Definitions for fermata

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fermata fer·ma·ta

Spelling: [fer-mah-tuh; Italian fer-m

IPA: /fɛrˈmɑ tə; Italian fɛrˈmɑ tɑ/

Fermata is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 179 anagrams from letters in fermata (aaefmrt).

Definitions for fermata

noun

1. the sustaining of a note, chord, or rest for a duration longer than the indicated time value, with the length of the extension at the performer's discretion.
2. a symbol placed over a note, chord, or rest indicating a fermata.

Origin of fermata

1875-80; Italian: stop, pause, noun use of feminine of past participle of fermare to stop Latin firmāre to make firm. See firm¹, Examples for fermata

A fermata in the middle of a movement does not constitute a break, neither need it at the end.

Dr. Deiters thought that Ries confounded the last with the first movement, in which the clarinet enters after a fermata.

In the case of a hold (fermata), the movement for the cut-off depends upon the nature of what follows.

He bounced around between bands for a while before joining a band named fermata as a bassist.