User manual

Table Of Contents
Type of hold or pause Popover entry
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.
RELATED LINKS
Holds and pauses on page 687
Types of fermatas on page 687
Types of caesuras on page 689
Types of breath marks on page 688
Holds and Pauses panel
The Holds and Pauses panel allows you to input all the different types of holds and pauses
available in
Dorico Elements, including alternative versions of fermatas.
You can hide/show the Holds and Pauses panel by clicking Holds and Pauses in the
Notations toolbox on the right of the window in Write mode.
You can also hide/show the panel whose icon is currently selected in the Notations toolbox
by pressing Ctrl/Cmd-9 or clicking the disclosure arrow on the right of the window.
The Holds and Pauses panel contains the following sections:
Fermatas
Breath Marks
Caesuras
Write mode
Notations input
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12