Phrase break question. 2009-03-02 01:52 am I am looking for a way to insert a phrase break in the staff. In my nomenclature a phrase break in a vocal staff looks like this // (two slash marks). Quote Selected
Re: Phrase break question. Reply #1 – 2009-03-02 02:24 am Put two slash marks in as text.It is called a "cæsura". It should start on the fourth line from the bottom of the staff. Quote Selected
Re: Phrase break question. Reply #2 – 2009-03-02 05:35 am Thanks again. I was a vocal major, but never heard that term. I never stop learning.Thom Quote Selected
Re: Phrase break question. Reply #3 – 2009-03-02 09:34 am "Cæsura" is the original latin spelling.The most often used spelling I saw is the italian "cesura".By the way: the actual sound is the same, unless you use the German latin reading: "ka-esura"... Quote Selected
Re: Phrase break question. Reply #4 – 2009-03-03 09:15 am ...I've had conductors call a cæsura "railway tracks" -- the fermata "the pig's eye"--the coda sign "the gunsight" Quote Selected
Re: Phrase break question. Reply #5 – 2009-03-03 01:08 pm Well, in Italy the "fermata" (that, by the way, is itself Italian and means "stop") is called "corona", that means "crown". Quote Selected