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CHAPTER 10<br />

More About Music Input and Editing<br />

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the message above would have read “Unbalanced end repeat barline” instead.<br />

Thus, it is possible to check for these kinds of errors simply by pressing Play.<br />

The same behaviour is true for repeat sections; if repeat sections are inserted<br />

incorrectly (e.g., there is a risk of endless looping due to mistyped repeat numbers),<br />

<strong>Igor</strong> <strong>Engraver</strong> alerts the user properly:<br />

10.11 Ottava Passages<br />

Ottava passages can easily be added to notes. Control-click for Macintosh or<br />

Right-click for Windows a note and choose Select 8va start, Select 8vb start, Select<br />

15ma start, or Select 15 mb start from the Ottava passage submenu.<br />

Now Control or Right- click the note that you want to be last in the selection.<br />

From the Ottava passage submenu, choose End & Insert passage. The ottava passage<br />

will now become inserted in the layout.<br />

When an ottava passage is inserted, the notes will get “visually” transposed. That<br />

is, their sounding pitch will remain the same, but the written pitches will be<br />

moved one or two octaves up or down in the staff. This way you will not run into<br />

any problems when working with real-time recording. This behaviour is shown<br />

below:<br />

A passage, before adding an ottava passage:

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