Fermata

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Felipe Copaja
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Fermata

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I wonder if in the image attached the fermata placement for the piano part conveys a different musical meaning, as opposed to the (more standard) fermata in the voice staff... any thoughts?

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I’m interested to hear others’ thoughts as well. I’ve seen this numerous times and I could never make sense why a fermata would be placed this way. I would place it like the upper staff does.
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Re: Fermata

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maybe some misguided effort to have the voice avoid doing an a-mennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn rather then an a-meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen?

it's a hand-written score, I'd chalk it up to a writing error.
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It looks theoretically impossible to me. I mean, mathematically impossible.
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Re: Fermata

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OCTO wrote: 11 Aug 2023, 15:39 It looks theoretically impossible to me. I mean, mathematically impossible.
Agreed, but I find it at least weekly in my researches ...
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