Igor Engraver Manual

171 CHAPTER 10
More About Music Input and Editing
mand. Observe that you can use this feature to format instrument name textboxes,
such as Clarinet in B flat – in this case the word “flat” can be exchanged
for a flat sign.
First, enter a regular staff textbox (the middle choice for text on the Tool palette)
above the desired note or chord. Then, enter the chord name using the certain
jazz format syntax, which is examined below. Finally, to change the unformatted
jazz chord text to the formatted chord text, Control or Right-click the textbox
and choose Format as jazz chord from the menu that appears (several textboxes
can be formatted at once if they are drag selected or Shift-clicked). Observe that
changes will not take place until you click outside the textbox. When the textbox
is entered again, the text will become unformatted for editing purposes.
Grouping of Text
There are several ways to format groups of text vertically:
• [a b c] signifies three groups of text, positioned on top of each other. “a” is positioned
at the top (superscript), “b” is positioned in the middle, and “c” is positioned at the
bottom (subscript). Note that the groups are separated by spaces.
• [a b] is the same as above, but room is only made for two groups of text.
• [a b] adds extra room in the middle (there are two spaces between “a” and “b”).
• [a] “a” is formatted as superscript.
• [ a] “a” is formatted as subscript (note the space in front of the “a”).
If parentheses are used instead of brackets, the parentheses become displayed, as
can be shown in one of the examples below.
As always, you can control the font, size and spacing of the text in the Piece settings,
and a new font and size may be chosen from the Font menu.
Special Symbols
You can insert certain special symbols, such as flats and sharps, using the following
syntax:
Key(s):
Action:
\b Insert a flat sign
\B Insert a double flat sign
\# Insert a sharp sign