>>>>> "Bernard" == Bernard Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bernard> But why would you want to put :: at the end of the tune
Bernard> when :| is correct notation? Do you really want to see a
Bernard> repeat-both-ways barline at the end? I think not.
In modern notation you wouldn't, but if you were trying to make a
transcription look like the original, you might. Early 17th century
music frequently ends with something that looks like a ::.
Bernard> And a fermata over the final bar has no meaning
Bernard> either. You could put it over the final note, but a
Bernard> fermata over a barline means "a pause here" and that has
Bernard> no meaning at the end, I suggest.
Again, this is the modern meaning of fermata, but earlier music does
use it differently.
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