The last measure of a song I’m working on has no meter, just note duration. I need it to be played with no pedal. How do I notate the score to show this?
I think you might have a text item that says “senza pedale” or “senza ped.”
I also found this that might be helpful…
opened 03:09PM - 07 Aug 15 UTC
Requested by Alexander Plötz:
> "In my apparently never-ending crusade to reinv… ent piano pedaling convention, I'd like to make a suggestion for two new stylized symbols for "con pedale" and "senza Pedale" (see the attachments for my utterly crude mock-ups, which, typographically, are in no way what I have in mind; but since my go-to font guy is too busy at the moment, I had to go full MS Paint again). In answer to your legitimate question of "Huh?!": the need arose from the request of a composer/pianist colleague of mine, who prefers in his works a general "con pedale" instead of the usual highly detailed pedaling instructions often found in contemporary piano music. However, he also switches very frequently between such "con pedale" sections and sections without any use of the pedals, often several times on a single system. In that context the old convention of stating general pedal instructions in plain text becomes problematic, since unstylized text tends to be read as much more generalized indications (which is in fact how the conventional use of "con pedale" works), while increasing the size for those indications (to make them more conspicuous) is not only typographically questionable, but also comes with new problems in the often cramped conditions of sophisticated piano music. The proposed solution would allow to elevate, if needed, "con pedale" and "senza pedale" from the "secondary" plain text indication to the more direct "primary" level of musical symbols, thus closing a gap in contemporary piano notation."
Hello David26, Dorico for iPad doesn’t provide that as an option. I tried using one of the provided “senza” options and modifying it in the pop-up box, but Dorico stubbornly refused to accept my brilliant idea.
I’ll have to work on setting a new Keyboard Technique. I use these a lot and learn new ones daily, but I’ve never created one. It’s been on my list for too long. This seems a good time to explore how it works.