They both mean keep going without stopping, but usually in practice attacca means without a pause, as if they were one piece, while segue COULD have a slight pause, even for applause or a performer entry onto the stage, before continuing. There is nothing in the meaning of either word that suggests a pause, but it is the way they are often interpreted.
Funnily enough, outside a music context, segue generally means seamlessly connecting two sections, so it might seem to make sense that there is NO pause. If you want to be certain that the beats are not connected, you might have a caesura (railroad tracks) after the last note of the first section. Christopher On Tue Mar 13, at TuesdayMar 13 4:07 PM, Lee Dengler wrote: > Can anyone explain the difference between the 2 terms - attacca and segue? > Do they mean the same thing or are there subtle differences between them? > Thanks to anyone who can help! > > Lee Dengler > leedeng...@comcast.net > > > > Lee Dengler > Consulting Editor, Jubilate Music > Director, Goshen Community Chorale > Minister of Music, College Mennonite Church > Composer _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
