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I'm writing a piano piece, for most of which I would like to use a blanket con pedale instead of marking pedals for each measure. However, at exactly one point, there are two nonconsecutive measures which should not be sustained, like this:
What is the proper way to notate the absence of pedal for these two measures, while still making clear that all the surrounding material should be pedaled at the player's discretion?
The first non-pedaled measure can be marked senza ped., the next measure can use either a standard pedal indication as in the question image or con ped., and then another senza ped. for the other non-pedaled measure. After that, con ped. will serve.
