Re: Piano pedalling in (conductor) scores

[Kira Garvie]

Well, someone has to put that info in. If it’s for a whole section, either it’s the composer or the orchestra librarian. Who cares of the conductor changes it, that’s their choice. 

 If it’s for a single player like a keyboardist, I would be inclined to leave more open to the player - I am a keyboardist with relatively small hands, and many times I physically can’t do the fingerings the composer puts in, and so printed fingerings do clutter the score when I have to just cross them out.😁 Also, pedaling may change based on the acoustics of the room… 

El El lun, may. 30, 2022 a la(s) 9:27 a.m., David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> escribió:

Kieren MacMillan <kieren@kierenmacmillan.info> writes:

> Hi David,
>
>> I disagree.  There is no point in cluttering the conductor's part with
>> stuff like fingerings (only relevant to the player) and bowing
>> directions (section leader material).
>
> Actually, we agree completely: I believe there’s no point in
> cluttering performers’ parts with fingerings (ever) or bowing
> directions (almost ever).  ;)

It's a matter of efficiency for sections expected to sightread large
parts of their material to work with performance-ready information even
if it results from arbitrary choices.

--
David Kastrup