Holds and pauses popover

The table contains the entries for the holds and pauses popover that you can use to input the different holds and pauses available.

You can open the holds and pauses popover in Write mode in any of the following ways when either an item is selected or the caret is active:

Press Shift-H.
In the Notations toolbox, click Popovers , then Holds and Pauses .
Select an existing hold or pause and press Return.
Choose Write > Create Hold or Pause.

The icon on the left-hand side of the popover matches the corresponding button in the Notations toolbox on the right of the window.


Figure 1. Holds and pauses popover with an example entry	Figure 2. Holds and Pauses button in the Notations toolbox

Fermatas


Type of fermata	Popover entry
Fermata	`fer` or `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`

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.

Caesuras


Type of caesura	Popover entry
Caesura	`caes`, `caesura`, or `//`
Thick caesura	`caesurathick`, `thickcaesura`, or `thick//`
Curved caesura	`caesuracurved`, `curvedcaesura`, or `curved//`
Short caesura	`caesurashort`, `shortcaesura`, or `short//`
Single-stroke caesura	`caesurasingle`, `singlecaesura`, or `single//`

Breath marks


Type of breath mark	Popover entry
Breath mark (Comma-like)	`breathmarkcomma`, `comma`, or `,` (comma)
Breath mark (Tick-like)	`breathmarktick`
Breath mark (Upbow-like)	`breathmarkupbow`
Breath mark (Salzedo)	`breathmarksalzedo`