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cheezburger

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This is the first song I am learning, the sheet music I am using is found here.

The left hand is playing the notes in the bass cleff and also the triads, to bridge the (is that the term I am looking for?) the dotted minims will I need to use the sostenuto pedal?

Edit: The link to the score isn't working so I've attached a .gif.

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kevinr

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Re: Erik Satie-Gymnopédie No.3

Reply #1 on: February 09, 2011, 10:11:53 AM

Ultimately your ear must be the judge.

However I would not personally be inclined to use the sostenuto pedal and (though I don't know for sure) I doubt Satie's piano would have had such a pedal or that he envisaged its use. I think it would be a bit fiddly and the resulting sound a bit too clinical and contrived,

I would tend just to use the sustaining pedal, changing at the start of each bar. The top part is high enough that it shouldn't get too blurred.

You could however experiment with half pedalling i.e. don't push the sustaining pedal right down.

So experiment with different combinations and always listen carefully to the sound you are producing.

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zolaxi

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Re: Erik Satie-Gymnopédie No.3

Reply #2 on: July 15, 2011, 08:51:32 AM

Gymnopédie No.3 is not a song!

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mcjanes

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Re: Erik Satie-Gymnopédie No.3

Reply #3 on: July 16, 2011, 12:14:39 AM

Gymnopedie is trickier than it sounds. As someone said above, it needs extensive half-pedaling, but that takes lots and lots of practice. Pedal technique is just as important to a pianist as bow technique is to a violinist.

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tbgore

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Re: Erik Satie-Gymnopédie No.3

Reply #4 on: December 05, 2014, 01:29:00 PM

Does anyone know the translation to L'Omnibus Automobile ?

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sustain

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Re: Erik Satie-Gymnopédie No.3

Reply #5 on: December 07, 2014, 12:17:24 AM

Quote from: tbgore on December 05, 2014, 01:29:00 PM

Does anyone know the translation to L'Omnibus Automobile ?

The automotive bus.

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etherealmusic

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Re: Erik Satie-Gymnopédie No.3

Reply #6 on: December 08, 2014, 03:13:02 PM

I love this composition

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nanabush

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Re: Erik Satie-Gymnopédie No.3

Reply #7 on: December 18, 2014, 10:55:04 AM

This is a piece that can sound VERY stale if someone just sits and plays notes, and holds the pedal. For such a stripped down piece, the harmonic contrast have quite a few 'zingers' haha. Some moments of "wait, did he really just use that chord?!". I love these pieces for that reason.

People will smack-talk them all day, saying they are boring, stupid, 'easy', pointless, not flashy, etc. etc. But they just have this quality to them, such approachable pieces for me. I can't listen to Liszt/Rach 24/7, I'll die from a heart attack. In the sea of MASSIVE pieces that constantly come up on this forum, it's cool that this one pops up every once in a while.

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