Re: Fermata on final double bar

[Thomas Frank]

Fermatas over and under the last bar in a (conductors-) score have kind of the 
opposite meaning of 'attacca' in the scores where I have seen it. At least it 
marks the end of a logical musical theme/temper, typically at the end of a 
movement.

My solution looks like this:

endFermata =
#(define-music-function (parser location align)
                        (number?)
    #{
        \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'extra-offset = #(cons $align 0)
        \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'break-visibility = 
#begin-of-line-invisible
        \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'X-extent = #'(0 . 0)
        \mark \fermataMarkup
    #})

and then say '\endFermata #0.5' after the last bar. The number defines an 
x-shift to place it properly over the last bar-line.

Sad enough, it seems, there is no way to put this over AND under the last bar, 
because you can not place more than one mark-command at the same position.
(right??)

hope this helps
Thomas

> I am trying to typeset a piece of music that has a fermata above and below
> the final double barline.  I have come across the \mark command in the
> manual, but am having difficulty getting it to work when there are no notes
> after it. Does anyone have any hints on how to typeset this?  Does anyone
> have any idea what this means musically, i.e. maybe I'll just typeset the
> fermata over the final note!
>
> Thanks in advance
> Jonathan
>
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