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If you have never done this- choose a piano/epiano/clav, turn off the reverb. play some staccato notes, and slowly press the sustain and listen for the halfpedaling effect. Coming from a synth background, I am not used the half peddling (or have the skill). I spent a half hour focusing on teaching my right foot to be active in my music playing beyond up and down. It was tough but I now have a new dimension in my playing to focus on. The sound you can get with half pedaling adds such a new depth its quite amazing. It's like having an 11th finger

javaj wrote:If you have never done this- choose a piano/epiano/clav, turn off the reverb. play some staccato notes, and slowly press the sustain and listen for the halfpedaling effect. Coming from a synth background, I am not used the half peddling (or have the skill). I spent a half hour focusing on teaching my right foot to be active in my music playing beyond up and down. It was tough but I now have a new dimension in my playing to focus on. The sound you can get with half pedaling adds such a new depth its quite amazing. It's like having an 11th finger

This is probably the main reason why I practice on a real piano and/or electric grand. Just so much more versatility in terms of little things you can do. The damper effect in the SV-1 is great but unfortunately it does not emulate physics... When you have a 700 pound beast resonating and manage to damp *some* of the keys *slightly* it's quite awesome.

Yeah, but it ain't that awesome when you want to travel with it <bazinga>

Please explain how to use this technique in a passage. I'm a bar room player always looking to expand my (lack of) skills.

Try with running staccato notes first so you get a feel for it. I find it adds a lot to faster rhythmic playing as you can move from pedal off, half pedal and sustain. also, don't forget about pedalling right after you release a note. Sorry, forget what that technique is called on a real piano.