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Topic: Chopin b-minor prelude  (Read 2365 times)

Offline manuka

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Chopin b-minor prelude
on: March 28, 2022, 01:15:06 PM
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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Offline 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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Offline 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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