Advanced Piano Pedalling Techniques
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2015
- Teacher Graham Fitch continues his in-depth lessons on pedalling, this time focusing on the more advanced pedalling techniques. This lesson complements his full-length article inside Pianist No 84, which you can view here: pocketmags.com/pianist-magazi...
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Great demonstration! its a shame you didnt use another cam for the "Foot", It'd been very interesting to see
This is crazy, I realized I was doing this stuff automatically and I thought it was poor technique. Now I learn it's a real thing!
I like your name
The brain is magnificent at subconsciously "cracking the code."
I agree with everything said. I push the pedal at varying depths without thinking.
Same here. It makes me think that the best approach to teaching pedaling is to give examples to students and then tell them to try and mimic them intuitively
Same here. Glad I’m not crazy!
Fitch's videos are the best piano coaching on the Internet.
Bravo - I think Graham has demystified so much about pedaling. And just from these excerpts his playing appears to be in top form. Bravo.
Excellent tutorial. Camera shots of the dampers was a great addition. And the piano playing is beautiful too! Thank you!
I already said this in other videos but this is the best channel for getting to understand the piano. Thanks Graham!
Excellent. We can see why the pedal has been called the soul of the piano. And also why pedaling is easily overused. Clear articulation with the fingers, along with judicious use of finger-sustain, are vital to piano performance. Few things are more difficult than playing the piano well!
Amazing tutorial! So much to learn. This series taught me a lot about musical styles and eras.
Very eye-opening! Like another commenter, I've been doing this but thought it was wrong. I was just pedaling according to what sounded good to me, but it didn't always match the notation. Thank you so much!
The advice about late pedaling on Moonligh Sonata was so useful!!!
Many thanks!
Amazing tutorial. I think this is one of the most difficult techniques to execute for pianists in general, especially for late intermediate or early advanced students like me. Would definitely like a follow up video to this! Thank you, Mr. Fitch!
great lesson, the camera on the dampers was a great idea (another one on the pedals could be good too) but just by listening to you and the piano a lot can be learned, thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge
Thank you for a wonderful demonstration of technique!
Amazing teacher. Thank you for these videos.
Thank you. Great teaching!
EXCELLENT! Thanks Graham.
Great lesson and a very fine topic!
Thank you very much. I hope to see more pedaling examples. It really helps a lot to me
Amazing advice. I love your videos. I will subscribe to the magazine for sure
Really helpful, and well explained!
This helps me MUCH! Thank you very much
Thank you Graham, very useful.
Thank you for the great tutorial. Would be perfect if the way the foot depressing on the pedal are show.
Thank you so much for such a valuable tutorial.
Thank you 🙏🏻 that was a great insight. 🎹🎹🎹🔥
Thx for showing the Debussy First Arabesque; I’ve been over-pedaling; yours was beautiful; I’ll fix mine!
Interesting. This has been very informative for me, thank you.
You're amazing at teaching
The fractional damper pedalling technique is beautifully demonstrated here using damper camera rather than employing any foot cam
Fantastic ! Thank you much !
I really love your videos and thing they help a lot! I will always play Couperin with no pedal, though😂
Wonderful!
Amazing explanation
Noooo don't leave us :(
Great video! Very insightful.
I want to be more aware of my piano playing and the sound management in general. This video has been a great help and a leverage to learn from! As a piano student, I wish I can be more convinced of my playing and the timbre of the piano by being able to have an idea of what exactly I should for each section in a piece. I am currently working on Beethoven's Piano Sonata B flat Major(which Barenboim played it and championed it) and I find pedaling situation quite challenging for this piece. For example, at the and of the 1st movement and the middle passage's ending, there is repeat of same note on left and chords which I need to voice out the melody on right. To be articulate and reasonable in bringing out melody, I am even convinced of not using a pedal for this sonata except for the majestic melodical and octave parts (A F D Bb A F D, C D E F G A Bb A G A..).
Very helpful.
This is brilliant. But the most interesting thing is when GF says 'pedalling is very personal' - Exactly. I someitme slook at the pedal scoring and wonder. Then when I play the piece a bit better without I rearrange the pedalling marks completely. Then again he seems to say the same about the finger numbering in other videos which is find your personal comfort place for the finger numbering and if that means altering original recommended numbering do it.
Refinement of pedaling is just the secret of good taste 👌
Basically, the dampers are the sponge mechanisms over the strings that silence the strings. When the key is struck, the damper is lifted only to allow sound to happen on the strings until you release the key, and the damper goes back to its original position--touching the string to silence the sound. When the damper pedal is applied, the damper pulls away from the string about 1/2 inch away, and applies the sustaining sound on the key even when the key is played staccato. It is only when you lift the damper pedal that the damper will go back to the original position and silence the sound as before on the key.
LOL, the dampers aren't "sponge," they're made of felt.
Excellent video! I am quite new to playing piano and I keep the sustain pedal pressed at all times lol. Did not know it was this complicated! Intriguing.
+Fjerid Im in the same boat. Using the damper is so hard, so I just keep pedal to the metal all the time :)
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Well all I can say is, I'm glad you guys don't practice in my home!
Ted L im sure these guys would have improved alot after the 3 years of their comments
Very enjoy hearing your British accent :)
is finger pedalling needed when we are pedalling. what difference is there if we dont finger pedal along with sustain pedal.
What i do is if i want a smother transition i either lift the pedal slightly or lift it late and if you want a more sudden change, i pedal and press the note at the same time
What does he mean when he says late and clean pedal?
Can you tell me what mic you are using on the piano? The sound quality is insane!
3:15 so with digital piano, you don't have the "dance" of the damper... many of them is either on or off, and some has half pedaling, so it is either 0, 0.5, or 1... it is not like an acoustic piano where you can have 0.212 or 0.06 or 0.875212
I suppose I need to upgrade my electronic piano or at least the pedal because it is either too small of a window between all or no pedal (possible as I am a beginner) or it does not act that way at all
It would be more helpful if I can see how you pedal with your foot action.
What is the name of the piece being played in the background during the beginning?
Les barricades mysterieux, couperin
That crackle on his voice mic let's you know this is pro
Does this apply to digital piano's too?
Depends on how good your piano is, my korg sp170s has half damper support, and pedal is realistic like a mechanical pedal, some pianos have better recordings and in turn better resonance and pedalling, you'll never get anything better then real strings and everything mechanically.
So you're basically using the dampers like a guitarist would use their palm to mute the strings a bit. I'll have to use that in more pieces
What are the other two pedals for?
the left one is the so called Une corde pedal, it lowers the volume and changes tone.
The the middle one is for sustaining a few notes of choice while the others behave as normal.
However, depending if you have a grand piano or an upright the pedals do things a bit differently.
+Oscar Taya Did not know that. Thanks for the clarity!
Oscar's got it. But for the record, the middle one is called a sostenuto pedal.
Me gustaría mucho un piano Steinway. En Brasil es muy caro, mucho diñero es necesário.
Welp...this is way above my pay grade. Haa
5:28 This instruction becomes less confusing when you realize Beethoven was playing on a fortepiano which had a much shorter sustain than modern pianos.
But, the music at the beginning does not involve using the pedal. this is so funny
Better to show pedal
I just keep my pedal down