Hello Klaus
The convention for a breath mark, as far as I'm aware, is to use a tick
("check" in USA). I first came across this when I was learning recorder at
primary school many years ago, and I still pencil it before long phrases to
this day. I've done several primer books for a particular author on both
brass and woodwind instruments and I've always used this indication. Of
course, the meaning has to be explained in books for beginners.
In Finale I create a new articulation using the tick mark from the Wingdings
I font. I don't assign it any playback effect myself, but you might want to
shorten the duration very slightly. It should certainly not affect the
tempo.
I'm interested to hear what the others say.! :)
Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2012 12:03 AM
Subject: [Finale] Breath marks with no delay of pulse?
Within recent years the delay associated with human playback of breath marks
has been discussed on the list. One lister told that HP interpretes the
other reading of the hanging comma, namely the caesura.
I would like a good suggestion for an alternative articulation useable as
breath mark without alternative interpretations possible by neither human
musicians nor by HP.
Working with re-harmonizing of chorales for choir and wind instruments the
interpunctation of rhythmically offset voices still is pretty clear for the
vocalists alone from the text. However the instrumentalists have very little
chance to read alterations of phrase structures from single line
instrumental parts with no breath marks. I would like breath marks being the
same in score and parts, so adding them to the parts after non-linked
creation of parts is not an option of my preference.
Klaus
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