All About Pedaling - How to Sight Read Sheet Music Like a Pro - Piano Lesson with Richard Yang

This video discusses the how/when/why to use the 3 different piano pedals. Please do your best not to skip because I have pretty good examples for the different pedal usage scenarios that you don't want to miss.
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[@Danny.reg.]

Thanks a lot this was really helpful. I play on an older, restored piano that has great characteristics and tone to it, but I've always struggled with too much of a mishmash of notes when pedaling. This correct technique helps to eliminate almost all the unwanted mishmash. :)

[@TheDusty1920]

Thanks so much for this. One of the things that I absolutely love about Animenz's videos is that he always has the dampers visible in his videos so that you can see exactly how he is pedaling. For a more in-experienced pianist like me, this is gold.

[@RichardYangPiano]

I was about to say that his new videos that’s no longer true. I also personally want to see this too. That’s why I show fully how I pedal in my videos so people can see exactly how I pedal. I almost thought he intentionally hides that now.

[@TheDusty1920]

@@RichardYangPiano it’s still there on every recent video I’ve watched. Look at the top right. It’s just a small sliver of the dampers. And it’s in the dark. But if you focus in on it, you can unquestionably see the ups and downs clearly. Take another look

[@TheDusty1920]

The moment he stops doing it, I’m going to bombard him with comments (and maybe those TH-cam “super” comments”to bring it back lol. But I can still see it on every one. So hopefully I don’t have to

[@boredPianoAdv]

@@RichardYangPiano I wonder if it's intentional too. It looks more likely that it was a sacrifice in achieving this particular framing of the 88 keys which he likes. The 2015 era angle had the dampers and a lot of the piano body, but cut off some of some of the keys. The 2020 angle had all of the keys and the damper but was more steep and the keys had less screen space. This current angle maximizes the view of the keys

[@RichardYangPiano]

@@boredPianoAdv You guys pay so much attention. I usually just watch once to gauge the tempo and phrasing. I don’t pay much attention on fingering and other stuff. I always use my own fingering. His hands are built different (size wise). Wait, maybe my hands are built different. Mine are definitely smaller than most. Pedaling, I gave up trying to figure out what he does. I just pedal to make sure the sound is in the ballpark.

[@therealdarclee]

When is the new video coming up? 😊

[@RichardYangPiano]

Might be a while for piano lessons. Next few weeks I’m gonna record at least 2-3 pieces first.

[@Sasukesanimation]

Thanks man, surprised that i am quite early 😅 i also find that i tend to hold my padle to long or too short, keep up the amazing work man 👍👍👍

[@boredPianoAdv]

Fascinating how an Animenz arrangement can cover the major use cases you're trying to share! That's a very motivating teaching tool for budding ani-pianists, haha

[@RichardYangPiano]

I was just too lazy to gather examples from different pieces. Haha. For the middle pedal, I could’ve used a better example. I think people can get an idea from what I’m talking about, that’s the most important.

[@SeanFerree]

Fantastic video Richard!!

[@Thyispro]

Great tutorial, I tried using half pedal a bit before, then gave up since it has to be so precise to get the right sound lol

[@RichardYangPiano]

What I didn’t mention in the video is that the more advanced you go, you pedal by ear and not always by chord/sheet. So instead of thinking about doing half pedal, you depress the pedal enough to get you the sound you want.

[@Anime-xq4bu]

Next lesson pleaseeeeee

[@RichardYangPiano]

These videos appear to be hurting my channel. With so few views / likes / comments, I am not motivated to do anymore. I have no idea and time to make things look graphically impressive, that’s usually what people want these days, turns out. I will continue to release Animenz piano lessons on pieces I learn though.

[@Anime-xq4bu]

​@@RichardYangPiano that's a little bit of a shame 😓 I'm thinking that maybe a little video like that once a month wouldn't hurt the channel for those who don't care and for the algo, while doing a bit of good for the rare interested party...

[@FingersKungfu]

I find pedaling to be difficult enough with the music I already know (and have memorized). To add pedaling while sight reading new materials seems completely out of my league.

[@RichardYangPiano]

If you go the minimum, just know when changing pedals: key down, foot up (and back down). Obviously this needs time for your brain to adjust. Once you get a hang of it, the pedal part will become second nature, IF you practice. No matter how tough, at least get the basic pedal change learned. The “how” is the most important. The “when”, etc can be fixed later on.