would therefore be held up to the beginning of the fourth beat, i.e., until one is on the point of counting four; a final
, until the beginning of the first beat of the following measure. It is because of carelessness or ignorance on this point that composers now sometimes resort to such devices as
to show that the final tone has four full beats. In such a case, the ending
means exactly the same thing as
, the tone being released precisely on one of the following measure, in either case.
THE HOLD