- A rest or fermata.
See also [Fr.] pauses or point d'orgue,
[Ger.] Fermate,
[It.] fermata or pause or corona,
[Sp.] fermata or calderón or corona.
- A general category of performance marks that includes the fermata (or hold), the generalpause (from the German Grosse Pause), the long pause (from the Italian lunga pausa, the breath mark (or [Fr.] pauses, [Ger.] pauses, [It.] pause, and the caesura (or railroad tracks).
- [Ger.] A breath mark marking in the composition (notated by an apostrophe above the staff) to indicate a break in the musical line to allow the performer to breathe.
- [Fr.] The French term for whole rest (see image below).
See also
[Am.] Whole rest,
[Br.] Semibreve rest,
[Ger.] Ganze Pause,
[It.] Pausa di semibreve,
[Sp.] Pausas de Redonda.
