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How much improvisation are the instrumentalists allowed to do when recording music?

How much say do the instrumentalists have in the composition of music (ex: background score)? Does the composer control every tiny bit of the process?

Update:

What about a movie score?

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  • Mike
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    If you are at a session synchronizing the sound track to a video, you will be required to play everything exactly as written.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 week ago

    It would depend on what was being recorded and, most importantly, who was in charge of the recording. That would apply to any kind of music.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 week ago

     I do a lot of improvisation.  If the copyright has expired, there is nobody to tell me what I can't do.  A movie score is probably copyrighted and the composer would not want it changed.

  • 1 week ago

    Anything from absolutely none to 100% improvised for that particular take.

    It depends entirely on the music that is being recorded.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 week ago

    most songs have numerous writers

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