Igor Engraver Manual

CHAPTER 3
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3.4 Adding Lyrics
Place the input caret after the first note of the first bar of one of the voices. Press
Shift-Space. You will now get a textbox beneath that note, and in that textbox,
write “Thou”, the first word of the piece. Press Space, and watch the textbox
move to the next note. This time, write “know” and press Hyphen (-). The textbox
moves to the next note. Write “est” to complete the word “knowest”, a
comma, and then Space once again to move to the next note.
When you need to add a melisma, such as “se - - - crets” in the tenor voice, simply
press Hyphen a second time and then complete the word (that is: se
crets).
To create an extension line, such as the line in “Shut__”, press Underscore (Shift-
Hyphen) after the last letter of the word, continue to press until the length you
desire has been achieved.
When you have inserted all of the lyrics of the voice (and saved the piece again),
it is time to copy the lyrics into the other voices. A simple way to accomplish
this is to use the Lyrics Editor. Right-click for Windows or Control-click for
Macintosh the voice you have added lyrics to and select Edit lyrics… from the
contextual menu.
The Lyrics Editor appears. In this editor you can both insert lyrics from the
beginning or edit lyrics already entered, as you are going to do in this case.