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Topic: Valse Brillante Op. 34 No. 2 (Read 5440 times)

swim4ever_22

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I'm trying to learn this waltz, but I have some questions. When I listen to the waltz in a recording, it's very legato, and very smooth, but in the music, there are no pedal markings, especially on the first page. How can I make it sound legato when there are no pedal markings? To any of you that have learned/played this piece, what did you do as far as pedalling?

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phil13

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Re: Valse Brillante Op. 34 No. 2

Reply #1 on: October 14, 2006, 03:41:52 PM

Just because a piece has no pedal markings does not mean you should abstain from pedalling unless the composer specifically wrote 'senza pedale'

When I learned this waltz, I used a little bit of pedal to ease the legato in the LH at the beginning, and basically many short pedals in many of the other sections- the only one which was mostly free of pedal, if I recall correctly, was the recurring C-major section.

Phil

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