At 11:35 PM -0500 11/13/05, Lora Crighton wrote:
Remember that often in older music (19th century into
the early 20th century, at least) a fermata over a barline indicated the
Fine.
It is a 19th century piece, but the fermata is not indicating Fine - there are quite a few of them throughout the song.
Andrew is quite correct that it is a standard devise, and it's a
shame Finale hasn't implemented a way to enter it without kludgy
workarounds. I always take it as meaning an unmeasured pause,
but one of less that a full bar's length. A fermata over a whole
rest, on the other hand, indicates a Grand Pause with a length of more
than a full bar's length. But I don't know how others would
interpret it.
John
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