Is there a notation for "accompaniment pauses/resumes"?
I have a lead sheet where there are stops in the rhythm section but the melody and time continue (loco). The pause could be until the end of the bar or perhaps several bars so it would be need something like pause/resume symbols applied only to instruments not playing/singing the melody.
Or would a caesura be used for this, applied over each beat in the chart where accompaniment doesn't play?
I've used the literal "band stop" / "band resume" for this but it looks awkward and is almost certainly not standard notation.
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For a jazz lead sheet the term is "break". And if the there is a double barline where the rhytm section should start playing again, you mostly don't need to write anything since this would be the assumption of the players. Otherwise, use the word "play" to indicate where to start play again.
In reply to For a jazz lead sheet the… by AndreasKågedal
I'm an Arranging/Comp grad from Berklee and I've gotta say that's new to me. Thanks.
In reply to I'm an Arranging/Comp grad… by steve@manes.nyc
Then how would you do it? With your credentials, you are probably the most likely person to have a definitive answer.
Personally, I would have expected just rests, but OP seems to want something other than that *shrug*
In reply to Then how would you do it? I… by TheHutch
TMK, there is no classic notation for it. I was mostly just asking for confirmation of that. Andreas set me in a good direction. I used a Staff break with the word "BREAK" and a bracket to indicate "don't play here".