An example of use is when one want to indicate that the singer way wait (a little) between 2 strophes of a song: then the fermata is on the last bar.
This is what i use. (\ferma : after the last note; \fermb : before the first note) ============ 1 1 4 4 4 4 0 0 1 1 20 0 t ./ \\def\ferma{\sk\off{\beforeruleskip}\loffset{0.5}{\fermataup{8}}\off{-\beforeruleskip}\bsk}\ \\def\fermb{\off{-\afterruleskip}\loffset{0.5}{\fermataup{8}}\off{\afterruleskip}}\ g04 \off{\noteskip}\fermataup7\off{-\noteskip}\ g g g / g04 \ferma\ g g \fermb\ g / ============ Andre ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Raleigh Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Staffan Lundberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [TeX-music] fermata over a barline > On Mon, 07 Oct 2002 19:14:56 Staffan Lundberg wrote: > > Problem: To place a fermata sign over a barline. > > How to solve this in M-Tx? > > > > Staffan Lundberg. > > Why? A fermata extends the time value of a note. > A barline has no time value, but indicates the > first beat. Are you extending the note on the > first beat of the following measure? I didn't > think so. > > I am really curious. Why do you want to > do this, and what it is supposed to mean? DaveA > _______________________________________________ > TeX-music mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://sunsite.dk/mailman/listinfo/tex-music > _______________________________________________ TeX-music mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sunsite.dk/mailman/listinfo/tex-music