Holds and pauses popover

Enter the following commands or symbols into the holds and pauses popover to create the different holds and pauses available.

You can open the holds and pauses popover in Write mode in any of the following ways:

Press Shift-H.
Choose Write > Create Hold or Pause.

Type of hold or pause	Popover entry
Fermata	`fermata`
Very long fermata	`fermataverylong`
Long fermata	`fermatalong`
Short fermata	`fermatashort`
Very short fermata	`fermataveryshort`
Short fermata (Henze)	`fermatashorthenze`
Long fermata (Henze)	`fermatalonghenze`
Curlew (Britten)	`curlew`
Caesura	`caesura` or `//`
Thick caesura	`caesurathick`
Curved caesura	`caesuracurved`
Short caesura	`caesurashort`
Breath mark (Comma-like)	`breathmarkcomma`, `comma`, or `,` (comma)
Breath mark (Tick-like)	`breathmarktick`
Breath mark (Upbow-like)	`breathmarkupbow`
Breath mark (Salzedo)	`breathmarksalzedo`

Note

The Curlew mark was originally devised by Benjamin Britten for Curlew River, a parable for church performance inspired by Japanese Noh theater. It indicates that a player should hold a note or a rest until a synchronization point in asynchronous music.