If you add SmartMusic Markers manually with the Expression tool (instead of the Add SmartMusic Markers utility), at least two markers are required to properly define a pause; a marker that indicates the point at which the accompaniment should pause (Wait for Note, Wait for End of Note, or Wait for Foot Pedal) and a marker that indicates the point at which the accompaniment should resume (Resume). A third marker, Reset Tempo, should be added at the same point as each Resume marker to tell SmartMusic to resume at the tempo defined in the document (eliminating any tempo changes added by SmartMusic’s Intelligent Accompaniment feature). If you have used the Add SmartMusic Marker dialog box, you may have noticed Finale automatically places the ‘Wait for...’ expression on the note prior to the point defined in the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box. Actually, the ‘Wait for...’ need only precede the ‘Resume’ by a tiny increment because there is almost never a need to pause the accompaniment at a musically significant point prior to the resume point (as the accompaniment would be resting or holding anyway).
As shown in the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box, there are three ways SmartMusic can be ‘cued’ to resume an accompaniment; upon hearing a pitch (Wait for Note On), upon hearing the cutoff of a pitch (Wait for End of Note), or upon receiving a foot pedal message (Wait for Foot Pedal). The cue SmartMusic ‘waits for’ depends on the marker used to indicate the point at which the accompaniment should pause. The same marker, Resume, is always used to indicate the point at which the accompaniment should resume. Like any expression defined for playback, SmartMusic Marker expressions apply to the note they are attached to or the horizontal placement within the measure. Specific placement recommendations are explained below under To add pause markers for ritardandos or rallentandos, To pause for accompaniment rests or held notes, and To add pause markers for fermatas.
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