Igor Engraver Manual

49 CHAPTER 2
“espressivo”
Click and choose a note duration. By clicking in the first bars you enter notes of
the value you have specified. If you choose the augmentation dot from the note
palette and then click on a note, you will add an augmentation dot to that specific
note.
To create a pick-up bar, simply input the notes or rests of the pick-up bar and do
not place any more notes or rests in that bar.
Igor Engraver has unlimited undo. To erase everything you have entered, press
Ctrl-Z until the bars are empty. Note how the spacing of the music is recalculated
every time you add or delete a note.
Click on the arrow on the Tool Palette, and double-click the first bar of the staff.
You will see a blinking input caret, and a Music entry window will open. You
are now in Input mode. This means you can use the computer keyboard to enter
notes, rests, dynamics, articulations, etc. In the Music entry window, you will see
the settings that apply up to the point where the input caret is placed: dynamic
marking, key, metre, layer, and so on. This gives you valuable information, especially
if the input caret is placed in a complex passage. To enter a minim/half
note, press the 6 key and then Enter.
Now press the P key a few times. As you see, you add a dynamic marking, such as
a piano or pianissimo, to the score. The same dynamic is displayed in the Music
entry window. Press the C key. A crescendo hairpin is inserted. Enter a few more
notes, using the number keys to change duration and the arrow keys to change
pitch. You will see that the crescendo is extended as each note is entered. To end
the crescendo, press C once again and then insert the final note.