pedaling in Beethoven Sonatas

[BoliverAllmon]

Ok, so I started working on the Pastoral today. The first movement doesn't pose any problems at all for a while. The question becomes though. Is pedaling aloud? If not the the beginning is pretty awkward to play legato. I never pedaled during his first sonata opening mvt. I didn't feel it qualified for it. I have seen my teacher pedal during the Appassionate though. So, is this a sonata that pedaling is aloud or no?

boliver

[quantum]

Yes pedaling is allowed.  For the second movement it is quite necessary.  It's not wether pedaling is allowed in a certain type of music or not, it's how you use the pedal to achieve a certain effect. 

Pastoral 1st mvt.  The repeating D's in the LH.  Think of these as a timpani drone.  Yes and the beginning needs to sound legato.  So that means you use the pedal, but change more frequently.  You can also use partial pedaling if need be - 1/2 or 1/4 pedal may be all that is required in some places. 

[steinwayguy]

Connect as much as you can, reasonably. If you can't, don't feel bad about using pedal, just don't use too much!

[BoliverAllmon]

Yes pedaling is allowed.  For the second movement it is quite necessary.  It's not wether pedaling is allowed in a certain type of music or not, it's how you use the pedal to achieve a certain effect. 

Pastoral 1st mvt.  The repeating D's in the LH.  Think of these as a timpani drone.  Yes and the beginning needs to sound legato.  So that means you use the pedal, but change more frequently.  You can also use partial pedaling if need be - 1/2 or 1/4 pedal may be all that is required in some places. 

I like that answer. I was using the pedal more as a means of connection, coming up and down quite frequently.

Boliver