Speed in adding fingering

By Vidas Pinkevicius (get free updates of new posts here)​​​​​​

I've been experimenting with adding fingering and pedaling for some pieces I've been playing lately.

Everybody will agree, it's such a tedious job.

Not necessarily figuring out the fingering and pedaling.

No, this part can be mastered to the degree when you can think very quickly.

But editing, writing it on the score...

Sometimes I would add fingering directly while looking at the computer screen.

This is hard for the eyes and a slow process.

Another method I use is simply to write down fingering with black pen directly on the score while practicing.

Also slow but not as hard on the eyes.

Today I found another way to do this:

I recorded the first page of BWV 548 into an mp3 file where I literally said the finger numbers and pedalings out loud. It took me a little more than 9 minutes.

​Then what's left only is to notate it on the score.

How do you write down fingering and ensure that you don't spend all day and night doing this?