His talking about his struggle uncoupling the left hand from the feet gave me a laugh- reminded me of my first days learning to play the organ 😆 Been there!
@padraicbrown67183 жыл бұрын
Roberto, one thing you might want to consider, regarding sensitivity, is to play without shoes! Your feet are actually quite sensitive. I played the organ for a number of years when I was younger, and began learning with shoes, because that's what the teacher said. After determining that I "couldn't feel anything" with the shoes on, I kicked them off and discovered that toes, arches, heels and sides of the feet are every bit as sensitive as their hand counterparts. I never wore shoes again while at the organ. Up to you whether you wear socks or not in concert!
@ericalbany Жыл бұрын
I tend to agree- except that on one organ with worn pedals I managed to get a splinter in my toe!
@padraicbrown6718 Жыл бұрын
@@ericalbany oof. That wouldn't be very pleasant!
@lizlangauraceneenvellum8716 Жыл бұрын
It's likely he tried no shoes, but for consistency and foot health/support he went for very thin-soled ones.
@christineroberts67593 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your tutorial on the Pedal piano. I did wonder what all the foot pedals were for and now I know. I am only an amateur pianist in my 70's but it's very interesting to learn of other instruments. Thanks again.
@MA-naconitor3 жыл бұрын
This, but combined with the Steinway two-manual piano!
@foo0815 Жыл бұрын
It would be interesting to use a Bösendorfer Imperial with its additional bass notes as the lower piano and add a 32 foot stop (one octave lower than written)
@JuliaPikalova7 ай бұрын
That's amazing! Mindblowing. Bravo Roberto! Thank you for the video, dear LPO. I wonder if you have recorded this performance.
@RockStarOscarStern6343 жыл бұрын
I really need this if I'm going to be doing new song covers.
@JesusPVZFAN20043 жыл бұрын
It will could very interesting see younger kids playing this
@bingola454 жыл бұрын
"They can be in harmony...they can also be in contrast..." Yes. You could accompany something by Mozart or Schumann with a Joplin rag on pedals...
@londonphilharmonicorchestra4 жыл бұрын
I’d quite like to hear that! :-)
@elemtilas3354 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! As far as touch & sensitivity are concerned, I'd strongly suggest you try taking your shoes off. I started playing organ with shoes, but hated wearing them. Once I kicked off the shoes, the pedal board suddenly felt to my feet exactly how the keyboard felt to my hands.
@londonphilharmonicorchestra4 жыл бұрын
Nice! From what I can remember from this film session, I think Roberto was wearing special shoes (Jazz shoes)- where the soles are thin enough for some sensitivity, with more flexibility, but with enough of a heel for some quick movements.
@RockStarOscarStern6344 жыл бұрын
@@londonphilharmonicorchestra It's called a Pianorgan aka Piano for Organists.
@Tutnese4 жыл бұрын
Yay. I found one! This is amazing.
@peterharrison58335 жыл бұрын
Grazie per questo video. Molto interessante! Sinceremente, PMH
@pardn3 жыл бұрын
Would love to hear some of Bach's works on this thing
@benedictdsilva3954 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for that tutorial .... Well explained... Maybe some organ lesson can help....Fazioli is the other piano company that makes Pedal pianos..I see there is a mechanism. I wonder if the keyboard of the piano below gets damaged>?... Upright pedal pianos are also seen they work differently... its just one piano....
@resultant645 жыл бұрын
nice explanation.... i didnt know that the pedals could play in octaves...thank you
@stephenbradley62852 жыл бұрын
Thankyou
@amyrvonbathelcantusioii9498 Жыл бұрын
great!!!
@matthewclarke5008 Жыл бұрын
Is it possible to play the record the pedal piano without the tapping sound, as that's the main thing I dislike about it, I work very hard to eliminate noises as such when playing the piano.
@lylerubins91593 жыл бұрын
I feel like the pedal harpsichord sounds better and is a more of an improvement to the original instrument than the pedal piano is to the piano.
@matthewneuls62452 жыл бұрын
Wow
@BillDeef5 жыл бұрын
Ben spiegato anche per un dilettante come me. And, in English. Well-done.
@eugeneveziridis Жыл бұрын
This is news to me….I never heard of the piano having an entire pedal board.
@JesusPVZFAN20043 жыл бұрын
It looks like to play a second piano with the feet
@umegghju3 жыл бұрын
🇮🇹🇮🇹Italia🇮🇹🇮🇹, ancora possiamo dare qualcosa 🇮🇹🇮🇹 Rialziamoci
@AsrielKujo3 жыл бұрын
Hehe Giusto!
@musical.0uija3 жыл бұрын
That’s so extra
@SR009s3 жыл бұрын
And brilliant
@allysloper18823 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, now all you need to get the best out of it is to find someone with six legs.
@londonphilharmonicorchestra3 жыл бұрын
You could get three people playing it together. Bit of a squish on the seat sitting together, but it might be cool :-)
@DityaSangGita3 жыл бұрын
There are digital organs far cheaper nowadays than this instrument being talked about here.
@TheJakeman7893 жыл бұрын
Exactly and you can get an ok piano sound on the organs too.
@stuartmclaren24022 жыл бұрын
Indeed it is quite easy to convert a digital piano to a digital pedal piano by adding a midi pedalboard which are increasingly available for organists to practise at home. This video answered one important question. I was unsure if the pedal notes here had a dynamic range or were like organ or harpsichord, where no matter how hard you press the pedal note, the sound is the same. But to achieve a digital pedal piano we would need a special pedalboard which gives a dynamic range. Still it is achievable.
@Mabeylater2934 жыл бұрын
Less talking more playing
@RobertFisher1969 Жыл бұрын
There are other videos with playing. Some of us are very grateful to also have a video with more talking.
@TheJakeman7893 жыл бұрын
This is too boring and unnatural honestly. Still just a boring piano sound. The organ still and always will win.
@thebridge16093 жыл бұрын
Wow, relax. This is another instrument and does not need to win between the organ
@SR009s3 жыл бұрын
Always? So there are no pieces that sound better on piano?
@Whatismusic1232 жыл бұрын
?? literally just a piano with extra notes tf are you talking about, also a great amount of things a piano can do the organ can't, that is why it was surpassed in usage among the great composers
@stuartmclaren24022 жыл бұрын
In some cases yes but I wouldn’t say all. I love the organ and have my own organ at home. But recently I listened to Prelude No 10 op 66 by Alkan written and played on a pedal piano by Oliver Latry, who is better known as an international organist. The piece is clearly a piano piece and in my opinion it doesn’t work that well on the organ. Both versions are available on you tube.