To pause for accompaniment rests or held notes

To specify this effect with the Add SmartMusic Marker plug-in, place the Wait for Note marker on the note you want the accompaniment to resume. The Resume and Reset Tempo marker is added for you automatically. See Wait for Note dialog box. A Wait for Note pause marker can also be used when there is a break or held note in the accompaniment to ensure SmartMusic resumes playback along with the performer (for a rubato or expressive section of the piece for example). Again, the entrance of the accompaniment resumes upon hearing the designated note in the solo line.

To add a pause for accompaniment rests manually with expressions:

1. Enter a ‘Wait for Note On’ marker expression at a point during the rest or held note in the accompaniment.
2. Enter a ‘Resume’ marker expression at the point the accompaniment is to resume. During the performance, when the accompaniment reaches the Wait for Note On marker, SmartMusic begins listening for the pitch under the Resume marker, and does not continue with the accompaniment until that pitch is performed (or the spacebar is struck. Therefore, if the same pitch appears prior to the Resume pitch, enter the Wait for Note marker after the duplicate pitch, or use a Foot Pedal marker instead.
3. Enter a ‘Reset Tempo’ marker expression at the same point as the ‘Resume’ marker. The Reset Tempo marker erases any tempo adjustments SmartMusic acquired from the soloist prior to reaching the Wait for Note On marker. Entering this marker ensures the accompaniment will resume at the tempo specified in the document.

Pause for rests in accompaniment

Pause for held note(s) in accompaniment

In SmartMusic, during the performance of the above examples, the performer will see a message “Waiting for Pitch _” until the designated pitch is performed (and the accompaniment resumes).

Note that the same procedure can be used to pause the accompaniment for cadenzas if the “Resume” note is not performed during the cadenza passage. Simply place the Wait for Note On marker at a point (preferably towards the beginning) of the cadenza. For more information on adding pause markers for cadenzas, see To add markers for cadenzas.

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