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Topic: DEBUSSY-'Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum' from 'Children's Corner'  (Read 1975 times)

Offline matterintospirit

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"Music is the pen of the soul"

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Re: DEBUSSY-'Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum' from 'Children's Corner'
Reply #1 on: February 13, 2014, 05:40:06 AM
i greatly appreciate the lack of pedal. adds a lot of character.

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Re: DEBUSSY-'Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum' from 'Children's Corner'
Reply #2 on: February 13, 2014, 03:48:19 PM
Thanks glad you liked it--I tried to avoid too much pedal to make it sound like a 'hybrid' of an 'exercise' and a piece of music. I also think it just sounds better, although I understand the reason people do use the pedal because of the legato phrase markings---
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