Igor Engraver Manual

111 CHAPTER 7
Input Mode
7.1 The Input Caret
by pressing B-T for Macintosh and Alt-T for Windows, then > , and then enter
your notes. Pressing > again will switch off that particular setting. To switch off
the tremolo, you will have to press B-T or Alt-T several times. You will see the
different options for tremolo until you return to standard notation.
By pressing the appropriate keys on the computer keyboard, we will now be able
to enter music. Commands normally apply to the entry immediately to the left
of the input caret, which is why the input caret faces that way:
In the above example, new commands (such as G, which produces a glissando
marking) will apply to the crotchet/quarter note.
The “espressivo” crash course is partly constructed to give you a deeper understanding
of Input mode.
7.2 Entry Selections and Note Selections
In Input mode, there are two ways of selecting music: making Entry selections
and making Note selections. (Do not forget, though, that you can always dragselect
objects when not in Input mode. The selected objects may then be copied,
transposed, et cetera.)
7.2.1 Entry Selections
The input caret expands to become a selection range if you press Shift and then
the left or the right arrow, just like in a word processing program. The figure
below shows an Entry selection, encompassing whole entries. If you would like
to select an extended passage of music, press Shift and an arrow key to begin the