Sostenuto vs Indidivual sustain

[Richard Moody]

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From: David M. Porritt <dporritt@post.cis.smu.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: Sostenuto vs Indidivual sustain


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
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YEP !    That's what happened after I sat at the piano for a while.   (Actually
then, I preferred sustain alone.)  But that combination gave me cause to wonder
why the individual sustain concept has not been invented yet.   Well I suppose I
have to do the dirty work and actually hook it up (or try to) and then see how
it sounds---compare it to sustain and then to what you mention above.

Say... do you play the second part of the Prelude?   Any practice hints? Other
than grind it out 20 min at a time 5 times a week?    ---ric (putting it off:
after all I am only the tuner) ----ric

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On 2/9/01 at 12:32 PM Richard Moody wrote:

>>What do you do with the Rachmaninof Prelude in C# minor?
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