Ornament; - sign for (voice) "BREATH"
Hi Peoples,
Please; - is there a conventional "sign" (maybes as an Articulation or Ornament) that a vocalist is to take a breath?
I have sung for many years; - yet am not aware (or have forgotten!)?
If so ; - where do I find such? Thank you.
John
Comments
I don't know if it is as common in vocal music as in instrument (wind) music, but check the Breaths & Pauses palette, and check out the symbol that looks like a comma (or apostrophe).
In reply to I don't know if it is as… by Marc Sabatella
Hi Marc,
Thank you for your suggestion. The comma may be suitable - but it seems that Breaths & Pauses are all "tied" to the music stave... I wish to insert the sign in just one of multiple lines of lyrics text... & the comma is regularly used in lyrics (where there may not necessarily be a breath).
Whist on the B & P subject - please would someone define the difference between a straight and italic caesura?
this might be a more appropriate sign to use... but it remains "tied" to the music stave and cannot be suitably positioned...
Thank you, John
In reply to Hi Marc, Thank you for your… by Bebbspoke
Quote: I wish to insert the sign in just one of multiple lines of lyrics text...
For symbols inserted into text, you can select a special character (e.g. breath mark) from 'Holds and pauses' found in the 'Musical Symbols tab:
![breath_mark.png]( "breath_mark.png")
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/text-editing#symbols-and-special-char…
In reply to Quote: I wish to insert the… by Jm6stringer
Thank you jm6 - most helpful!
In reply to Thank you jm6 - most helpful! by Bebbspoke
...hmmm - yes; - I can access & use the "Specials" Musical symbols... and apply them in lyric texts...
... but they only appear in the text as "greyed out" and are not reproduced on a score print-out!
Please, is there some semi-hidden box which I've failed to check?
Thank you.
In reply to ...hmmm - yes; - I can… by Bebbspoke
My mistake - there is NO problem...
I was making the "classic" error of reading the wrong stave!