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Show Makes Pupils Practice Without the Pedals Many of the most famous teachers i Of the past, several of them experts I vlth the pedals, have been very exact Ing in Insisting (hat their pupils prac-' tlce without the pedals. It is very1 easy to get a sudden increase in sound.; For instance if you use the damper, pedal, but can ou got a beautiful, crescendo without the use of the ped-J? ped-J? Recently the writer spoke to an advanced student only to find out thai she had never tried a crescendo or a decrcseendo without the pedal. Scales form an excellent means, of practicing this. Play crescendo ascending as-cending and decrescendo descending. Then play descrescendo ascending, and crescendo descending. You will soon notice a difference in your powers of expression. |