[78-L] 7What key is that in?

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid
Tue Jun 10 14:20:01 PDT 2014


On 10/06/14 19:04, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> I worked for several years with Glenn Gould and as far as personality coming from hand positions or fingerings, his belief, (and I agree with him), is that the piano only senses one thing - how fast the hammer approaches the string; it could be at the hands of a great concert pianist, a great jazz pianist or an orangutan, it will sound the same.  All the weaving and emoting you might do while you're holding the key down doesn't matter, the hammer has already done its job by that point.
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Would using the sustaining pedal have an effect on pitch--would some 
notes of a chord fade faster than others?

      Julian Vein


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