in editor) Command-P

Application menu commands

Action Shortcut

Show/Hide GarageBand Preferences Command-comma (,)

Hide GarageBand Command-H

Hide other applications Command-Option-H

Quit GarageBand Command-Q

Help menu commands

Action Shortcut

Open Garageband Help Command-question mark (?)


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