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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| placement | No | The vertical placement of this fermata's symbol with respect to the staff. If unspecified, the default value is "auto". |
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| up, down or auto | No | The direction that this fermata symbol points. For example: a standard fermata above the staff should have the value "up". If unspecified, the default value is "auto". In this case, consuming applications should consult "placement" (if provided) to determine pointing direction. |
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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"