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

[Cameron Horsburgh]

On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 04:27:54PM -0800, Ted Walther wrote:
> 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.
> 

That's correct. In my experience the beat is temporarily suspended,
and resumes when the music does, and so there is no effect on any
subsequent notes.

I haven't seen anything like what you dexcribe, but I would be
interested to see a copy of the preface you refer to.


> 
> 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
> >>durations explicitly, it messes up the meter and the printed sheet
> >>music.  What would it take to get the fermata to show up in printed
> >>music, but have it do the time-robbing in the MIDI output?
> >>
> >
> >What hymn books do you use? I've been around hymns for a while and
> >I've never seen a fermata mean anything different to what it means
> >everywhere else.
> >
> >Of course, that could just be me.
> >

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