Una Corda Blues

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Tom,
                I was assuming a reasonably well balanced piano at the 
start. With a major reg for advanced pianist, the last job is always the 
una corda voicing, to get the widest colour change possible.
  Regards Roger
At 09:24 AM 11/14/02 -0500, you wrote:

>In a message dated 11/13/02 10:05:38 PM, roger.j@sasktel.net writes:
>
><< If you have to make a choice between left and right hand, go with the
>right
>since that is where most tunes are played.
>  >>
>
>i would agree to the extent that half of the bass register is one string
>anyway, and therefore regulating that register to the una corda would result
>in only an octave full of notes that made a difference.  That octave is often
>critical, though, in achieving the effect of PP.
>
>In pianistic terms, the left hand often dictates the apparent dynamic level
>of the music.  To play PP (in a standard homophonic musical setting: RH
>melody, LH accompaniment) requires the left hand to play as quietly as
>possible, whereas the right hand is able to sing over the accompaniment, and
>thus be much louder.  A standard dynamic level of Mezzopiano in the RH and
>Pianissimo in the LH would result in a perceived PP in the music.
>
>Now, keep that melody at the same dynamic level and increase the left hand
>volume and you get a perceived dynamic level that is much louder than before.
>
>
>It is the left hand that dictates the dynamic level.  So having una corda in
>the right hand only would really make things more difficult for the pianist
>using the una corda pedal to achieve PP.  (in homophonic settings)
>
>Tom Sivak
>
>P.S.
>That was homophonic, (as in one voice supported by chords) not homophobic.
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