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I was learning Santa Lucia when I came across a Fermata (bird's eye) over a whole rest. I wasn't sure how to play it. Is it that we have to rest for a little more time, like an eighth/sixteenth more?

It looks something like this:

Fermata over Rest http://www.musicreadingsavant.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Fermata-Definition1-e1333639859756.jpg

Please do help! Thanks in advance!!

I was learning Santa Lucia when I came across a Fermata (bird's eye) over a whole rest. I wasn't sure how to play it. Is it that we have to rest for a little more time, like an eighth/sixteenth more?

It looks something like this:

I was learning Santa Lucia when I came across a Fermata (bird's eye) over a whole bar rest. I wasn't sure how to play it. Is it that we have to rest for a little more time, like an eighth/sixteenth more?

It looks something like this:

Fermata over Rest http://www.musicreadingsavant.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Fermata-Definition1-e1333639859756.jpg

Please do help! Thanks in advance!!

I was learning Santa Lucia when I came across a Fermata (bird's eye) over a whole rest. I wasn't sure how to play it. Is it that we have to rest for a little more time, like an eighth/sixteenth more?

It looks something like this:

Fermata over Rest http://www.musicreadingsavant.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Fermata-Definition1-e1333639859756.jpg

Please do help! Thanks in advance!!