Breath Mark and Fermata on a Single Note

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If a note already has a breath mark, adding a fermata to it works however the fermata sign on this note will not be displayed. (if the piece is for multiple instruments, fermata appears on other staves).

It would be great if you can make it so that both fermata and breath marks can be attached AND displayed to a single note. The reason is that a composer might want to indicate a short pause/breath after a fermata. I know that there are work arounds to achieve this but it would be nice if Dorico could by default do this.


Thanks

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This is indeed something that a few others have remarked in the past as well; there is a relatively easy workaround in the meantime: simply pull up the caret and advance by an 8th or 16th and put the fermata there. As long as they are one rhythmic unit apart (no matter how small) then you can display them both.

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Thank you, that is probably the most elegant workaround! Hope this will be supported out of the box soon.

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I’ve just stumbled across this little oddity myself. I imagine it’s an incredibly common notational combination and am curious as to why it’s not actually achievable without a workaround…

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2024 here and this is still an issue?

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Yes, but the team has been pulled a million directions by steinberg corporate, and dev time is limited. That said, there’s an easy fix: add the fermata, and then nudge the caret forward by a tiny amount (change the grid value to 32nd or something) and then you can add the breathmark there. The two things cannot coincide at the same rhythmic grid position, but they can be added sequentially in extremely close proximity.