fermata for piano L and R hands

[Hector Pascal]

Hi all,
In this piano measure, I am going to put a fermata above the left hand rest (the left hand rest is a Finale default rest). Would that be the correct action?
Cheers,
Hector.

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[MalteM]

Yes (according to my limited experience and Elaine Gould). And I think I’d center the fermata above the quarter rest glyph, not including the dot.

[John Ruggero]

+1

[Hector Pascal]

Many thanks for the advice!

Re the centering of the fermata, I had assumed that Finale's default positioning (which takes the dot of the rest into consideration when positioning the fermata) might have had some time-honoured reason for being, though I suspect otherwise now. Here also is a Henle Scriabin score that centers the fermata as you suggest (ignoring the dot). Looks good to me.

https://www.henle.de/en/detail/?Title=K ... ie%29_1108
(click the "Look Inside" button).

Thanks again

Cheers,
Hector.