Ric: After you play the C#s and hold the sostenuto pedal, you use the sustain pedal in a normal fashion. That keeps the chords smooth. Try it. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/9/01 at 12:32 PM Richard Moody wrote: >>What do you do with the Rachmaninof Prelude in C# minor? > >I never thought of using sostenuto there but giving it a try I don't like it >because I can't move my hands fast enough on the upper chords. They sound >choppy. If I use both pedals then I suppose it can sound interesting. But I >am not a pianist and barely know just the opening measures. How does Rac do it >on recordings or how is it done on the rolls? > With the "Moody Individual Sustain Sytem" ®™ ; ) you could press the sos >at anytime, which would pick up what ever the ummm the MISS pedal is holding >then release the IS pedal and still have only those notes sustaining but now the >other notes you are playing won't sustain. I can imagine both pedals used in >conjunction. I can hardly wait to try it on a waltz. ---ric > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: David M. Porritt <dporritt@post.cis.smu.edu> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 6:52 AM >Subject: Re: Sostenuto vs Indidivual sustain > > >Ric: > >What do you do with the Rachmaninof Prelude in C# minor? (The only piece I ever >played that needed the sostenuto). After you play the low C# octaves, then hold >the pedal, you DON'T want the other notes you play to continue as long as the >C#s. The whole point is to have notes that sustain, and other notes that don't. > >dave > >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >On 2/7/01 at 11:50 PM Richard Moody wrote: > >> Don't get me wrong, I am not advocating getting rid of the sos pedal. >Come >>to think of it, such a pedal might make the sos pedal even more appealing. It >>could catch the notes you held down with individual sustain without requiring >>the agravating "accuracy" of timing the sos pedal. And BTW I want a dollar for >>every piano this is put into. Thank you. >> ---ric >> David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275
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