Thank you so much! Today you've just educated me! I had never heard of Morton's Neuroma, but thanks to you, I've looked it up and while my knowledge base on this topic is still merely scratching the surface, I will learn more. I have had a student with an artificial right leg which did not have the ankle dexterity to operate the damper pedal. The home instrument is a digital piano that is nice enough to have three pedals and a cabinet style stand. We switched the input plugs in the back of the instrument so that the left side pedal operated the damper pedal effects. So, all training was focused on the left foot. This took away the possibility of any use of the other two pedals, but it has been a trade off that was worth it. At a traditional piano, using the outer side of the right foot instead of that area behind the big toe and ball of the foot like is traditionally advised could be an option. If that still causes too much pain, the left foot could certainly be used IF the pain isn't in both feet. Back in Beethoven's time pianos had the pedals under the keyboard itself and the effects were operated with the upper side of the knee. I wonder if (again this would only work with a digital instrument, sigh) some sort of creative contraption could attach a single pedal to the bottom of the keyboard in a similar way and allow the use of the leg/knee instead of the foot. Sewing machines frequently have the pedal operation operated by the knee... At an acoustic instrument, I would prioritize lack of pain over traditional technique and experiment with how anyone with this condition could possibly shift the foot around to still operate the pedal in a different way. Playing and using this beautiful effect, and doing so without being in pain supersedes anything else in my opinion!
@@pianowithgeorgia Thanks for the reply Georgia. I've had mine for years. Not sure if I gained it from my Piano, or from driving for a living for many years, but I'm assuming both. They get very painful and I get injections to subdue the pain. Not that that works the best. And the cold weather really effects it. You do get used to it over time though. Cheers.
Great lesson, Georgia. Thank you very much! The two pedals to the left was a mistery to me. Not anymore 😊
YAY!!! Now you can have fun looking for opportunities to use all three pedals. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment!
Very good video Georgia. You should do one on "Morton's Neuroma" and Piano Pedalling. Might be beneficial to all of us. Cheers.
Thank you so much! Today you've just educated me! I had never heard of Morton's Neuroma, but thanks to you, I've looked it up and while my knowledge base on this topic is still merely scratching the surface, I will learn more.
I have had a student with an artificial right leg which did not have the ankle dexterity to operate the damper pedal. The home instrument is a digital piano that is nice enough to have three pedals and a cabinet style stand. We switched the input plugs in the back of the instrument so that the left side pedal operated the damper pedal effects. So, all training was focused on the left foot. This took away the possibility of any use of the other two pedals, but it has been a trade off that was worth it.
At a traditional piano, using the outer side of the right foot instead of that area behind the big toe and ball of the foot like is traditionally advised could be an option. If that still causes too much pain, the left foot could certainly be used IF the pain isn't in both feet.
Back in Beethoven's time pianos had the pedals under the keyboard itself and the effects were operated with the upper side of the knee. I wonder if (again this would only work with a digital instrument, sigh) some sort of creative contraption could attach a single pedal to the bottom of the keyboard in a similar way and allow the use of the leg/knee instead of the foot. Sewing machines frequently have the pedal operation operated by the knee...
At an acoustic instrument, I would prioritize lack of pain over traditional technique and experiment with how anyone with this condition could possibly shift the foot around to still operate the pedal in a different way. Playing and using this beautiful effect, and doing so without being in pain supersedes anything else in my opinion!
@@pianowithgeorgia Thanks for the reply Georgia. I've had mine for years. Not sure if I gained it from my Piano, or from driving for a living for many years, but I'm assuming both. They get very painful and I get injections to subdue the pain. Not that that works the best. And the cold weather really effects it. You do get used to it over time though. Cheers.
Thanks georgia.
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