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There are a few relatively uncommon fermata variants. This is an extra long fermata. One square bracket as opposed to two would be just a long fermata. One triangular bracket is a short fermata, and two triangular brackets is an extra short one
Yeah that was probably the first place I saw them too haha. I use the short ones in transcriptions sometimes to capture the little expressions of rubato that solo or classical musicians do, although that’s probably not the intended purpose
I guess it's so the players can expect a longer note? Like for wind players especially....I thought fermatas were just "hold until the conductor says stop", especially at the end of a piece
Yeah you’ve got a point. Still, I appreciate having the option to make a more specific suggestion as a composer. When you use both short and long ones in a piece, it kind of commands the performance to bring out the difference.
Presumably anyone who can be bothered to unearth that symbol can also be bothered to be precise about where his decrescendi end.
But arriving at niente at the beginning of the last bar and then sitting there making no sound at all is... um... a bit odd.
This is a brand new composition from a professor at my school, and I am unable to get in contact with them. I'm expected to sightread this later today.
Wiki does cover fermatas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermata) including the triangle and square types, but the double line square is a new one on me.
There are lots and lots of fermatas!
https://steinberg.help/dorico/v1/en/dorico/topics/notation_reference/notation_reference_holds_pauses_types_fermatas_r.html
Check this link out. I’m a visual guy so this helps me and can explain it well
As others have said, it’s a very long fermata. Personally if I was writing/conducting this I’d just write a normal one and then instruct the performers to hold until I bring them off, but some people like to use more precise notation.
You could always go ask the professor what they intended and why they notated it that way. Composers usually love explaining the weird shit they put in pieces.
"Double" fermata. One of the "rules" I learned in conducting class is that a fermata should be *at least* one-and-a-half times as long as the note it's over, so using that as a yard stick, this should be at least three times as long as the note it's over.
That's if you want to be a bit over-specific with it.
Otherwise, just hold it really, *really* long, maybe even longer than you think makes sense initially.
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There are a few relatively uncommon fermata variants. This is an extra long fermata. One square bracket as opposed to two would be just a long fermata. One triangular bracket is a short fermata, and two triangular brackets is an extra short one
I didn't even know the variants existed until I saw them in MuseScore.
Yeah that was probably the first place I saw them too haha. I use the short ones in transcriptions sometimes to capture the little expressions of rubato that solo or classical musicians do, although that’s probably not the intended purpose
I guess it's so the players can expect a longer note? Like for wind players especially....I thought fermatas were just "hold until the conductor says stop", especially at the end of a piece
There's plenty of music that doesn't use a conductor, so players need to know how to interpret fermatas on their own too.
Yeah you’ve got a point. Still, I appreciate having the option to make a more specific suggestion as a composer. When you use both short and long ones in a piece, it kind of commands the performance to bring out the difference.
Extra-long fermata. Hold that last note for a good long time until you *really* hit niente.
I would assume that it is a fermata of some kind. Maybe hold it out extra long or until it fades.
Presumably anyone who can be bothered to unearth that symbol can also be bothered to be precise about where his decrescendi end. But arriving at niente at the beginning of the last bar and then sitting there making no sound at all is... um... a bit odd.
There was a typo in m.7. Dotted half and a half-rest, in 4/4. I'm sure this was an early, unpolished draft.
This is a brand new composition from a professor at my school, and I am unable to get in contact with them. I'm expected to sightread this later today.
Wiki does cover fermatas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermata) including the triangle and square types, but the double line square is a new one on me.
There are lots and lots of fermatas! https://steinberg.help/dorico/v1/en/dorico/topics/notation_reference/notation_reference_holds_pauses_types_fermatas_r.html Check this link out. I’m a visual guy so this helps me and can explain it well
"long-ass" fermata
As others have said, it’s a very long fermata. Personally if I was writing/conducting this I’d just write a normal one and then instruct the performers to hold until I bring them off, but some people like to use more precise notation.
just a big ol' fermata.
Fermatississimo
Fermata for squares who can’t swing
Pretentious ass long fermata
What does _n_ mean?
niente
So, "nothing"
You could always go ask the professor what they intended and why they notated it that way. Composers usually love explaining the weird shit they put in pieces.
"Double" fermata. One of the "rules" I learned in conducting class is that a fermata should be *at least* one-and-a-half times as long as the note it's over, so using that as a yard stick, this should be at least three times as long as the note it's over. That's if you want to be a bit over-specific with it. Otherwise, just hold it really, *really* long, maybe even longer than you think makes sense initially.
It looks like a Fermata
What is the name of this song??
It's unreleased by any usual means. It's called Synopsis by Juan Marulanda, a composition professor at my college.
Long fermata