Re: "Hymn template" snippet

[Dan Eble]

On Aug 9, 2022, at 08:26, Kieren MacMillan <kieren@kierenmacmillan.info> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> The big difference, in my mind — as composer, arranger, conductor, and 
> performer — is that a caesura is generally longer than a comma/breath, and 
> intentionally interrupts the flow of the overall line, whereas the 
> comma/breath usually doesn't (or at least doesn't in as dramatic a manner).
> 
> In musical theatre scores, the caesura is used almost exclusively when the 
> music completely stops and is restarted ‘from silence’ in the next phrase — 
> indeed, the caesura is quite often coupled with a fermata — whereas the 
> comma/breath is really only used in situations where the singer/performer 
> literally needs a little time to phrase off (either for dramatic or 
> technical/breathing purposes) but the music [in the accompaniment] basically 
> continues unbroken.
> 
> Hope that helps add useful context!
> Kieren.

Thanks.  Those are the intended semantics of the \breathe and \caesura commands 
in the code that is under development.
—
Dan