Extra Keyboard Hands?
February 14, 2010 by slyons
Filed under Mistakes to Avoid Learning Keyboard
LEARN TO USE YOUR ‘EXTRA KEYBOARD HANDS!
What if you had an extra hand or two when you played
keyboard? Would that expand your capabilities? I think so.
Well, pianos and electronic keyboards have a beautiful little
device called a “sustain pedal” that essentially gives you
an extra pair of hands. How?
On a regular piano, it’s the pedal to the far right. On
electronic keyboards, it’s a stand-alone pedal that plugs
into the back of the keyboard.
It allows you to keep notes ringing out, even while your
fingers release the keys and move to other notes.
Try this: Sit at the piano and hit any note repeatedly.
tink, tink, tink… Now, hold down the sustain pedal and
hit the same note repeatedly. Ting, ting, ting… See
what a different feeling each gives?
That is what an extra pair of hands will do for you.
I urge you to experiment with it by playing chords if you
know about chords.
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