RE: Music
06-23-2013, 11:26 AM
A recent invention for pianos (or perhaps a modern spin on a long-forgotten mechanism?) is a “harmonic” pedal that exploits sympathetic vibrations in the strings not being played—it sounds like this lovely yet haunting sort of a ringing sound, or perhaps a light but persistent reverb. A really neat effect for staccato notes in particular—clearly staccato, but keeps going.
The jury’s still out on whether this is just a gimmick, but I think it sounds pretty nice and would be an appropriate player’s-discretion tool for certain pieces and styles. Besides, sometimes a classical pianist can’t help but get pedal envy when reading about the crazy gizmos they used to have on some old instruments.
(If you want to skip the guy’s talking about it, the piece starts at 1:12.)
The jury’s still out on whether this is just a gimmick, but I think it sounds pretty nice and would be an appropriate player’s-discretion tool for certain pieces and styles. Besides, sometimes a classical pianist can’t help but get pedal envy when reading about the crazy gizmos they used to have on some old instruments.
(If you want to skip the guy’s talking about it, the piece starts at 1:12.)
sea had swallowed all. A lazy curtain of dust was wafting out to sea