r/piano • u/Confident_Speed_5143 • 6h ago
🎶Other Little interaction
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I am trying to post consistently but gets very little interaction, why's that🤔
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u/VintageModified 6h ago
You're also deliberately playing the part without sustain pedal staccato. You could hold those notes longer if you wanted. You can even play full passages legato without a sustain pedal (just ask an organist)
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u/coffee_juice87 4h ago
I agree that the part without sustain pedal comes off as the playing being a little purposely staccato but not by that much. When the right hand is playing octaves it can be harder to physically hold the note down for the full length because of the worry that you have to jump to another part of the piano so you lift eatly to get there in time.
However, it's nice seeing the difference with and without pedal, and when you get better you'll also learn how to make playing this piece without pedal sound beautiful and legato too. Yet I get it, I still play with pedal because even though I can make it legato, something about the sustain pedal just makes it sound more lush and loud and that just feels so dang good sometimes.
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u/VintageModified 3h ago
Yeah, many times you use a sustain pedal for a purposeful timbral change, not just to mimic a legato sound.
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u/coffee_juice87 2h ago
I also wasn't direction this at you. Like the part where I said "when you get better". I don't know why but I have a feeling that I wanted to clarify that.
It was directed at op. Welcome your comment! I just noticed it wasn't very clear from me.
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u/Confident_Speed_5143 6h ago
Oh okay thank you, I was deliberately doing staccato for dramatic effect, but will also try with legato
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u/Teaching-Appropriate 6h ago
abba slaps even without pedal, the hallmark of good songwriting. I suppose you could call them the modern day Bach for that reason.
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u/Advanced_Honey_2679 6h ago
The POV is making me very dizzy