On Dec 14, 2005, at 7:38 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
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?
Regardless of the note value to which it is applied, a fermata actually represents an unmetered *extension* of the note: it doesn't take effect until the notated value has been completed. If one instrument plays two half notes with a fermata on the last, and another instrument at the same time plays 8 sixteenth notes with a fermata on the last, the fermata for both begins simultaneously, when the normal durations are completed, and likewise ends simultaneously.
In a very real sense, then, it doesn't matter what value rest you put the fermata on in a resting part, as long as that note value *ends* at the same point where the actually-played notes do--because that's where the fermata's effect actually begins.
Therefore, if a fermata is applied to the last note in a measure, there is absolutely no need to notate special rests in a resting part. In such a case, a fermata over the default whole rest will convey every bit of information that the fermata contains, viz: "the beat is to be suspended ad lib. at the end of this measure."
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