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Offline allegroz

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F. Chopin - Etude no.12 Revolutionary
on: December 27, 2008, 11:28:46 AM
need advice and suggestion, especially how to using the pedal .
i just learn that piece in 2 months...
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Offline pianowolfi

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Re: F. Chopin - Etude no.12 Revolutionary
Reply #1 on: December 27, 2008, 01:12:00 PM
I like this more than your FI and bumble bee. As for the pedal: less would definitely be more, especially in the descending passages. Often these runs are disappearing into an indefinite murmur. I understand the left hand part as a very expressive melody as well as the right hand, Chopin says "legatissimo". Then you might also work on getting the dotted eighth-sixteenth rhythm more correctly, of course this problem occurs because of the jumps, for instance in m. 2 and 4, one of the difficulties of this etude.

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Re: F. Chopin - Etude no.12 Revolutionary
Reply #2 on: December 27, 2008, 02:02:50 PM
I like this more than your FI and bumble bee. As for the pedal: less would definitely be more, especially in the descending passages. Often these runs are disappearing into an indefinite murmur. I understand the left hand part as a very expressive melody as well as the right hand, Chopin says "legatissimo". Then you might also work on getting the dotted eighth-sixteenth rhythm more correctly, of course this problem occurs because of the jumps, for instance in m. 2 and 4, one of the difficulties of this etude.
Thanks for your advice  ;)

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Re: F. Chopin - Etude no.12 Revolutionary
Reply #3 on: December 28, 2008, 10:52:27 AM
I agree - way too much pedal being used atm.  Try working the opposite way, ie. playing the piece without pedal entirely and then adding pedal as appropriate rather than trying to incorporate the pedal from stage 1.  You should be able to hear the continuous LH semiquavers pulsing clearly (not a mush of sound), with the pedal just adding some sonority when required. 
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