Positioning fermatas on barlines

Dorico Pro Help

Product
Dorico Pro
Version
4.3
Language
English
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Webhelp
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You can position individual fermatas over a barline instead of over a note to indicate a gap before the start of the following bar.

Note

Fermatas cannot be positioned on barlines if Max. fermatas per staff is also activated.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing Graphic Editing button is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Procedure

  1. Select the fermatas you want to position over barlines. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Attach to barline in the Holds and Pauses group.

Result

The selected fermatas are positioned above the barline at the end of the bars they were in originally, appearing only above staves that are not joined by the barline. Depending on the instrumentation, this may mean they only appear at the top of the system.

Deactivating Attach to barline returns the selected fermatas to their default positions.

Example

Fermata input on last quarter note in the bar
Fermata positioned on barline