On Nov 14, 2005, at 8:54 AM, John Howell wrote:
I always take it [fermata over barline] 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.
That's a bit rigid, it seems to me. Imagine a movement in 3, presto,
one fast beat to the bar. If there were a fermata over a barline, I'd
expect it to be given at least 4 or 5 bars duration at such a speed.
On the other hand, sometimes a GP may want less than a full measure's
pause. A 3-beat rest following a 4/4 measure (for example) would
otherwise require a one-bar change of meter, which pre-20th-c.
composers would tend to eschew.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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