On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 10:32 PM Kieren MacMillan < kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hi Paolo, > > > I don't understand what you mean exactly, in the choral pieces. > > A cappella choral pieces don’t include piano music, and therefore don’t > include any piano pedal markings, and therefore don’t use or need the > feature you’re describing — therefore, they are one of the [uncountable!] > number of scores that are counterexamples to your claim that this feature > is "an essential feature for any score". > > Hi Kieren, This observation is pleonastic. When I wrote "any score" I intended the context of the thread (cuationary pedals on brackets). Words must always be interpreted on the basis of what the context suggests. > > I would estimate that I see cautionary markings in less than 50% of the > [professional, published] scores in which the only pedal used is the > sustain pedal. And of course, if no pedal brackets are used (e.g., if the > piece simply states "Ped ad lib." or something similar), the feature you > describe is again unnecessary/unessential. > > Of course the thread was about a cautionary pedal on a bracket, as the snippets show, and I am not aware of scores that do not use it. Could you point out some of them? (In any case it would be a *really* bad editorial practice) Best, P
