> From: Darcy James Argue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:38:25 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Finale] Fermattas in resting parts > > A minor dilemma: > > 1) Whenever there is a fermatta, I like to indicate it in resting > parts as well (breaking multimeasure rests if necessary). I also like > to indicate the beat the fermatta falls on (in the resting parts as > well) -- so if the fermatta is on beat four, the resting parts won't > just have a whole rest with a fermatta, they will have a whole rest, > a quarter rest, and then a fermatta'd quarter rest.
Enter actual rests in the resting parts and apply the fermata to the target rest. Multimeasure rests will be broken for that measure, and it will be clear as a bell to the resting player, especially appreciated by orchestral percussion players. > > 2) I don't like to use dotted rests except in compound meters. That would depend on the rhythmic pattern being played elsewhere. For example, dotted-quarter/eighth repeated patterns are much more clearly indicated with a dotted quarter rest then a quarter/eighth. > > 3) But in 4/4, if the fermatta'd note is a dotted half note on beat > 2 and then there are a lot of instruments making entrances in a new > tempo on beat 1 of the following measure it seems like a dotted half > rest w/fermatta might be the best solution in this case? It depends on where the upbeat to the next measure is and what is going on with that upbeat. Always allow some clear representation of what the upbeat is (and what's going on with it) with either a note or a rest. Bill Duncan _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
