The fermata object
Type: Dictionary
Represents a fermata. All attributes are optional.
Attributes
| Name | Type | Required? | Description |
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| fermata duration | No | The duration of the fermata's pause. This is intentionally open-ended, as opposed to specifying precise amounts of time. We expect consuming applications will have their own internal mappings of how long a "normal" fermata should last versus a "long" one, etc. If unspecified, the default value is "auto". |
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| fermata orientation | No | The visual orientation of this fermata's symbol. If unspecified, the default value is "auto". |
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| fermata symbol | No | The visual symbol to use for this fermata. (Note: this is deliberately not a SMuFL glyph name because that would be a bit too low-level. There are multiple glyphs for the same "symbol", such as the upside-down version of each fermata gyph.) If unspecified, the default value is "normal". |
Plus globally available attributes: _c, _x, id
Parent objects
This object is used by the following parent objects:
- event: "fermata"
- full measure rest: "fermata"
- measure global: "fermata"