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hodi

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How to use pedal in Scriabin - Etude Op.8 No.7

on: September 26, 2007, 03:37:51 PM

here are the sheets:
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anyone got ideas how to pedal this piece?
there are 2 sections. the one with the painfully left hand, and the slow one, beautiful harmonies.
i have no problems pedaling the 2nd one.
but the first, if i pedal too much it sounds so muddly and unclear.
and if i don't use pedal at all it sounds too dry. in which chords to use pedal , in which not
any ideas?

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hodi

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Re: How to use pedal in Scriabin - Etude Op.8 No.7

Reply #1 on: October 01, 2007, 12:17:42 PM

where are all the scriabinists of pianoforum ?

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hodi

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Re: How to use pedal in Scriabin - Etude Op.8 No.7

Reply #2 on: October 12, 2007, 08:01:37 PM

i'm not going to give up

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counterpoint

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Re: How to use pedal in Scriabin - Etude Op.8 No.7

Reply #3 on: October 12, 2007, 08:26:06 PM

Okay

Pedal does not only have 2 states - on and off.

There are many points in between, where some notes (especially bass notes) keep "alive" while others are swept away. So it's a very sensible task, and with Scriabin, it's as sensible as it could be. I would think, that the lower bass notes should always be caught with the pedal, so the piece has a stable bass fundament. The chords of the right hand should sound relatively clear, from time to time, they may be blurred a bit for an impressionistic effect, but very cautious. Most of the time, a very clean pedalling should be used.

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