Re: caesura but not as a breath mark

[Hans Aikema]

On 14-1-2012 0:54, Tim Reeves wrote:
> <...>
> So, just like the answer to the almost identical question about breath
> marks asked by someone else just a few hours ago, then? :-)
>
> Thanks, Hans.
>
> To be honest, I think it should be possible without using a breath mark,
> since a "railroad tracks" is not really a "breath".
>
>
> Tim
> .
I think it depends on ones point of view; one could argue that a 
breathing-mark shows a musician where a very short pause is allowed in 
the music in order to breathe whereas the caesura signals an intentional 
silent pause in the music.

regards,
Hans