Holds and pauses popover
The table contains the entries for the holds and pauses popover that you can use to input the different holds and pauses available.
You can open the holds and pauses popover in Write mode in any of the following ways when either an item is selected or the caret is active:
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Press Shift-H.
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Select an existing hold or pause and press Return.
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Choose
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The icon on the left-hand side of the popover matches the corresponding button in the Notations toolbox on the right of the window.
Type of hold or pause |
Popover entry |
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Fermata |
fer or fermata |
Very long fermata |
fermataverylong |
Long fermata |
fermatalong |
Short fermata |
fermatashort |
Very short fermata |
fermataveryshort |
Short fermata (Henze) |
fermatashorthenze |
Long fermata (Henze) |
fermatalonghenze |
Curlew (Britten) |
curlew |
Caesura |
caesura or // |
Thick caesura |
caesurathick |
Curved caesura |
caesuracurved |
Short caesura |
caesurashort |
Breath mark (Comma-like) |
breathmarkcomma, comma, or , (comma) |
Breath mark (Tick-like) |
breathmarktick |
Breath mark (Upbow-like) |
breathmarkupbow |
Breath mark (Salzedo) |
breathmarksalzedo |
The Curlew mark was originally devised by Benjamin Britten for “Curlew River”, a parable for church performance inspired by Japanese Noh theater. It indicates that a player should hold a note or a rest until a synchronization point in asynchronous music.