Hi. I am working on a cadenza passage for a fully orchestrated score which has a number of Holds and Pauses for the Solo instrument.
Does anyone know how to make it so that these Holds and Pauses are not visible on all the other instrument staves that are not playing? I have those staves set up with custom “Cadenza (Tacet)” markings, therefore the Holds and Pauses are not needed or desired in the taceting staves.
Thanks
Dennis
Hello, and welcome to the forum.
For this environment it makes sense to create a fermata Playing Technique with the fermata glyph and apply it in your solo part, where needed.
Also, I would be interested in the difference between Holds and Pauses.
“Holds and Pauses” is the term Dorico uses for that notation category.
I suppose a Caesura or breathmark is a pause, rather than a hold.
Thanks Ben, actually I am using this popover quite regularly: Shift-H then f e r Enter.
And “Hold” is, how I remember the popover shortcut…
I think the solution depends on the particular cadenza… If it is a multi-bar candenza, you would probably use an open bar for everyone except the soloist. If it is a single bar cadenza, which is best notated as a single tuplet, multiple pauses will not show in the silent parts.
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A fermatta is a hold. It directs the players to keep the sound going on a specific note for an undefined amount of time (ex. until the conductor directs you to cut off or carry on). A caesura is a pause or cutoff (no sound) for an unspecified amount of time (ex. when the conductor directs you to continue on.
Hmm. Interesting.
This cadenza is set up as multiple open measures for both soloist and accompaniment because there are times where it is a true cadenza (soloist only) and times where it is quasi-cadenza because the wind orchestra accompaniment supplies background shot notes etc.
Sounds like KB’s suggestion would work if it doesn’t show on silent player parts.
Thank you for you reply! Can you tell me how to do this? I’m new to dorico
This page in the Operation Manual should give you a good starting point: