- A rest or fermata.
Also
[Eng.] hold or
[Eng.] bird's eye;
[Fr.] pauses or
[Fr.] point d'orgue;
[Ger.] Fermate;
[It.] fermata or
[It.] pause or
[It.] corona;
[Sp.] fermata or
[Sp.] calderón or
[Sp.] 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.
Also [Eng.] Breath mark; [Fr.] pauses; [Ger.] Luftpause; [Ger.] Luftpausen; [It.] pause.
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- [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.
