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matt_black

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Pedal Technique

on: April 05, 2004, 03:09:31 PM

How little / how much / what technique / should be applied [pedal use] for ragtime classics such as Maple leaf Rag and the Entertainer Fig Leaf Rag etc..

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ayahav

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Re: Peadl Technique

Reply #1 on: April 05, 2004, 07:23:29 PM

when I played the Maple Leaf Rag (way long ago....) I used to pedal every two beats (that is, until the bass chord changes).... cheers.

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monk

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Re: Peadl Technique

Reply #2 on: April 06, 2004, 01:38:09 AM

A really swinging way to pedal is: On the first eighth (bass note) pedal down, on the second (chord) pedal up. So it sounds Boo-Dak-Boo-Dak....(The "Dak" can be accented more, so you have an effect like a snare drum or hi-hat on 2 & 4).
Of course that doesn't apply for passages where the regular sequence bass note - chord - bass note - chord... is discontinued.

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Topic: Pedal Technique (Read 3052 times)

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Pedal Technique

ayahav

Re: Peadl Technique

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