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final note in studies

Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2019-11-21 03:06

Many studies or technical exercises end with an extended, held note. For example, today I played through one of Opperman's Modern Daily Studies Vol II, and after a page of nearly all 16th notes full of finger flipping and unexpected stuff, it ends on a bar containing a whole note with a fermata. Paging quickly through the book reveals that almost all the other studies end in a similar way. Ditto most of Vol. I. Ditto many other technical studies in other books by many authors.

A whole note with a fermata is, what, 6 beats or so? Or maybe it's whatever duration matches the preceding music - except to my ears, that often would be about a quarter note with no fermata. The pieces I'm talking about are probably only used in the practice room, as evidenced by the technical, often formulaic writing. What then is the point of holding the last note for an extended period of time? Does anyone **do** it? In Opperman's case I hesitate to ignore it, and indeed of late I have experimentally been holding these final notes for the "full" value. However, I remain unenlightened by doing so.

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