His talking about his struggle uncoupling the left hand from the feet gave me a laugh- reminded me of my first days learning to play the organ 😆 Been there!
Roberto, one thing you might want to consider, regarding sensitivity, is to play without shoes! Your feet are actually quite sensitive. I played the organ for a number of years when I was younger, and began learning with shoes, because that's what the teacher said. After determining that I "couldn't feel anything" with the shoes on, I kicked them off and discovered that toes, arches, heels and sides of the feet are every bit as sensitive as their hand counterparts. I never wore shoes again while at the organ. Up to you whether you wear socks or not in concert!
Thank you very much for your tutorial on the Pedal piano. I did wonder what all the foot pedals were for and now I know. I am only an amateur pianist in my 70's but it's very interesting to learn of other instruments. Thanks again.
It would be interesting to use a Bösendorfer Imperial with its additional bass notes as the lower piano and add a 32 foot stop (one octave lower than written)
Beautiful! As far as touch & sensitivity are concerned, I'd strongly suggest you try taking your shoes off. I started playing organ with shoes, but hated wearing them. Once I kicked off the shoes, the pedal board suddenly felt to my feet exactly how the keyboard felt to my hands.
Nice! From what I can remember from this film session, I think Roberto was wearing special shoes (Jazz shoes)- where the soles are thin enough for some sensitivity, with more flexibility, but with enough of a heel for some quick movements.
Thank you for that tutorial .... Well explained... Maybe some organ lesson can help....Fazioli is the other piano company that makes Pedal pianos..I see there is a mechanism. I wonder if the keyboard of the piano below gets damaged>?... Upright pedal pianos are also seen they work differently... its just one piano....
Is it possible to play the record the pedal piano without the tapping sound, as that's the main thing I dislike about it, I work very hard to eliminate noises as such when playing the piano.
Indeed it is quite easy to convert a digital piano to a digital pedal piano by adding a midi pedalboard which are increasingly available for organists to practise at home. This video answered one important question. I was unsure if the pedal notes here had a dynamic range or were like organ or harpsichord, where no matter how hard you press the pedal note, the sound is the same. But to achieve a digital pedal piano we would need a special pedalboard which gives a dynamic range. Still it is achievable.
?? literally just a piano with extra notes tf are you talking about, also a great amount of things a piano can do the organ can't, that is why it was surpassed in usage among the great composers
In some cases yes but I wouldn’t say all. I love the organ and have my own organ at home. But recently I listened to Prelude No 10 op 66 by Alkan written and played on a pedal piano by Oliver Latry, who is better known as an international organist. The piece is clearly a piano piece and in my opinion it doesn’t work that well on the organ. Both versions are available on you tube.
His talking about his struggle uncoupling the left hand from the feet gave me a laugh- reminded me of my first days learning to play the organ 😆 Been there!
Roberto, one thing you might want to consider, regarding sensitivity, is to play without shoes! Your feet are actually quite sensitive. I played the organ for a number of years when I was younger, and began learning with shoes, because that's what the teacher said. After determining that I "couldn't feel anything" with the shoes on, I kicked them off and discovered that toes, arches, heels and sides of the feet are every bit as sensitive as their hand counterparts. I never wore shoes again while at the organ.
Up to you whether you wear socks or not in concert!
I tend to agree- except that on one organ with worn pedals I managed to get a splinter in my toe!
@@ericalbany oof. That wouldn't be very pleasant!
It's likely he tried no shoes, but for consistency and foot health/support he went for very thin-soled ones.
Thank you very much for your tutorial on the Pedal piano. I did wonder what all the foot pedals were for and now I know. I am only an amateur pianist in my 70's but it's very interesting to learn of other instruments. Thanks again.
That's amazing! Mindblowing. Bravo Roberto! Thank you for the video, dear LPO. I wonder if you have recorded this performance.
This, but combined with the Steinway two-manual piano!
I really need this if I'm going to be doing new song covers.
Yay. I found one! This is amazing.
It would be interesting to use a Bösendorfer Imperial with its additional bass notes as the lower piano and add a 32 foot stop (one octave lower than written)
Grazie per questo video. Molto interessante!
Sinceremente,
PMH
Would love to hear some of Bach's works on this thing
Thankyou
Wow
nice explanation.... i didnt know that the pedals could play in octaves...thank you
It will could very interesting see younger kids playing this
Beautiful!
As far as touch & sensitivity are concerned, I'd strongly suggest you try taking your shoes off. I started playing organ with shoes, but hated wearing them. Once I kicked off the shoes, the pedal board suddenly felt to my feet exactly how the keyboard felt to my hands.
Nice! From what I can remember from this film session, I think Roberto was wearing special shoes (Jazz shoes)- where the soles are thin enough for some sensitivity, with more flexibility, but with enough of a heel for some quick movements.
@@londonphilharmonicorchestra It's called a Pianorgan aka Piano for Organists.
Ben spiegato anche per un dilettante come me. And, in English. Well-done.
Thank you for that tutorial .... Well explained... Maybe some organ lesson can help....Fazioli is the other piano company that makes Pedal pianos..I see there is a mechanism. I wonder if the keyboard of the piano below gets damaged>?... Upright pedal pianos are also seen they work differently... its just one piano....
great!!!
"They can be in harmony...they can also be in contrast..."
Yes. You could accompany something by Mozart or Schumann with a Joplin rag on pedals...
I’d quite like to hear that! :-)
Is it possible to play the record the pedal piano without the tapping sound, as that's the main thing I dislike about it, I work very hard to eliminate noises as such when playing the piano.
I feel like the pedal harpsichord sounds better and is a more of an improvement to the original instrument than the pedal piano is to the piano.
This is news to me….I never heard of the piano having an entire pedal board.
That’s so extra
And brilliant
It looks like to play a second piano with the feet
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Rialziamoci
Hehe Giusto!
Very interesting, now all you need to get the best out of it is to find someone with six legs.
You could get three people playing it together. Bit of a squish on the seat sitting together, but it might be cool :-)
Less talking more playing
There are other videos with playing. Some of us are very grateful to also have a video with more talking.
There are digital organs far cheaper nowadays than this instrument being talked about here.
Exactly and you can get an ok piano sound on the organs too.
Indeed it is quite easy to convert a digital piano to a digital pedal piano by adding a midi pedalboard which are increasingly available for organists to practise at home. This video answered one important question. I was unsure if the pedal notes here had a dynamic range or were like organ or harpsichord, where no matter how hard you press the pedal note, the sound is the same.
But to achieve a digital pedal piano we would need a special pedalboard which gives a dynamic range. Still it is achievable.
This is too boring and unnatural honestly. Still just a boring piano sound. The organ still and always will win.
Wow, relax. This is another instrument and does not need to win between the organ
Always? So there are no pieces that sound better on piano?
?? literally just a piano with extra notes tf are you talking about, also a great amount of things a piano can do the organ can't, that is why it was surpassed in usage among the great composers
In some cases yes but I wouldn’t say all. I love the organ and have my own organ at home. But recently I listened to Prelude No 10 op 66 by Alkan written and played on a pedal piano by Oliver Latry, who is better known as an international organist. The piece is clearly a piano piece and in my opinion it doesn’t work that well on the organ. Both versions are available on you tube.
okay 5-octave user
Yikes! The pedal adds nothing to these pieces…..
How silly