My organist friend doesn't like heels. He always pounds the pedals with his toes. Whatever the style of music, his technique is exactly the same - always staccato in the bass. Why does he play like this, you might ask? I guess somebody at the early start didn't do the job of earning his trust of convincing him to use correct technique. Or perhaps he was taught correctly but the daily routine of church playing crept in and he didn't find enough courage to think harder about the choices of pedaling he had to make. Is there a hope for this student to make a transition into a better technique? Not until he feels that the pain required to change his current technique is lesser than the benefits associated with the results this change will provide. Ausra's Harmony Exercise: Transposing Sequence in Eb Major: I-iii-IV-V
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Drs. Vidas Pinkevicius and Ausra Motuzaite-Pinkeviciene Organists of Vilnius University , creators of Secrets of Organ Playing. Don't have an organ at home? Download paper manuals and pedals, print them out, cut the white spaces, tape the sheets together and you'll be ready to practice anywhere where is a desk and floor. Make sure you have a higher chair. |