At 5:37 PM -0400 6/14/09, David W. Fenton wrote:
I've always wondered why the default fermata articulation has over/under definitions. I've never seen a score that puts the fermata anywhere but OVER the staff, and always have to change this when I end up with a file that uses the defaults.
An under-fermata is often needed in divisi parts or otherwise combined parts. This is covered in Roemer, p. 29 (and given as the ONLY time they should be used). I should think that they're also needed from time to time in complex keyboard notation.
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