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.

  • 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

Type of hold or pause

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

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.