The fermata needs to be positioned where it’s indicated, but when I input it, it connects above and below and attaches to the note. Since I’m working on parts, it naturally appears on the note. In this case, how can I separate it?
Other instruments move together as well.
Your screenshot shows that you entered the fermata on the 3d beat. If you want it to appear on the 2nd beat, enter it on the second beat (either in the soprano, or violin or viola staff).
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I’m not sure what you want to hear from the players here.
You want the soprano to hold the rest on the second beat, but the violin to play the second beat at normal tempo. So you want to have a gap between the end on the second beat of the violin and the third beat of the soprano?
Wouldn’t a caesura be more clear?
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What you want is a rather common situation, one that is not automatically possible with Dorico. The fermata will always be positioned automatically at the “same rhythmical spot”. Whenever I need this type of fermata (usually right before some kind of candenza), I either use a playing technique version of fermata (I need to put one on every playing instrument) everywhere, or only on the soprano, the others being real fermatas with the holds and pause tool. But then, the extra fermata on the third beat of the soprano is simply moved out of the page in Engrave mode. What I do not like with this workaround is that, should the layout move, that femata moved out of the way could reappear on a very weird spot of the page, which is something I really would not want (especially because I might not see it! and would probably cause problems during the rehearsal, or worse…)
[Edit] @TonH is right, but the fermata thing is really very common (at least in vocal scores, opera…)
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When I place it on the 2nd beat, it appears on the 2nd beat for all instruments. I want it to appear on the 2nd beat only for the soprano. Is there a way to do that?
Yes, thanks to @MarcLarcher I eventually understood what you were looking for. As he’s saying, the best way is to create a Playing Technique:
Or:
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here seems to be no way other than manually entering it using Playing Technique.
Thanks. @charles_piano @Vadian @MarcLarcher @TonH
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