pedaling during a fermata

[communist]

when there is a fermata are you supposed to pedal on the previous not so the sound rings or do you just not pedal?

thanks ahead

[imbetter]

I actually just had a debate about this with my teacher today it depends on the particular occasion and it also depends on how you interpret it

[Bob]

Use the pedal if you can so it sounds wetter but not blurred from a previous note.  But it always depends on the piece too.

[rachfan]

If the fermata is in the coda and appears over a rest, that means that the composer wants you to "play" the rest for the audience.  You probably know how to do that.

[mike_lang]

If the fermata is in the coda and appears over a rest, that means that the composer wants you to "play" the rest for the audience.  You probably know how to do that.

Yes, I believe in this case that the rest lasts for, more or less, 273 seconds.