Piano Lesson on Legato Pedalling

From Pianist magazine, go to www.pianistmag...
Concert pianist and teacher Graham Fitch continues his in-depth lessons on Pedalling, this time focusing on legato pedalling. This lesson complements his full-length article inside Pianist No 83.
The masterclass takes place on a Steinway Model D concert grand at Steinway Hall, London www.steinwayhal...

[@alexanderkhramtsovskiy1906]

These videos are invaluable to people learning to play on their own, such as myself. Thank you.

[@r.baskaransamuel4453]

I would like to see both (the hands playing on the key board and leg actions on the pedal) in one frame.

[@vicente4723]

Thanks a lot!!
Magnificent and precious info gems for self_taught like me.
I am particular fond of Chopin pieces and there is a lot of pedal in.
When going next to London, will visit your shop and do some Steinway shopping.!!

[@tubemurat]

Pedalling videos of yours are one of the most precious lessons on youtube I ever found. This one especially is finding a hidden treasure chest for me who humbly self teaching piano man. I've that question since long time, about the gaps between notes and as soon as started to talking about, I can describe how I can relief to finding answer. I think Listz was right. Thank you, sir.

[@Shunarjuna]

Great explanation. Thanks!

[@vagos42]

This is very good advice thanks

[@Mr808mx]

Very good explanation. With this video I found out why my playing does not sound as good as I would like it to sound. Thank you!

[@tomygdiazjimenez]

Great as always, looking forward to the next one

[@mattquick5045]

I was actually getting annoyed at the lack of sound inbetween my simple chord progressions that I was using for my strengthening exercises and so I started doing exactly this. I would listen very carefully after a chord change to see if I could hear the previous note still, a sign that I hadn't lifted off the pedal fast enough or far enough. I came to RUclips to see if there was a way to practice this nicer sounding technique and here I am!

[@thesenate933]

This was very helpful I had a hard time figuring out pedalling for Chopin’s waltz in a minor and this helped a lot

[@pubgplayer1720]

Deeewwww it...

[@noellesellers2242]

Thank you! I'm teaching myself Für Elise, and I haven't had lessons since I was much younger, so I rather forgot proper pedal technique. This was very helpful.

[@mokasongs9629]

Great explanation

[@isola5738]

Superb as always. Looking forward to more!

[@charlie14ful]

Ģreat lessons on piano pedalling it's so very
Important and you explain it so clearly
Thank you
I like your ipad or tablet that you use I wonder can you turn the page with some sort of pedal? Too?

[@krzysztof6633]

Would be wonderful to have you as a piano teacher

[@DGrieux]

Excellent explanation, thank you. Oh, and I really like your shirt. ;)

[@Danielagostinho21]

Amazing technique

[@giovannigalletta4529]

Thank you for the wonderful explanation I find it very usefull

[@LynnNeumann]

Very informative, as always.

[@barryjefferson8270]

Outstanding performance. Thank you so much for this! The only additional thing that I would have found helpful would have been a camera view that showed the pedaling.

[@moonasha]

Chopin 28 20 is the perfect piece for beginners to learn this technique. Nice and slow

[@OneStepToday]

you forgot to add the damper cam footage in both the videos

[@WarrenPostma]

A foot cam would be a nice touch.

[@winterheat]

so the pedal needs to be down again, before the finger is lifted up... I guess most of the time that is the case... however, if the note is short and it needs to jump to an octave or more away, then it becomes harder... maybe in such case, we need to synchronize it better by pedal up a little bit earlier, so when pedal up, key is down, and immediately pedal down again, before the key is released... fortunately, seems like most of the cases, that doesn't happen. By the way, I think the pedal just needs to be tiny bit down for the strings to vibrate freely, so even if the key is down for a short time, probably the pedal down is quick enough to let the strings vibrate freely

[@adammullins3535]

Great!

[@cyc0313]

Can anyone tell me what the piece used in the very first part of the video as background music? It's just so beautiful

[@velcroman11]

I would really appreciate “seeing” the movement of the pedal. It is for me difficult to “hear” those alterations in the movement of the pedal. The position of the video that incorporated a view of the pedal. A split screen showing the pedal. Some method to illuminate a light fixed to the keyboard, music stand etc.

[@soulmas520]

I'm curious to see how far all these people who commented years ago talking about learning to play have come since then...
Well hopefully that and not how long ago they quit...

[@shirleymccord5896]

I've been self-taught since I retired in 2007. I've achieved ABRSM Grade 8 theory and Grades 5-7 piano and am currently working on Grade 8. Cannot recommend it enough for dedicated, retired pianists for keeping the mind alive and providing a most enjoyable occupation - we are never too old - and Graham Fitch is just brilliant!!

[@colin8923]

I'm curious how far you've come.

[@nguyenducanhpianist]

3rd part would be even more useful. Looking forward :-)

[@tevbuff]

So in legato pedalling do you hit the pedal on the downbeat? On the eighth note?

[@davidwhite2949]

Does anyone know what the theme is that Graham uses to open the video?
Gorgeous.

[@gatesurfer]

Les Barricades Mysteriuseses, by Francois Couperin. It’s actually a harpsichord piece, so technically you should finger pedal it.

[@Daisy-bt7li]

Can someone please tell me what the opening piece is?

[@andreswainselboim9217]

Les Baricades Misterieuses by Couperin

[@RipplingOphelia]

watching the intro with closed captions: yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

[@fletcherwadsworth1634]

What is the opening piece?

[@andreswainselboim9217]

Les Baricades Misterieuses by Couperin

[@jimmyalderson1639]

2:08 no joins pretty spooky
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