At 10:11 PM +0100 11/16/08, dc wrote:
John Howell écrit:
Of course. Otherwise everyone whose part is
silent won't know that there's a fermata, will
barge right ahead, and will then write in the
fermata you left out while cursing you under
their breath!
Well, I should have added that this is for early
music, and only a few vocal parts and basso
continuo. Everyone plays or sings from the
score. I'm willing to add them if that's the
kosher thing to do, but I don't think there's
any risk of anyone barging ahead.
Ah, that's quite different. What I would expect
to see, if playing from score, is a single
fermata over the barline (if that's where it
belongs, of course). If it is on a rest,
however, my personal decision would be to
duplicate it on all lines of the score. I would
not expect someone reading off the bottom line to
automatically search the top line for a fermata.
John
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