Timeline for What do these square notes mean (in the left hand)?
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| Sep 30, 2020 at 15:40 | comment | added | Tim | @PatMuchmore Thanks for sharing that information, and congratulations on your new piano... at a glance, it looks like an absolute beast of a unit! | |
| Sep 29, 2020 at 14:26 | comment | added | Pat Muchmore | @Borjovsky Not in this particular piece, because it's specifically written so that one hand can hold the notes while the other hand plays everything else. However, this "silently depressed key" effect does work very nicely with the sostenuto pedal if you want more involved passagework. | |
| Sep 29, 2020 at 14:24 | comment | added | Pat Muchmore | @Tim I know this was a while ago, but I just got a new digital piano, and it does indeed simulate this effect! It's a Kurweil Forte, and it has a setting called "string resonance." I don't think this is at all standard, but at least I can now say it's possible. | |
| Aug 4, 2019 at 3:21 | comment | added | Borjovsky | So, this would be a good moment to use the *Sostenuto* pedal, right? | |
| Jan 26, 2019 at 22:14 | comment | added | user45266 | Um, I've tried this on my digital piano/keyboard, and it doesn't work. Not sure about other pianos, though. That would be so cool if they did! | |
| Jan 26, 2019 at 20:56 | comment | added | Tim | Do digital pianos simulate harmonics like this? Is this a standard feature or something only more advanced pianos do? | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 22:49 | comment | added | Albrecht Hügli | Yes, you know what happens if you press the keys slowly down without playing. “Hold the keys silently”. The strings of the piano are open. The sff in the first bar effects them to vibrate and they still resonate to the soft piano tune. That’s what Tim was wondering how pedaling could be hold so long. | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 22:05 | comment | added | user50691 | So, that would be a way to excite harmonics on a piano. Very cool. | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 20:59 | comment | added | Peter | @PatMuchmore Yes, I've usually heard them referred to as diamonds as well, but both the OP and the Wikipedia article used the term "square." Truly square noteheads (basically like what's shown but rotated 45 degrees) also exist. | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 20:55 | history | edited | Peter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 25, 2019 at 20:50 | vote | accept | Albrecht Hügli | ||
| Jan 25, 2019 at 20:39 | comment | added | Pat Muchmore | @user45266 Yes, this answer is correct. Just a note, although I see why you describe them as squares, these noteheads are generally referred to as diamonds. The same diamond noteheads are often used for harmonics on string instruments. | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 20:30 | history | answered | Peter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |