STOP playing the piano sustain pedal like this...

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Fact: you’re probably playing the piano sustain pedal WRONG. In this video, we address common mistakes made by many piano players when playing the sustain pedal. We will discuss the proper technique of using the sustain pedal, and how it can make a huge difference in the overall sound and quality of your piano playing.
Throughout the video, we will demonstrate various ways in which the sustain pedal is often misused and the negative impact it can have on the sound of a song. We will also show you the correct way to use the pedal, including tips and tricks for when to press it and when to release it.
In addition, we will be using the popular song "All of Me" by John Legend to demonstrate how to use the sustain pedal correctly. This will give you an opportunity to apply what you've learned and hear the difference it makes in a real song.
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced pianist, this video is an essential watch if you want to improve your piano playing skills and take your performances to the next level. Don't miss out on this informative and practical tutorial on playing the sustain pedal correctly - it may just be the key to unlocking your full piano playing potential!
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@staceycarras3815 Ай бұрын

I like how you just get on with it, instead of talking to much, great vid, keep them coming

@johncanny517 2 ай бұрын

I have a Yamaha CLP 775 and I definitely am guilty of over using sustain pedal. Great tips! Thank you 🎼🎵🎹🎶👍

@maxcarter3413 Жыл бұрын

Great pointers! Thank you!

@blanebutler4631 4 ай бұрын

Your videos are really informative and easy to follow. Really appreciate them!

@Mr_CB 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for a very well presented and helpful video.

@madnessbydesign1415 10 ай бұрын

My Sustain Pedal mistake: "What's a Sustain Pedal?". Now I can start making the other mistakes. Thanks! :)

@alanmonday9981 4 ай бұрын

I had an old broken piano, and I wondered the same thing. So, I took the piano apart to see what it did. What I found, is that the sustain pedal, on the far right, is not for starting anything, really. It works a padded bar that stops all the strings from playing! Strange, huh? But, how does it play any notes? Well, there is a tricky mechanism, in each finger key, that allows only that key to sound a note, when it is struck by your finger. It sounds, for as long as you hold it down. The ivory or black key that you press is only a small part of a complicated set of wooden levers, that is about the size of your hand. There are 88 or so, all lined up like bread slices. One for each note. The reason is bad harmonics. If the sustain bar was not there, all the piano strings would ring in sympathetic vibration, any time a note was played. It would sound bad. But, as long as you hold down the keys, only those notes will sound. So, there is a bar, that is stopping all the strings. Each key has a way to unstop its note, as long as it is held down. The cool part is, the pedal unstops those notes for you, even when you lift your fingers. It still keeps the other strings quiet. As long as you are in a chord phrase, you generally want all those notes to keep playing, That is diatonic harmony. It gives the piano that rich, complex sound. But, when you change harmony, by changing the chord, you play the new chord or note, and lift the sustaining pedal. That stops the previous harmony, and begins the new one, as long as you hold the note. If you then press the sustain pedal again, you open all the next notes to harmonize until you stop it with the pedal.

@run1492 Жыл бұрын

Thanks ! That was a very clear explanation

@susanturley3944 11 ай бұрын

Very helpful! Thank you.😊

@philchampers9699 11 ай бұрын

I am about to purchase a sustain pedal for my recently purchased keyboard and luckily for me I came across your lessons and techniques on 'you tube' in how to get started so I subscribed right away, I am not an absolute beginner (played a little bit many years ago) but I wanted to start as if I'd never played keyboard before so that I could hopefully learn the correct way to play from day one, thank goodness I came across your 'you tube' channel as your lessons are explanations in what to do are easy to follow and I can tell that you absolutely 💯% know what you are talking about so I feel confident that I am learning how to play the keyboard correctly, Thank you.

@queenbeauty6170 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for telling me Chord first, pedal next. I always do it the reverse way. Thank you so much.

@moressler3931 Жыл бұрын

By far the best on basic technique - thank you so much - so many good tips - detail much appreciated

@mitulp.mandalia6123 Жыл бұрын

Thank you teacher for the best guidance about paddle.

@Canoeman55 8 ай бұрын

Hi Kaitlyn, this is the first video on KZfaq that realy helps. You're such a good teacher! Thank you so much!

@davegrice9546 11 ай бұрын

best explanation I've seen on yt for this.. thanks! very helpful.

@TheCallie52809 Ай бұрын

I already knew how to use the sustain pedal, but I clicked on this video anyway. I'm glad I did because your advice about using the big toe to control the pedal has really cleaned-up the sound of my sustain. Just a slight difference in foot placement made a big difference in my pedal control. Thank you.

@markonanic 11 ай бұрын

Best video ive ever seen! You helped me so much!

@lilian12972 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤ I’ve been searching for this kind of pedalling techniques on KZfaq and so far you’re the best. Thanks a bunch. 💐 ❤ *practicing it right away 😅🎹🖖🏻🙌🏻

@pianoly Жыл бұрын

Yay! Be sure to download the free pdf! 🎹

@TaycanSWGOH 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video. It was very helpful. Mine sounded exactly like one of your demos for mistakes. It sounded choppy. I'll practice per your suggestion!

@eddenton9107 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, I was holding the pedal down. I will try the exercises.

@PianoLessonwithWarren 8 ай бұрын

I am very impressed with your channel. Keep up the good work :) 🎹🔥

@alexgoriatchenkov Жыл бұрын

I did't doing yet any mistakes with that pedal because after two month started learning piano playing today will be trying for First time with you. Thank you for smile !

@TheTTrickz 9 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton! Especially the tip to keep arms distance and use the big toe immediately made me sound more professional.

@dariolombardo84 Ай бұрын

Amazing! Thank you ❤

@ototkemot 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing on how to pedal, As you have pointed out, I am a student that just could not understand how to pedal. I now have a goal to make my piano playing sound like a pro. Thanks again.

@tablamusicsharad5843 Жыл бұрын

Mam your teaching technique makes us understand so properly, Thanks a lot for making such lessons for us..

@latdick 11 ай бұрын

You are a real very good teacher. So clear! Thank you!

@kookianmin9866 9 ай бұрын

Very well explained. I always make the mistake to Pedal First Chord Second.

@katskeysandcaptures 11 ай бұрын

Hi Kaitlyn! I’ve been a self taught “big note” player my whole life and now doing some composing and improv - THANK YOU SO MUCH for this video (and all your others I have been watching:) - I most definitely have been playing the sustain pedal all wrong🤪☺️ (amongst other things!) Many thanks again for sharing your talent and teaching with us!🎶🎶💞

@John-ip7qo Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Thanks!

@joseojeda6535 8 ай бұрын

Excellent teacher. You will not believe it but, in this minutes long video I have finally learned what I’ve tried to learn in 2 years about the proper use of the pedal. Thank you . What about the other two pedals?

@RamdanCode 6 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you so much for this eye-opening tutorial! I've been playing the piano for years, and I never realized how crucial it is to use the sustain pedal correctly. Your detailed explanation and demonstrations with 'All of Me' really made a significant difference in how I approach my playing. I appreciate the effort you put into highlighting common mistakes and providing practical tips. It's clear that you genuinely care about helping pianists improve their skills. The comparison between incorrect and correct pedal usage was so helpful, and I can already hear the positive impact on my playing. Your choice of 'All of Me' as an example was brilliant, as it's a song many of us love and want to play well. Now, thanks to your guidance, I feel more confident and connected to the music when using the sustain pedal. Once again, a big thank you for sharing your expertise and enhancing my piano journey. Looking forward to more insightful tutorials from your channel! 🎹🎶

@stojanovik69 10 ай бұрын

Hi Kaitlyn, can you show more Videos , how to use the other pedals and when this pedals should be used ? Thanks

@diser408 Жыл бұрын

Great video thanks.

@jbentonio Жыл бұрын

I had no idea I wasn’t supposed to pick up my foot at the same time as my hands! Overlapping the sustained chord with the next chord seems counterintuitive at first, but it does actually sound better. This was a very helpful video!

@pianoly Жыл бұрын

I'm glad it was helpful for you, Jonathan! 🎹

@barbmoody4892 Жыл бұрын

Helpful. Thank you

@markweaver8721 8 ай бұрын

Best pedal video I have seen so far 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@oscarpalaciosruiz 9 ай бұрын

Learning piano at 48. I now know the entire sequence of Beethoven's Moonlight sonata, the adagio (obviously, the presto part is NOT for beginners!). It took me four months. I was making the mistake of keeping the pedal on my Kurzweil keyboard pressed all the time. It becomes a horrible sludge of notes very quickly but I'm still not sure exactly when to lift my foot so I don't just kill all the notes in the wrong place. I looked for answers and your video is great! Thanks

@mariorqmsilveira3270 Жыл бұрын

Hello! Thanks for the video.I believe my main mistake is the second one that was shown... but I am really new to this and everything is a bit weird!

@nighiri7461 10 ай бұрын

What if my pedal are high and I can’t touch the floor with the back of the foot? I think that’s more exhausting… do I need to put something under my foot to elevate it?

@Fantasia5417 4 ай бұрын

Great pointers here! What are the other 2 pedals used for?

@salimaali3850 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@CarlosPerdomo Жыл бұрын

LOVE LOVE LOVE your channel. 🥰

@pianoly Жыл бұрын

‼FREE TRAINING (hosted by Kaitlyn Davidson) - HOW TO GO FROM STRUGGLING TO LEARN PIANO TO PLAYING YOUR FAVORITE SONGS (IN AS LITTLE AS A FEW MONTHS) WITHOUT OVERWHELM, CHILDREN'S MUSIC, AND UNNECESSARY MUSIC THEORY www.try.piano.ly/free-training

@mariocg Жыл бұрын

Once again.....Thanks for your time!!

@pianoly Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@_KUNAL_-_ Жыл бұрын

I have a piano keyboard with in built sustain, but this information is gonna help me further in my future. So, thanks a lot for this very helpful video❤

@pianoly Жыл бұрын

Great!! Have you tried playing the sustain pedal yet on it?

@_KUNAL_-_ Жыл бұрын

@@pianoly Not yet😅 But I think, now I am gonna buy one. Cuz now I know how to use it.

@pianoly Жыл бұрын

Great, be sure to download the pdf so that you can practice it. 🎹 enjoy!

@_KUNAL_-_ Жыл бұрын

@@pianoly oh, thanks. Have a great day🙂

@geriesdayma3914 10 ай бұрын

thanks, I like your video 👍🙏

@dumalucky 8 ай бұрын

best teacher ever..

@Kapthos Жыл бұрын

I usually think "change it when you play the next bass note" but the pedal is kinda "off beat" in my brain, is a contrary motion for hands and feet. Time to practice more!!

@Islander2112 Жыл бұрын

I think the sustain pedal both lets chords shine on, and shuts them up too. It's a feel.

@lyndasoar4345 3 ай бұрын

Thank you

@misterbigs 4 ай бұрын

I knew I needed this, I was just afraid to learn it for whatever reason! I fall into the first camp of sustaining e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g

@rettungnaht5791 Ай бұрын

Thanks

@davidbalan6571 9 ай бұрын

The same applies even to difficult and ' busy ' music liked to Ravel .

@katiecameron3115 11 ай бұрын

I enjoyed your video. I have a rare problem. I play the piano for my church, but I also have a neurological disorder which affects my legs. I have a really hard time lifting the pedal, so I tend to hold it down throughout most of a song. I know this isn’t best, but the alternative is to not use it and the hymns would sound choppy. Any ideas or tips?

@pianoly 11 ай бұрын

If you can't play the pedal, then I would search how to do finger substitutions (it is how organists play smoothly without the pedal).

@Lasgoo 6 ай бұрын

I think Compared to using the ball of your foot, using the big toe generates a much larger burden on your musculature and might even rob you of some control.

@maitajack Жыл бұрын

Very interesting lesson. Vocabulary easy to understand except the ABCD... notes I' m so used to do ré mi since elementary school. Also it start on la (A) insted of do where the scale starts? Why?😊

@claude5125 Жыл бұрын

If i may suggest… most of the note/chords you will read in scores/lead sheet, will be the english version ( A B C D…) after a few days you will be familliar . I am french, so i was used to read Do-Ré,,,,.

@annelisegertrud9546 4 ай бұрын

Okay my question may sound stupid. But i played piano 6 years ago as a child so pls dont judge. When can I use the pedal? Is it noted in the sheets? I rarely see the little star. And can i play sustain pedal without playing acords?

@clancydowrca 4 ай бұрын

Just about getting used to playing with two hands now i gotta add my feet into the mix!!!! My poor brain!!

@kidsplaymusic Жыл бұрын

I don't know how to ise it...just runs the sound into each other

@rasmuhamednasr4621 Жыл бұрын

Waaaaw, beautiful

@racquelroberts 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@pianoly 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so so much!

@unamite3762 Жыл бұрын

So I’ve never had piano lessons (I want them but I don’t really have the money for them) I don’t know how to read sheet music And I have no idea how you’re theoretically meant to play the piano I learn through synthesias, and you can guess how I make a lot of these mistakes easily, didn’t know any of this, but it always felt like I was using the sustain pedal wrong Makes me wish I could get actual lessons tbh lol

@michellemonet4358 9 ай бұрын

You can learn on your own....without a formal teacher. I have!

@truthinkr2931 11 ай бұрын

hand foot coordination is essential for mastering the pedal...

@soyeux27 11 ай бұрын

You're a great teacher. And you're beautiful.

@guillermosanchez9941 11 ай бұрын

my bigest mistake is that I can not stop looking at your beautifull eyes in your angel face ,thank you for your lessons

@lisariedyk9142 5 ай бұрын

So if you have a keyboard why do you need sustain pedal?

@pieterbender585 Жыл бұрын

Chord - pedal ❤. New Chord - lift - pedal 😎🎹 Comment edited- Correction made on Pedal spelling. Not paddle 🤦🏼‍♂️

@michellemonet4358 Жыл бұрын

Paddle or pedal?

@pieterbender585 Жыл бұрын

Ooooh snap... thanks for the point out 🤦🏼‍♂️

@lindawilliams5015 11 ай бұрын

Holding the pedal

@p39483 11 ай бұрын

Proper use is to determine if you suck as a composer: If using the sustain pedal improves an arrangement then it's not a very good arrangement.

@acreguy3156 9 ай бұрын

Excellent video! Please remove the background music during your dialog. You're talking about one of the most important piano concepts, which many players get wrong, and yet you make us process background noise (music played so quietly to be an annoyance rather than pleasing to the ear) over the top of one of the most important subjects. Many excellent Netflix video producers ruin their videos by using background and often terrible music. Not needed! Get rid of it. I just want to hear you and understand your outstanding advice. Thanks! You just made me a better player 👍.

@harper626 Жыл бұрын

I hold pedal now too much by habit.

@salimaali3850 Жыл бұрын

😊

@yhaind Жыл бұрын

What mistakes I make? All!!!

@kidsplaymusic Жыл бұрын

No one explains the pedal...thank you

@kidsplaymusic Жыл бұрын

Thanks to I understand...I'm a drummer so I get it lol

@katiegrundle9900 8 ай бұрын

playing a digital piano screwed me up with the pedal. playing on a real piano is different, the degree of pedal use is more expressive especially when half pedaling

@guillermosanchez9941 Жыл бұрын

angel face

@musicfan07058 2 ай бұрын

Little story before my question, The first time i drove my car without shoes or switching to flip flops ect. It was instantly weird and felt like i was driving a strange car 🤣 Question Do you always play in socks or does it bother you wearing alternate footwear?

@richardblocher599 11 ай бұрын

I Hold to long. Sometimes, not long enough.

@judesantillan 8 ай бұрын

thanks for the tip you are gorgeous

@SluggishDuck 2 ай бұрын

not using the sustain pedal for the whole learning phase would crush my whole motivation tho

@junbin3950 9 ай бұрын

You're the best one by far when it comes to explaining sustain pedal: 1. Not using shoes/boots/heels to show how to position the foot on the pedal. I really don't understand tutorials that use high heels, are you teaching or doing a fashion show?? 2. Highlighting that you use your toes 3. Most importantly, mentioning that you use your big toe. Literally nobody else mentioned this & I was thinking the whole time how on earth are you small 3-4 middle toes are going to press the big pedal. Due to the camera angle, we never see it from the top so we don't know which toe to really use