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You said something about playing the bass part of a staff with your feet on the pedal .. what advice will you give a pianist that’s not used to pedaling that way .. we always plays everything with hands and in case of an organ we then double the bass with feet and hands
@@soulgaming6919 Thank you for your question. I used to play the bass part on the manuals until a few years ago. The moment I became conscious of the correct way, I intentionally practised hymns and songs playing the bass part on the pedals only. Another thing that helped was playing the tenor, alto and soprano parts alone with the hands, even on a piano or keyboard. It will seem difficult at first, but you will get used to it the more you attempt it
It is un-organic to play simultaneously the same part on pedals and manuals, so more if you can use a pedal coupler (which makes that every note played on the pedal plays the same note on the manual). And, much more important, it's unefficient. Why should I affect any finger on a note already played by my foot? Let's go further. You may play with your feet not the bass but the tenor voice, or even (if the organ stops permit such play - you need some 4' and 2' stops on the pedal) the soprano voice in the pedals. This is some mental gymnastics if you are formed to play the bass voice with your feet, but very pleasant. Playing the bass voice only with your feet permits to play the soprano voice on one manual with the right hand and the alto and tenor voice with the left hand on an other manual. So you may line the melody to sing with a trumpet and a Cornet, and the accompaniment voices with soft flutes only - a very good approach if the assembly does not know the tune.
@@LocojustLoco thanks for this information.. and here you said it mind gymnastics.. yeah you are right about the mind stuff .. at the moment I’ve not fully get my legs working properly on the organ .. I do forget some foot notes if I’m focused on the manuales … I know this will correct with time .. meanwhile thanks guys for this insight .. But I don’t think I can be playing tenor notes on pedal yet 😂.. let me just keep with the basics..
@@soulgaming6919 the only solution is practice, and more practice. Play foot and left hand part until you play them without any error, 10 or 12 times no error. Then foot and RH part, same procedure. Then all together, and when you can replay it ten and twelve times without any mistakes and errors, then you will go on. I learned it, so you will learn it, too. 😉
