Pause without a pause...
I suppose this is a musical question rather than a Musescore question
I want to sing the last note of a bar to its normal length, pause for a half second, and then start the next bar. How to notate? (and playback, but that's of secondary importance)
I cannot shorten the duration of the note in question.
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Add a pause from the Breaths & Pauses palette. You can set the pause length in the inspector. I think this is the best way for a 1/2 second pause.
In reply to Add a pause from the Breaths… by mike320
But that will extend the note itself (won't it?) by half a second.... I wish to keep the note the same length, and break for half a second after the note has finished.
If I had enough room I'd have normal crotchet, quaver rest, next crotchet
BUT I don't want to actually notate a rest and add half a beat to the bar
I could put a rest with a pause over it but the rest doesn't exist!
Let me add, in English there is a distinction between a rest on a staff rather than a note and a pause which is often referred to as railroad tracks. I'm not sure of your native language but it doesn't appear to be English (at least not American).
In reply to Let me add, in English there… by mike320
I am English, through and through!
In reply to I am English, through and… by Ali Wood
... and railroad sounds quite American to me! 😉
In reply to ... and railroad sounds… by Ali Wood
British English version = "tramlines".
In reply to ... and railroad sounds… by Ali Wood
The joys of being bi-lingual 😉
In reply to The joys of being bi-lingual… by mike320
Or if we are being posh "caesura".
In reply to I am English, through and… by Ali Wood
On the other side of the pond we call silences on the staff (stave in GB) rests and the railroad tracks in the Breaths and Pauses palette either a pause or caesura. They are quite different and a caesura doesn't actually affect measure (bar) duration it is independent of any notes or rests notated in the score.
In reply to On the other side of the… by mike320
OK, so on your side of the pond.... how indeed do I add the silence on the staff - the "rest"... ?
In reply to OK, so on your side of the… by Ali Wood
Got it! Added a caesura to the last note, and Bob's your uncle! Or Sam perhaps?!.....
Thanks for being patient.
In reply to OK, so on your side of the… by Ali Wood
Don't add a rest, add a pause or caesura. Select the note you want the pause to follow. In the advanced workspace open the Breaths & Pauses palette (I just switch to English GB translation to make you it's called that), next click one of the caesuras and it will be added after the selected note. Click the caesura and set the pause duration in the inspector.
Edit: we cross posted but I'll keep this reply in case it helps someone else.
In reply to OK, so on your side of the… by Ali Wood
In the US a rest is the thing you enter on a staff that tells the musician not to play or sing anything for a given number of beats as opposed to a note that tells the musician to play for a given number of beats. That's the only thing that's called a rest in music over here. I suspected you were translating from another language because some languages use the word pause for a rest. I deal a lot with British musicians in my daily activities and this has never arisen as a point of confusion before, probably more because they're aware than I'm American.
In reply to In the US a rest is the… by mike320
"In the US a rest is the thing you enter on a staff that tells the musician not to play or sing anything for a given number of beats "
... and it's just the same in the UK!
Except we call it a minim rest, a crotchet rest, a quaver rest or a semiquaver rest - just to be awkward.
In reply to "In the US a rest is the… by DanielR
That's what I thought but doubts were raised.
In reply to That's what I thought but… by mike320
I was causing confusion, because we in GB often call a fermata a "pause".
In the attached example Example Pause.mscz the second minim lasts 3 beats (=seconds) because the fermata is 1.50, and the caesura "pauses" for2 seconds! Good!
In reply to I was causing confusion,… by Ali Wood
' ... we in GB often call a fermata a "pause" '
Yes, that's what I was taught in school long ago... and informally I still use the word "pause" in preference to "fermata" [EDIT] except on music forums!
In reply to 'we in GB often call a… by DanielR
Pause is what we had in school, between lessons ;-)
In reply to Pause is what we had in… by Jojo-Schmitz
Pause is wot cats and dogs 'ave...
In reply to Pause is wot cats and dogs … by Ali Wood
Perhaps we should have a EN(GB) forum so we don't need to translate.
In reply to Perhaps we should have a EN… by SteveBlower
Are you really trying to tell those that speak the original language that they should move to a subforum because they need to speak proper English ? :-p
In reply to Are you really trying to… by jeetee
You don't expect to move the Americans into a sub-forum do you? ;-)
In reply to Are you really trying to… by jeetee
"The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language."
-- G. B. Shaw (who also wrote some dandy music criticsm.)
In reply to "The United States and Great… by wfazekas1
Ah, thanks, finally I learned from whom that citation is. I so far had attributed it it to a (former) workmate.