The fact that there's a tutti in a new tempo following the fermata makes it even less likely for players who rest that whole measure to be confused, especially if there's a conductor involved. There's a fermata on beat two, during which the conductor gets the attention of all who are about to come in (probably using the eyes and subtle head movement), then a preparatory beat in the new tempo and everyone's happy. I'm not really arguing against using the dotted half rest (though contrary to what someone else stated, it is absolutely standard practice to avoid dotted half and quarter rests in simple meters), and in fact it may be the superior solution, but I wouldn't anticipate there being a problem using a fermata over a whole rest, either. My 2 cents.
-Lee > > Lee, > > As I said, there's a new tempo immediately following the fermatta. > If the tempo didn't change in the following measure, I would probably > be okay with a fermatta over a whole rest, but that's not the case. > > The resting players need to know what's going on in the measure with > the fermatta so they don't &#ยข% up their entrance in the following > measure (which, as I said, is in a new tempo). But Bill's suggestion > of cue'ing the notes in the resting parts (dotted eighth-sixteenth- > dotted-half w/fermatta) seems a bit fussy to me. > > I'm inclined to think the dotted half rest does the job with maximum > efficiency, nontraditional though it may be. > > - Darcy > ----- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://secretsociety.typepad.com > Brooklyn, NY > > > I appreciate your desire for consistency, but obviously something's > > gotta > > give. Personally, I also always show fermatas in resting parts, > > but I only > > show the exact beat if the fermata doesn't take up the rest of the > > measure; > > i.e., I would show a fermata on beat two in a resting part if the > > regular > > tempo resumed on beat 3 or 4, but in your example I'm quite happy > > to show > > the fermata on a whole rest. I think as long as the regular tempo > > resumes > > immediately following the fermata, it will be completely clear and > > unambiguous to the player. The dotted half rest seems > > unnecessarily fussy > > to me, but I can understand why you would go with it. > > > > Lee Actor > > Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic > > http://www.leeactor.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
