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Topic: Chopin b-minor prelude (Read 1741 times)

manuka

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I am stumbling my way through this lovely piece and was wondering about the pedalling.
When the main theme is going in the bass, I keep the pedal down for two bars at a time. Bars 6-8 and 15-21, I seem to do a lot of furious pressing and releasing.
Am I overdoing it?

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flyusx

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Re: Chopin b-minor prelude

Reply #1 on: March 29, 2022, 02:29:32 PM

How much are you pushing the pedal down? It may (or may not) be that you're pushing it down too much.

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lelle

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Re: Chopin b-minor prelude

Reply #2 on: March 29, 2022, 09:18:06 PM

There's a lot of magic that can be done with the pedal. Experiment with pressing it down much less deeply, and change it more often than once every two bars.

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