Igor Engraver Manual

135 CHAPTER 8
The Palettes
ments can later get extension lines by using the contextual menus, as explained
in “Trills, Tremolandos, and Tremolos” on page 121.
Though simple, using this method to insert notes, rests or other objects may
become very time-consuming, and is better avoided if you input a lot of music.
Inputting music from the computer keyboard is a much faster process, and easy
to learn. Nevertheless, at times you may find this feature useful.
A final word about adding notes: if you click above or below an existing note
while pressing Shift, a new note of the same type that was already present will be
inserted, regardless of the note icon used. For example, if the semiquaver/sixteenth
note icon is selected and you Shift-click above an existing quaver/eighth
note, a new quaver/eighth note will be added to the one existing.
Observe that when some entries are selected and you choose a palette icon while holding down
Command for Macintosh or Control for Windows, the appropriate objects get exchanged, as displayed
below:
In this example, some notes get new noteheads, but the slur, the rest, and the beams (also selected)
stay unaffected.