You can change the gap and hold durations of individual fermatas in playback, independently of your project-wide settings. For example, to make a single fermata last longer without changing its notated type.
Prerequisite
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The lower zone is shown.
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Properties
is selected in the lower zone toolbar. -
If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing
is selected in the Engrave toolbox.
Procedure
- Select the fermatas whose playback gap/hold durations you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
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In the Properties panel, activate/deactivate the following properties, individually or together, in the Holds and Pauses group:
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Hold duration %
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Gap duration %
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- Change the values in the value fields.
- Optional: To make the selected fermatas play back without gaps, activate Hold only.
Result
The gap and/or hold durations of the selected fermatas in playback are changed.
Tip
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You can also edit the playback of individual fermatas in the Tempo editor.
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You can change the default playback gap/hold durations of all fermatas project-wide, including setting different values for each type of fermata, in .