User Manual
10.27
Breath Mark
You place breath marks at locations in your score where you want a break and a pause,
often shorter than the duration of a caesura. If you complete steps 5 through 7, below,
Notion playback will read and hold the breath mark to your time specication.
1. Ensure you are in Edit mode.
2. To place this mark on your Music Cursor either:
> Press the 9 key four times, or
> In the Entry Palette, hover over the third pane from the right and click the symbol
in the pop-up menu.
» This symbol appears on your Music Cursor.
3. Position the Music Cursor at a point where you want a break and a pause. This can be anywhere in the score for a
break when you play a score, but must be in the NTempo sta for a break when you perform a score.
4. Click your mouse or press Enter.
» Notion adds the mark to your score above the sta. If you only need the marking for musicians to read on your
score (and not be interpreted during playback) then you are nished with this procedure.
5. To have Notion play your breath mark, you need to inform the software how long you want the break to last.
Double-click the breath mark you added to the score.
» A temporary text box appears, with the default setting of zero quarter note beats (zero equals no change to
written note values).
6. Clarify how long you want the break to last in playback. Either simply replace the zero with the number of quarter
note beats for the break, or replace the zero plus replace the “quarter notes “ with a longer (such as “half notes”) or
shorter (such as “eighth notes”) value as the basis for the count.
7. Either click anywhere in the score area away from the text box or press Enter.