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List:       lilypond-user
Subject:    Re: Piano pedal gradual release
From:       David Nalesnik <david.nalesnik () gmail ! com>
Date:       2019-11-30 13:45:31
Message-ID: CANn-nXnbuapHVKYSjnG95-Yz0pH3-_u63bbxo=WJsz5CwUFaJQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 7:40 AM Kieren MacMillan
<kieren@kierenmacmillan.info> wrote:
> 
> Hi Phil,
> 
> > What on earth does a gradual piano pedal release achieve?  Either the dampers are \
> > touching the strings or they're not, so it's in effect a binary choice.
> 
> That's not true: the amount of pressure applied by the dampers — from 100% to 0% \
> — is graduated (based on how much gravity is allowed to act on the dampers), and \
> affects the amount of vibration in a non-binary way. 
> Cheers,
> Kieren.
> 

Making "half-pedaling" possible.  Certainly nothing to dispute there! :)

David


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