Are you struggling with knowing how to use the pedal?
Do you come in too early?
Too late?
Or you're just not really sure how to use
the sustain pedals to create beautiful music?
Hi, I'm Jazer and today I'm going to teach you all about the
sustain pedal
and how to use properly.
Let's get into it.
So the number one rule to pedaling
is this.
Change the pedal
when the chords
change on the music.
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now, the most common mistake I see students do is this
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Now, what's happening there?
As I was playing that,
I was actually lifting my hands
and lifting my feet at the same time.
Now our brains
just absolutely hate
doing multiple things at one time, right?
And
the thing that most of us will gravitate to is to
do the same thing with our hands and our feet.
But what it does is
it actually creates a big break in your music.
I'll just show you what I mean again.
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pretty strange.
Pretty strange to have those little breaks in your music.
What are you supposed to do,
Is this.
You change the pedal,
you go up and down
at the same time
as when you play
your next
note
in the next chord.
Let me say that again.
So you are changing your pedal
at the same time you're doing this with your feet.
You're changing the pedal
at the very same time
as when you play the first note
of the next chord.
I'll do that in super slow motion so you can see what I mean.
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Now the great news about learning how to use the pedal
is once you've learned at once,
you can apply that to
every piece under the sun
and it's all the same technique.
What you got to do
is to try and get that timing correctly.
So remember
you're changing
at the same time
as when you play that next note of the next chord.
Okay?
I've given you quite a few examples there,
but a lot of it's going to be
you experimenting with yourself and also with your teacher.
So try it again and again.
And try and film yourself as well.
So that's the video for today.
My name is Jazer.
I hope you found some helpful tips for today.
Remember to comment,
ask me some questions.
I'd love to help you with your piano problems,
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educational content like this.
See you in the next video.
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