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Posture & Body Position for Piano Playing
How to Position Hands & Arms to Play the Piano
Piano Finger Technique
Practicing Piano Finger Technique
Increasing Finger Strength for Piano Playing
Stretching Muscles for Piano Playing
Proper Wrist Position for Playing the Piano
Proper Posture for Playing the Piano
How to Breathe While Playing the Piano
How to Focus while Playing the Piano
Improving Your Piano Technique by Focusing
How to Practice the Piano
How to Harmonize on the Piano
Additional Techniques for Harmonizing on the Piano
How to Walk Up the Scale on a Piano
How to Train Your Ear for Harmonizing on the Piano
How to Play the 7 Scale Notes on the Piano
Examples of 7 Scale Notes on the Piano
How to Play Chromatic Tones on the Piano
How to Use Chromatic Tones on the Piano to Add Color to Your Playing
How to Use the Sustain Pedal on a Piano
How to Use the Bass Pedal on a Piano
How to Use the Soft Pedal on a Piano
How to Play the Piano with Emotion
How Your Emotions Reflect in Your Piano Playing
How to Compose Music on the Piano
How to Find Rhythm & Tempo for Piano Songwriting
How to Put Chords & Rhythm Together for Piano Songwriting
How to Play Melody on the Piano
How to Harmonize Melodies on the Piano
Summary: How to use the sustain pedal on the piano; learn this and more in this free online piano lesson series taught by expert pianist and professional musician Tony Newton.
A professional musician and bassist since the 1960s, Tony Newton has been hailed as a "super genius [who] will go down in history as one of the most vital path-forgers of our era” by...read more
"Hi I'm Tony Newton for Expert Village and today we are going to talk about the usage of the piano pedal. You know it is surprising how the science of using the pedal is a miss read especially one of the pedals the sostenuto pedal. But let's start with the sustain pedal there are two ways of utilizing the sustain pedal. The sustain is the first pedal on the right which you press if you want the chords to ring out. Now we have indirect pedaling and direct pedaling. Direct pedaling means every time you press a chord you press down on the pedal. Now you can hear there is a difference on the sound of each one of these. Now this one is indirect pedaling which would be I hit the strike chord first then push the pedal."
eHow Article: How to Use the Sustain Pedal on a Piano
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