Re: making fermata effect the MIDI output? tempo along bezier curves?

[Ted Walther]

I just looked through the prefatory material in the Sacred Harp and
couldn't find the reference to "robbing" the next note of some time in a
fermata.  I must have read it somewhere else.  I remembered it clearly
because it did use the word "robbing".

That said, is there a way for the fermata to hold the note for some
extra time in the MIDI output?

Ted

On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 01:10:07AM +0000, Carl Sorensen wrote:
> Ted Walther <ted <at> reactor-core.org> writes:
>
> > I am using the description of the fermata in the "Sacred Harp" hymnal,
> > first published in 1844, now in the 1991 Denson edition.  In the preface
> > it clearly describes the meaning of the fermata mark, the dot with a
> > semicircle around it.  Also in all the hymnals I've seen, the fermata
> > marks means to hold the note longer.
> >
> > Ted
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 10:12:37AM +1100, Cameron Horsburgh wrote:
> > >On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 03:01:04PM -0800, Ted Walther wrote:
> > >> When you see fermata in hymns, it almost always means "hold the note
> > >> longer, robbing the next note of some duration".  If you do the
>
> I think it's the "robbing the next note of some duration" part that I disagree
> with. My experience is that a fermata has no effect on the following note. From
> wikipedia,
>
> "A fermata (or hold or pause) is an element of musical notation indicating that
> the note should be sustained for longer than its note value would indicate.
> Exactly how much longer it is held is up to the discretion of the performer, but
> twice as long is not unusual. It is usually printed above, but occasionally
> below (upside down), the note that is to be held longer. Occasionally holds are
> also printed above rests or barlines, indicating a pause of indefinite 
> duration."
>
> Note that this also talks about the fermata above barline topic that we had a
> bit earlier.
>
> Carl 
>
>
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