On 14 Nov 2005 at 22:49, Mark D Lew wrote: > On Nov 14, 2005, at 8:54 AM, John Howell wrote: > > > 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. > > That matches my interpretation as well. I agree that it would be nice > for Finale to implement this. I understand that the idea of time > existing outside of a measure element goes against its data structure, > but they could still invent some sort of tag-on to accommodate it.
Conceptually, a fermata should be an articulation, since it applies only to the note it's attached to, and does not change the performance parameter it affects permanently. If articulations could affect tempo, you could set one up to change the tempo for the duration of the not it's attached to. If you needed space, you'd have to shorten the note somehow, but articulations should be the way to implement a real fermata. Of course, that doesn't help for the over-the-barline fermata. In that case, I agree that a hidden measure is the best way to go. > Lacking that, a plug-in could be devised that would automate one of > the procedures outlined in this thread. HP interprets fermatas, but it doesn't it in a way that is really *wrong*, in my opinion. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
