Igor Engraver Manual

CHAPTER 12
Guitar Fingering & Tablature
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For the left-hand, right-hand and string indications, you can also accept the
default suggestion directly without entering any new text. Igor Engraver, will by
default, suggest the previous text you used. For example, you can enter several
right-hand thumb indications (p), without having to enter any text.
You will never need to modify a string indication if you are working with tab
since the music stave takes the string information from the tab stave.
12.2.2 Contextual menus
Tab staves and fret numbers
• Add tab… on a music staff or an instrument in the piece window allows you to set up
or adjust the tablature for a music staff.
• Tablature staff on a tab staff brings up the commands Tab staff line distance…, Fret
number scaling…, Modify string/tab settings… and Delete tab staff.
• Tab fretting on a fret number brings up the Override tab string…, Override tab
fret… and Refret tab… commands. The first is seldom used since its easier to drag the
fret numbers instead. The second command is used as soon as you want a non-standard
fret number, you can enter any text at all here like (10) or 5.75. The third command
is only meaningful to apply to large selections of fret numbers (if you want you
can select a whole page, since selecting some extra objects does not matter).