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The Music Room => Composing and Performing => Topic started by: bwv 1080 on December 19, 2007, 09:11:36 PM

Title: Piano questions
Post by: bwv 1080 on December 19, 2007, 09:11:36 PM
Finally have a piano (albeit a digital one) after years without.  I am planning on working up Debussy's Des pas sur la neige from the 1st book of preludes and Bach's Contrapuntus XIV (the canon at the tenth)

my questions
Pedaling on the Debussy - there are no pedal marks on the score, but I am assuming you pedal through the phrase marks, correct?

Does anyone know of a good score w/ fingerings for CP XIV?  I have the Dover edition which has no fingerings
Title: Re: Piano questions
Post by: sunnyside_up on December 19, 2007, 10:45:42 PM
Sorry I can't answer your questions, bwv 1080 (you are waaaay above my level!!)

I have found a lot of help for my playing on http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/ultimatebb.php (http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/ultimatebb.php)

Good luck!

Title: Re: Piano questions
Post by: matti on December 19, 2007, 10:59:49 PM
Quote from: bwv 1080 on December 19, 2007, 09:11:36 PM
my questions
Pedaling on the Debussy - there are no pedal marks on the score, but I am assuming you pedal through the phrase marks, correct?


Michelangeli keeps the mode nice and crisp with moderate pedalling, not mixing the harmonies.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jFKfuanIfdU
Title: Re: Piano questions
Post by: mikkeljs on December 24, 2007, 06:38:20 AM
I think there is many possibilities which are all great. I personally doesn´t see anything wrong in pedalling the whole way through a Debussy piece.  ;D Neither is it wrong to use no pedal at all. The only important thing is, that you make the decision from a valueable reason. The same with fingerings.