Thank you so much Josh. That was very informative. I have been also advised to practise without pedaling at all. When I tried it, the sound was dry and choppy, but the good thing is that I could hear my playing mistakes clearly and correct them.
Excellent clip. Particularly the latter part dealing with the syncopated pedal. This is for me the standard which I teach my youngest students from day one. The other variants occur relatively rarely. The main problem with most students is murky over-pedalling. If they start using the pedal very very early in their training , they can be shown to difference between harmony changes even without being anywhere near the level where thay can understand harmonics. It becomes automatic.
Hey Josh! Honestly haven't watched yet, just wanted to share an awesome little learning technique/tool I JUST came up with, in order to feel more confident about playing WITHOUT the pedal (full-staccato notes), more specifically because sometimes we pianists use the sustain pedal as a "crutch" to "buy time" when moving hands from one set of notes to the next. This is particularly an issue for less-than-masterful pianists, because when the rhythm is imperfect, it's very noticeable. With the pedal, the notes can wash from one to the next, and if there's a "stutter" somewhere, it's less noticeable. So, how to get comfortable PRACTICING this way?? The 'law of extremes' as you have a fancy for :) Use ALL sustain pedal, and don't worry about it, pretend your not even pressing it. In your mind, PLAY AS IF you're playing staccato, and let them all ring. And because there's such a blur of notes and all the notes continuously keep resonating, you actually lose some perception of what dynamics you actually are playing in the first place, and you get lost in it. And so, while playing all-pedal, THERE'S NO NEED TO HOLD YOUR FINGERS ON THE KEYS AT ALL AT ANY TIME, and so you MIGHT AS WELL JUST RELEASE AS SOON AS YOU HIT AND NOT WORRY ABOUT IT, because it's going to "sustain forever" regardless. On a digital piano and/or a digital piano without a pedal, this effect is also (rather) achieved by maxing the reverb, and playing in a staccato mindset. So then when you go back to playing with no pedal, suddenly it's MUCH more articulate. Hope you enjoyed reading that book :D
Wait, wouldn’t it be better to play without any pedal while practicing and then to add the pedal once you have good technique in order to polish something that’s already good? I would think that never practicing without pedal would be atrocious to your technique. (Coming from a person who never used pedal, even when performing works from composers like Chopin and NEVER EVER Bach.
@@Anonkontello yes I agree with that too, I don't want to give the impression that I think you should practice with all pedal all the time. Also when you use no pedal, timing issues (if there are any) will become very obvious, and so you can catch mistakes early before they become problematic habits.
wow, this is a great video for explaining how to use the pedals. Thank you very much for sharing your experience! could you tell more details about using the soft pedals, do you step it from light to deeper as the music phrases changes? just like how you use the right pedal? (as you described in the other video - the melting/flowing way to step it) Thank you. Great job!
Thank you!!!!!! I'm a beginner, teaching myself, and currently working on Schubert's Impromptu in A flat (Op. 142, No. 2). This should really help with the choppy problems. I don't suppose you could give any tips on learning the 'Trio' section of this piece?
Great video. Very informative. A bit off topic, but wow - I loved that piece that you were playing as you demonstrated the flutter pedal. What was the title of that one? I heard it, but I couldn't for the life of me attempt to spell it. Lol.
can you go over flutter pedaling in an impressionist piece or Chopin's Cello Etude- I've scoured the internet for any information but no one mentions flutter pedaling in the etude so I can't play it correctly.
Sure would have been nice if I could have seen your foot and therefore your actual pedaling. Your dark shoes make it impossible to see when you actually are pedaling. Perhaps you could retake this video and aim more at the pedaling with your camera. Thanks, Monica
back when josh was filming on his casio calculator
lol
xD
Thank you so much Josh. That was very informative. I have been also advised to practise without pedaling at all. When I tried it, the sound was dry and choppy, but the good thing is that I could hear my playing mistakes clearly and correct them.
"Jazz" chords. Josh, so long ago! wow! remember this? 13, almost years ago. Great vid. on use of the pedal. I still can't do it. years away...
Excellent clip. Particularly the latter part dealing with the syncopated pedal. This is for me the standard which I teach my youngest students from day one. The other variants occur relatively rarely. The main problem with most students is murky over-pedalling. If they start using the pedal very very early in their training , they can be shown to difference between harmony changes even without being anywhere near the level where thay can understand harmonics. It becomes automatic.
Thanks for an inspiring, helpful lesson!
sure thing. I will post it after this coming week's video. Thanks for the input :)
Hey Josh! Honestly haven't watched yet, just wanted to share an awesome little learning technique/tool I JUST came up with, in order to feel more confident about playing WITHOUT the pedal (full-staccato notes), more specifically because sometimes we pianists use the sustain pedal as a "crutch" to "buy time" when moving hands from one set of notes to the next. This is particularly an issue for less-than-masterful pianists, because when the rhythm is imperfect, it's very noticeable. With the pedal, the notes can wash from one to the next, and if there's a "stutter" somewhere, it's less noticeable. So, how to get comfortable PRACTICING this way?? The 'law of extremes' as you have a fancy for :) Use ALL sustain pedal, and don't worry about it, pretend your not even pressing it. In your mind, PLAY AS IF you're playing staccato, and let them all ring. And because there's such a blur of notes and all the notes continuously keep resonating, you actually lose some perception of what dynamics you actually are playing in the first place, and you get lost in it. And so, while playing all-pedal, THERE'S NO NEED TO HOLD YOUR FINGERS ON THE KEYS AT ALL AT ANY TIME, and so you MIGHT AS WELL JUST RELEASE AS SOON AS YOU HIT AND NOT WORRY ABOUT IT, because it's going to "sustain forever" regardless. On a digital piano and/or a digital piano without a pedal, this effect is also (rather) achieved by maxing the reverb, and playing in a staccato mindset. So then when you go back to playing with no pedal, suddenly it's MUCH more articulate. Hope you enjoyed reading that book :D
Wait, wouldn’t it be better to play without any pedal while practicing and then to add the pedal once you have good technique in order to polish something that’s already good? I would think that never practicing without pedal would be atrocious to your technique. (Coming from a person who never used pedal, even when performing works from composers like Chopin and NEVER EVER Bach.
@@Anonkontello yes I agree with that too, I don't want to give the impression that I think you should practice with all pedal all the time. Also when you use no pedal, timing issues (if there are any) will become very obvious, and so you can catch mistakes early before they become problematic habits.
You been doing this a while! Funny, my mom was talking about your channel, and I’m like “Mom I’m subscribed to him” 😂
wow, this is a great video for explaining how to use the pedals. Thank you very much for sharing your experience! could you tell more details about using the soft pedals, do you step it from light to deeper as the music phrases changes? just like how you use the right pedal? (as you described in the other video - the melting/flowing way to step it) Thank you. Great job!
Excellent video. Just wish the resolution is higher.
Send me the sheet music in a pdf via email, and circle the spots that are giving you trouble, and I will help you :)
i agree. Thanks for the comments :)
Thank you!!!!!! I'm a beginner, teaching myself, and currently working on Schubert's Impromptu in A flat (Op. 142, No. 2). This should really help with the choppy problems. I don't suppose you could give any tips on learning the 'Trio' section of this piece?
Allow me to answer my own question. It is Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit by Maurice Ravel. I looked it up. Looks a bit tough.
The damper peddle is the far right, the middle peddle is the flutter peddle? Is that right?
Great video. Very informative.
A bit off topic, but wow - I loved that piece that you were playing as you demonstrated the flutter pedal. What was the title of that one? I heard it, but I couldn't for the life of me attempt to spell it. Lol.
wow Josh this really helped!
heyy josh very good videos im lerning alot for my left hand and pedalling at fast tempos.wat grand piano you have their?
can you go over flutter pedaling in an impressionist piece or Chopin's Cello Etude- I've scoured the internet for any information but no one mentions flutter pedaling in the etude so I can't play it correctly.
What do you mean by changing the pedal?
ULTRA 4K VIDEO 👌🏻
Appreciate the time it took to bring us this tutorial but you don’t have lighting on your foot so the viewer cannot see when your foot is moving.
what kind of piano is that?
HAHA... i tried to switch quality, it said "unavailable"
Holy cow, playing piano is hard...
4K video :-)
Steinway
3:59: Not G but F𝄪.
Good stuff...my Prelude No 4 shows both pedaling on & off the beat. Check it out!
Stan Kaplan Thanks Stan!
Sure would have been nice if I could have seen your foot and therefore your actual pedaling. Your dark shoes make it impossible to see when you actually are pedaling. Perhaps you could retake this video and aim more at the pedaling with your camera. Thanks, Monica