Using pedal in Haydn Sonatas, when and how?

[faa2010]

Hi,

I am learning and playing Haydn's Sonata in G Major,  Hob XVI:27. I already have the first movement by heart and I am in the process of getting the 2nd and 3rd.

My teacher told me to add the use of pedal in the first movement, but I don't Know where and how to use it. What I only Know is to use it when there is the Alberti scale like in bar 25, but after that, I don't Know anything more.

Is it necessary to use it?, if it is so, then besides the Alberti, where and how can I use it?

[brogers70]

I think that the best way to use pedal in Haydn is as a way to change the tone, not, usually, as a way to connect notes. So I would not suggest holding the pedal down through that Alberti bass accompaniment - it would create too much of a blur, particularly when the melody is moving stepwise. Instead use the pedal very briefly on down beats, or syncopations, or cadences to give a more resonant sound, when that is what you want. You might use it, for example, in the last three bars before the first repeat, just tapping it or holding it for a half beat on each of the right hand chords.