Re: In wait for a subsequent word (sorry how can I put it)?

[Brian Barker]

At 09:05 07/09/2014 -0700, Vincenzo Auer wrote:
> ... I usually (is it right?), as in your example, write "Sanc __tus" 
> and if "tus" must be sung for say other four notes I do not add 
> anything after "tus". But it could be miserunderstooding for who 
> plays the score. But I wonder if there is a RULE for those situations.

Yes. Elaine Gould (Behind Bars, page 447) says: "An extender, a line 
of stave-line thickness, follows a final syllable or monosyllabic 
word that extends beyond one written note, including a tied note. The 
line extends to the last written note, but not to the end of the 
duration. Any punctuation goes at the end of the word, before the 
extender" and "No extender is needed where a syllable occupies the 
length of its written duration ...".

Brian Barker